As a long time X-Files fan, I was waiting for the BD version of the whole series (the DVD sets are on my shelf since the first release); sadly, it seems it will be not released in Italy, nor the Italian language will be included in some foreign release...

So, I thought to take the BD boxset ("only" 55 discs!  ), and mux the Italian track from the DVD to them, but... I discovered that something else should be fixed... too lazy to wrong what, so follow the link:
http://www.xfilesvault.com/features/What...n-Blu-ray/

Something that could be (quite?) easily fit:

• credits: most parts are simply 4:3 squeezed to fit 16:9, so maybe an upscaled DVD 16:9 version *should* be better, at least it's not squeezed
  
• color grading: often the DVD is better - IMHO - and could be used as color reference
  
• some shots/scenes (and a whole episode) are upscaled; *probably* it's possible to do a better job using the PaNup technique, because the BD used upscaled NTSC footage
  
• season 8 has black crush, but should be fit by Fox now AFAIK
  
• some minor problems
  

so, the movie still has no date for a blu-ray. so i went onto itunes and bought the 1080p version.
there was a 720p itunes version floating around, but i wasn't able to grab it. there is also a hd-cap
of the movie in 1080i available. however, due low bitrate the macroblocking artifacts are horrible.
hence why i went with the itunes version. now it's not perfect, but i would say it's the best version
available.
to make it an even better version, i would like to get the ld pcm audio to mux those two together.
can someone help me with this? if yes and the project is done, i'd share the 1080p itunes version
with pcm audio here

and with ld, i mean the ntsc one (japan or usa). audio must be 44.1khz at 16bit, bit perfect - just saying

thanks in advance

I repost after previous glitch deletion!
Does anybody have the Laserdisc (just need the audio) from "Nomads" (the John McTiernan Film)?
http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01715/ID6736KV/Nomads
A VERY helpful friend of this board needs it quickly. Let me know ASAP!

So I'd do this one myself if I had the broadcast. Did someone ever convert the Sky HDTV broadcast of st2 to 1080/24p and sync the ld pcm track?

For those not in the know, the U.K. Sat broadcast of st2 had colors closer to release prints then the blu-ray which was shifted to a more blue look. There is a big discussion about over on the ot if you want to catch up

Okay, I am wondering if anyone who uses AviSynth can point me to or create a "dummies" guide on how to use AviSynth? I would like to try and learn it but I am not a scripting kinda guy so my knowledge and experience with it is zero.

Any patient assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

Shawn

So what a co-incidence. I was asking on the forum here earlier how does one get hold of a copy of some of these reworks.

Then when checking a tracker i am in, i saw this pop up ;

 Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 1980 720p DTS-HD-MA 5.1 Harmys Despecialized Edition v2 0

With the following description ;

This is a reconstruction of the 1980 theatrical version of The Empire Strikes Back. The original shots were painstakingly restored using various sources (listed below) and the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction.

The remastered version (v2.0) represents a significant improvement in picture quality over the earlier 1.0 version due to the use of better encoding and higher quality sources and replacing many of the despecialized shots with higher quality ones.

A gallery showing all the changes can be found here:

https://plus.google.com/u/1/ph.../6044645069501365185

The MKV version contains a large number of audio tracks, including the latest versions of the preservations of the original audio mixes in DTS-HD MA, three different commentary tracks, an isolated score and dubbing tracks in 13 different languages.

More information can be found here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/for...tion-HD/topic/12511/


VIDEO SOURCES:

1) STAR WARS Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Official Blu-Ray 2011

2) STAR WARS Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 2006 Bonus DVD
 (sourced from the 1993 Definitive Edition Laser Disc Master - upscale by Mattman Omega)

3) Adywan's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1997 Special Edition Reconstruction 1080p MKV (HDTV source)

4) The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition ("TB" DTV capture)

5) Team Negative1 35mm print scan

6) Custom mattes, 35mm film cell scans etc.

7) Adywan's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1980 Theatrical Reconstruction NTSC DVD

8) Puggo Strikes Back (16mm print transfer)


 So i finally found one of these reworks - will be really interesting to see how it looks.

I'm missing some video masters I would like to use for some footage comparison videos of Disney clips, which I will also be posting to Vimeo and YouTube. Here are a few examples of what the final product would look like:

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Nearly all of the following video masters I need below are on laserdisc, so if anybody has those titles and is willing to digitize them, so I can be able to finish making these videos, please PM me. Thanks in advance!


Titles I need:
? = may possibly be getting

-Alice in Wonderland (1981 - original release)
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-Knick Knack (1996 - Toy Story Deluxe Edition)
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-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1982 - original release)
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-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1996)
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-Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1984 - Winnie the Pooh and Friends)
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-Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day/Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1986/1990 - Original Release/Mini Classics)
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Video Masters/Transfers I have:
-Alice in Wonderland (1986/1991 Classics Edition)
-Alice in Wonderland (1994 and 2000 Masterpiece and Gold Collections)
-Alice in Wonderland (2004 Masterpiece Edition)
-Alice in Wonderland (2011 Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Cinderella (1988 Classics Edition)
-Cinderella (1995 Masterpiece Collection Edition)
-Cinderella (2005 Platinum Edition)
-Cinderella (2012 Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Dumbo (1981/82 original release)
-Dumbo (1991 Classics Edition)
-Dumbo (1994 Masterpiece Collection; ripped from 1999 UK DVD)
-Dumbo (2001 60th Anniversary Edition)
-Dumbo (2006 Big Top Edition)
-Dumbo (2011 70th Anniversary Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Pinocchio (1985 Classics edition/1987 laserdisc)
-Pinocchio (1993/2000 - Masterpiece/60th Anniversary/Gold Collection)
-Pinocchio (2009 Platinum Edition/Blu-Ray Remaster)
-The Jungle Book (1991/92 Classics Edition)
-The Jungle Book (1997/1999 - 30th Anniversary/Limited Issue)
-The Jungle Book (2007/2014 - Platinum/Diamond Editions)
-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1996; I have two copies which are both TVrips, but have channel watermarks)
-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2002/2007 - 25th Anniversary/Friendship Editions)
-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2013 Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1986/1990 - Original Release/Mini Classics; ripped from the 1987 "Double Feature" laserdisc with "Tigger Too")
-Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1994-2000 Storybook Classics master; ripped from the 2006 DVD of "Pooh's Grand Adventure")
-Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1986 - original release, edited version; ripped from the 1987 "Double Feature" laserdisc with "Honey Tree". This transfer was also used on the 1990s Mini Classics release, but with the unedited opening credits from a much older video transfer)

Hello to the forum.

WOW - stumbled across this forum while looking for something else i was searching for but i just had to stick around and register here.

I am really interested in learning how to remux BD50's into untouched source material to make mkv's.

From there i want to make MP4's for my various devices. Just reading through the forums shows that there are some real experts here so i hope to be able to learn how to do what i want to do by looking and learning and asking questions from you guys.

Thanks for reading and look forward to chatting with you on the forums.

Rgds

Remuxer

Next year will mark the 80th anniversary of the debut of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I'm hoping that this regrade should be done by then.
As I've already established, I aimed to see if I could make the best of the over-restored Disney Blu-ray releases by adding film grain and regrading the material to a reliable video source. In the case of Snow White, it's highly difficult to ascertain what makes the true colour palette - there is reason to believe that the nitrate yellowing on the frames I've seen is deliberate, but I'm not entirely sure - but based on my findings, I'm able to make an educated guess at what seems to be right. This is a small sample of what I have so far.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/166651
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/166652
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/166653

Some scenes will need more work, and I still need the monaural soundtrack from the Laserdisc. Soon as I get it, I can start looking for test viewers for feedback.