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  movie title help: sci-fi + eye
Posted by: spoRv - 2015-06-12, 04:53 AM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (8)

It's a recent movie, this year or the last one; what I can remember is an experiment, and an human with an eye that suddenly has different pupils... help!!!

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  Images and videos in modal
Posted by: spoRv - 2015-06-12, 03:52 AM - Forum: Announcements - Replies (3)

What's that?

Let's try to test it... just click the link to the image:

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9...00-375.jpg

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Wink Random avatar
Posted by: spoRv - 2015-06-12, 03:34 AM - Forum: Announcements - Replies (3)

I was tired to see all those empty avatars, the same for every user, so... I thought to assign to every user with no avatar, a random one!!!

So now, if you don't like it, you are forced to upload a better one! Wink

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  Infini (2015)
Posted by: spoRv - 2015-06-12, 12:10 AM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (1)

Even if it seems the budget was so low that they cannot afford the two letters, "ty", at the end of the title Wink this little movie is not bad at all!!!

Don't expect multimillion CGI shots, fast action, battles, droids, spaceships etc... so, what is it in this movie? Don't want to spoiler too much, but it has some bits from several films and games like Alien, Doom, Dead Space and many others... story is original, acting is quite good, just pacing is a bit slow, but apart that, it's a good sci-fi movie - not for everyone, but for many... if you like Dante 01 and Cargo, this is a masterpiece in comparison! Big Grin

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Question Favicon?
Posted by: Satanika - 2015-06-11, 01:32 PM - Forum: Bug reports and suggestions - Replies (3)

Fanres doesn't seem to have a favicon?
Since it can be very useful for people who have a lot of tabs open all the time (like me), I'd like to suggest that it gets one...
Here's two examples, but I'm sure anyone can do better.
1 - A small filmstrip
2 - a small block of filmgrain Smile

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Big Grin Yo what up
Posted by: Satanika - 2015-06-11, 01:23 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (4)

Hello,
Long time OT.com member, though a lack of time has made me less active in the last few years.
I almost only read the preservation threads there anyway, so I guess it's time I finally joined here. Smile
My own preservation project is of course Uproar In Heaven - the original of which has suffered untold butchery and will most likely never be officially available in its original form in any kind of high quality.
Hoping to see lots of exciting projects here!

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Thumbs Up Miami Connection
Posted by: mumbles_ - 2015-06-11, 06:42 AM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - No Replies

For those who haven't heard of Miami Connection--it's about a group of Tae Kwon Do/University students that are also in a band called 'Dragon Sound' who end up getting entangled with drug dealing ninjas that ride motorbikes. All this is actually set in Orlando, Florida despite the film being called Miami Connection (it was actually a play on Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection rather than The French Connection). This movie is all kinds of bad. I'm extremely hyped for the guys from Rifftrax riffing it live in theaters in October!

It's a guilty pleasure because, to me, it's the ultimate so bad it's good film. I recently screened it for some friends at our movie night and it was a pretty big hit... my friend and I (whom I also work with) would just bust out singing 'Friends' every time I see him. I would make references to skits from Kids In The Hall and he would just ignore it and start talking about Miami Connection instead. (I've created a monster!) Has anyone else seen it? What's your favourite scene/lines from it?

The blu-ray contains scenes that were edited out of the movie that I intend on re-inserting into the movie and retaining it's HD format. If I knew more about restoration I would probably try to fix some of the damaged scenes but I think it's best to retain it's grindhouse quality, after all it's meant to be seen that way.

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  Restoration tips: HD matrix surround™
Posted by: spoRv - 2015-06-11, 03:34 AM - Forum: Restoration guides - Replies (17)

HD matrix surround™

What is HD matrix surround™?

It's a discrete multichannel track, originally matrixed in a stereo sound, and then hardware decoded (hence the HD) using the best, and rarer, matrix hardware decoder.

Why?

Because some vintage hardware contains certain dematrix methods different from the usual Dolby Surround, Pro Logic etc. found in every modern decoders; they had that analog sound that could be even better than newer methods.

How does it work?

The matrixed stereo track (usually encoded in Dolby Surround, but could also be DTS Stereo, UltraStereo, CHACE Surround Stereo etc.) is played in the best hardware player (laserdisc, VHS, VHD etc.) using the best cables; the stereo output go in a matrix surround hardware decoder (the older and high-end, the better) to extract at least four different channels (usually Left, Center, Right, Surround) to get a discrete 4.0 multichannel track; those four channels are then captured using two sound cards with a stereo input, one sound card with four discrete inputs, or capture the track twice using a single sound card with a stereo input.

It's possible to get a stereo surround using an hardware stereo synthesizer or a software solution; an LFE could be obtained using a low/high pass filter to route the basses to the LFE and leave the other channels bass-free, either using an hardware or a software solution.

But will it sound better than, for example, Dolby Pro Logic II?

Albeit DPL II is a great matrix surround decoder, some older technology *may* sounds better, or in a different way... at the end:

Quote:Analogue domain matrixing encoding: Dolby Surround (only one spec of its kind there, 4 channels to 2)
Analogue domain matrixing decoding: Dolby Surround
Analogue domain matrixing decoding with steering and individual channel level control through h/w logic (proprietary circuitry depending on manufacturer, with, if at its most basic can decode Dolby Surround as is, then permitted to use logo): Dolby Pro Logic
Analogue domain matrixing decoding with steering and individual channel level control through h/w logic with different emphasis on center and rear for reproducing conventional non-Dolby Surround encoded stereo music tracks: Dolby Pro Logic II

(taken here)

Any hint about which decoders are better?

I've made some researches, and the following are among the best, alternative active matrix surround decoder ever produced:
  • Shure HTS 5300 / 5200 / 5000 (Acra-Vector technology)
  • Fosgate Tate II 101A
  • Fosgate Model 3 / 3a / 4 / 5
  • Aphex ESP-7000 / Proton SD-1000
  • Harman Kardon Citation 7.0 / 5.0 (6-axis technology)
  • Lexicon LOGIC 7 (first models)
  • Involve Surround Master

avoid Circle Surround I / II and DTS-Neo 6, as a Dolby Pro Logic II seems to be always better than those.
EDIT 2021-08-24:
Even if the original Circle Surround decoder should still be avoided, Circle Surround II seems to be a very improved version - it extracts up to 6.1 channels (L C R LFE Sl Sr Sc)

About DTS Neo 6, there are various versions available: difference lies in particular to the number of bands it splits the signal, but the big problem is that it's difficult (if not impossible) to understand which version a particular decoder uses. According to Disclord, it made a good job upmixing DS encoded tracks.

My last thought: even if DPL I is IMHO the best encoder to get the 4.0 track AS CLOSER as possible to the one heard in the theaters, the others may (or may not) do a good job too; take in mind, though, that the results between different decoders could be slight or huge, hence comparisons should be made.


Is it always possible to use more than one decoder: for example using one for the Left/Right and another for Center/Surround, or add a stereo  synthesizer to obtain a pseudo-stereo surround where the decoder outputs just a mono surround.

Notes

Here we are talking about HD matrix surround™ - where HD stands for hardware decoded... of course, we could also have SD matrix surround™ - where SD stands for software decoded; there are some interesting plugins for popular software like Foobar2000, that decode somehow a matrixed track; it's difficult to say how good could be the final result, but it *seems* hardware decoders produce decoded tracks of better quality.


EDIT 2021-08-24:
LAST NOTE: if someone decides to put an HD (or SD) matrix surround™ track on a project, PLEASE ALWAYS STATE which decoder was used!

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  Someone lives in Denver?
Posted by: spoRv - 2015-06-11, 12:04 AM - Forum: Everything else... - Replies (5)

I'd like to obtain a piece of hardware, but don't know if the seller would like to send it here to Italy... if not, someone who lives in Denver would like to pick up it, and send it to me? Of course, I'll pay the shipping cost!

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  Here i am!
Posted by: doctorstrangelove - 2015-06-10, 11:10 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (1)

On board with you guys!
I started collecting fan-edits and restorations from fanedit.org. Then, searching for preservations of THX1138 i searched (and found!) in originaltrilogy.com and, finally, landed here!
Let me tell you one thing, cat-man... your passion for movies is really remarkable. Thanks for all of the time you spend working on your projects.

I'm working on a theatrical letterbox reconstruction for "Interstellar", i hope to finish soon...

Thaks again. Bye!

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