Just came across this forum a few days ago, liking the looks of it! I have some stuff I can hopefully contribute myself soon. Keep up the good work, everybody

I've got some Godzilla VHS tapes that I think I will start capturing. They might come in handy when some folks are doing the Toho restorations that some of us love dearly. I know I mentioned this a bit over at OT.com and I think Spaced Ranger mentioned some interest.

Anyone here want to chime in, add some suggestions, feel free to do so.

http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/film-restor...-hong-kong

This includes a great John Woo's movie - A Better Tomorrow

Okay, so there are famously 4 versions of this film. There's the theatrical version, there's the work-print, there's the 2003 special edition (aka assembly cut), and there's the 2010 updated special edition version. What's always bugged me though is that an audio change was made in the 2010 version that went backwards: in the 2003 special edition the convict that finds the alien hiding doesn't call the dog - and it makes that scene scarier. Yet in the 2010 version he calls the dog - even though we never see it! The reason is that on the BD both versions of the film us the same file (00757.m2ts) for that scene.

I would be most greatful if there's someone here who could edit the DTS-HD audio track on the file and remove the dialogue where he calls the dog.

This custom BD of Rear Window is likely to have a rather limited audience.  It is sourced from an HDTV broadcast of the Harris restoration, which was not used on the official BD.

Is the Harris restoration better in some way?  I'm not really the best person to comment because I don't know this film particularly well, though some might prefer the (obviously different) color-timing.  To be honest, I prefer the official BD, but it's important that we try to preserve film history.  

Although the broadcast was not of the highest quality, it's the best that is available.  The custom BD is synchronized to the official one, so people should be able to mux in whatever dub tracks they want.

Details
BD-25
DTS-HD MA (from the official BD)
various subtitles

Thanks
alps
The Aluminum Falcon
PM me (preferably on ot.com) if you are interested.


Please do not:

pass on my links;
remux my releases;
re-encode my releases.

Well, I didn't think I was going to like this movie, but at the end is not that bad - at the contary, it's pretty funny! In particular, Jason Statham is great - not like in Crank 1 & 2, but he's really funny!

Many interesting locations, good gags, great actors... yep, I liked it; any 007 fan should give it a try!

Note I have no experience with Cinavia, but I was reading this page yesterday on the CinEX HD website. Seems Slysoft doesn't know how to remove Cinavia protection and they claim they can prove it with a file that restores Cinavia from a source "fixed" using the "mutilation" method to make the signal re-detectable.

So it seems that CinEX HD is the only program that actually removes the signal instead of simply mutilating it beyond software detection. Or at least that's what they claim, see what you think. In any case Slysoft forces transcoding the entire soundtrack to AC-3 whereas CinEX HD allows you to keep the track in the original format (although how much of it gets re-encoded isn't made clear on the web page).

OK, there is no automatic way to become Power User or Project Maker, so you could ask to be promoted...

to Power User:

• if you are a notable OT member (long time registered and/or great poster)
  
• if you are a notable fanres member (long time registered and/or great poster)
  
• if you helped a lot OT and/or fanres members with their projects
  
• if you think you deserve it for any particular merit - for example: great poster on another movie-related forum, audio/video blogger, industry insider etc.*
  

• if you have released at least three fan preservation/restoration projects
  

OK, the little niche community is growing, so there are some questions that need an answer; one of them is: should a user be able to delete his/her own threads and/or posts? What's about mods?

Waiting for your opinion!

The audio on the BD of the theatrical cut sounds distorted. It might be an idea to preserve the PCM from the LD.