_,,,^..^,,,_ presents The Arrival [spoRv]

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| PROJECTS: Released | In progress | Future | Mission & Setup |

Mission: to make "The DEFINITIVE Arrival" edition.

Video source: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Audio sources: Blu-ray, DVD, Laserdisc.
Subtitles sources: Various.

Project info:
The Arrival on Blu-ray has some DNR, plus contrast problems and its color grading is different from previous versions on DVD and LD; it lacks also extras.
For this project, I will correct the contrast, then apply a 35mm grain plate to give the impression of a bit of more details; the DVD will be used as color reference for the color correction; all the DVD and laserdisc known extras will be added - still to be decided if it will be a BD-50, or two discs, one BD-25 with the movie in high definition, the other (BD-25 or AVCHD onto DVD-9) with extras.

Source Material

Video:

• The Arrival - Blu-ray
  
• The Arrival - German KinoWelt DVD (for extras)
  
• The Arrival - Special Edition box set Laserdisc (for extras)
  

• The Arrival - Blu-ray DTS-HD MA
  
• The Arrival - various DVD (for foreign languages)
  
• The Arrival - Laserdisc AC3 (for film audio track and commentary)
  

• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
  

• thegroovologist for DVD extras and much help
  
• DoomBot for soundtrack help and general advice
  
• Jetrell Fo for The Making of The Arrival VHS capture
  

Apologies if this isn't the right place or manner to request these

I'm looking for the 16GB HDTV rips that were on usenet a few years back. They are 1080i and in the original aspect ratio, unlike some HDTV broadcasts of 3 which were cropped.

I believe the colours are superior to the blu ray, with a lot of detail being lost by blown out whites and other issues.

If anyone has these I would love to hear from them.

Thanks

Netlix has the US theatrical version of Highlander for streaming. Does anyone have the ablilty to capture and preserve this. I can only find the Directors/ International Cut on DVD/ Blu ray.

I'd love to see the theatrical verison of this movie preserved. It's on DVD but not blu ray to my knowlege. I'm not sure if there is a HDTV broadcast that could be used to fill in the alternate footage that only exists in the theatrical version.

Frequent visitor to OT stopping by for the first time!

_,,,^..^,,,_ presents: SUPERNOVA (2000) [spoRv]

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| PROJECTS: Released | In progress | Future | Mission & Setup |

Mission: to release Supernova in High Definition Blu-ray format.
Video sources: 2x HDTV
Audio sources: DVD

Subtitles sources: DVD

Project info:
Even if "Supernova" could not be considered a masterpiece, I like it, as many of us... no Blu-ray is ever released, so it's time to make a proper high-definition version.
There are two HDTV broadcasts around, one scandinavian and the other russian; both are 1920x1080 2.35:1 25fps; they have different color grading but, apart that and according to preliminary tests, they match 100%; if it proves true, I'll overlay them to average compression artifacts and obtain a better quality without using nasty noise reduction; result color is also better than both single version; video then will be slowed down to 23.976fps.
All five languages are taken from the PAL DVD; they are all Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks; they are converted from 25fps to 23.976fps; if I'll be able to find out the English Cinema DTS track, it will be included as main track.
Subtitles for all five languages are from PAL DVD.

Source Material

Video:

• Supernova - Scandinavian HDTV
  
• Supernova - Russian HDTV
  

• Supernova - IT PAL DVD
  

• Supernova - IT PAL DVD
  

...once upon a time, I was happy with my video capture card... it is based on the Philips SAA-713x chipset, has a 9-bit ADC, 4-line adaptive comb filter, could capture uncompressed... and it's better than ones based on BT8X8 chipset!

Then, also thanks to this forum, I discovered that there are much better video capture cards around...
The requirements:

• MUST capture uncompressed YUV 4:2:2 (and, if possible, HuffYUV too)
  
• MUST have a REALLY good comb filter ALSO for PAL signal
  
• MUST capture PAL and NTSC
  

• 10-bit ADC and over preferred
  
• PCI highly preferred; then PCI-E, USB 2.0, FireWire
  
• Composite and S-Video input - RGB and/or Y/Pb/Pr are welcome
  
• TBC will be appreciated, but absolutely not mandatory
  
• VirtualDub capture really appreciated, but not mandatory
  
• No TV tuner whenever is possible
  

Many think that their default audio card is good enough… but, are you sure about it?

I was sure too, that my own sound card, a SigmaTel with the CXD9872RD was pretty good… the true is, that my ears and my TV speakers are not good enough to spot the difference between what could be considered a mediocre sound card (like mine) and what IS an excellent card.
It’s time to upgrade it… so, the feautures that I’m looking for an excellent sound card, to use as analog audio capture device along with its video counterpart are:

• variable bitrate (16/24bit)
  
• variable sample frequency (44,1KHz and 48KHz mandatory)
  
• high quality connection, gold-plated
  
• RCA analog input/output are very welcome
  
• S/PDIF digital input or output are highly appreciated
  
• NO external interface box – at least only connection cables
  

Hello, everyone!