_,,,^..^,,,_ presents: Disney's Beauty and the Beast [spoRv]

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Mission: to restore Disney's Beauty and the Beast, to recover its original color grading, and to add the laserdisc original soundtrack.
Video sources: analog video captured directly from Laserdisc, using one of the best laserdisc player ever produced, the Pioneer HLD-X9
Audio sources: uncompressed PCM captured directly from Laserdiscs; other soundtracks from BDs and DVDs.
Subtitles sources: subtitles for all languages.
 
Project info:
"Beauty and the Beast" was released in Blu-ray but, altough its quality is good, is different from the laserdisc; the color grading is not what it should be, and has massive contrast problems; the laserdisc soundtrack is closer to the original Dolby Surround soundtrack than the BD.
 
Source Material

Video:

• Beauty and the Beast - NTSC CAV laserdisc 1.66:1
  
  

• Beauty and the Beast - NTSC CAV laserdisc - english PCM
  

• Various BDs and DVDs
  
  

• Various BDs and DVDs
  

• English: PCM 2.0 16bit 1536kbps from US LD
  
• English: DTS 5.1ch 16bit 1509kbps from US BD
  
• French: DD 5.1ch 16bit 640kbps from EUR BD
  
• German:  DTS 5.1ch 16bit 1509kbps from EUR BD
  
• Italian: DD 5.1ch 16bit 384kbps from PAL DVD
  
• Spanish:  DTS 5.1ch 16bit 1509kbps from EUR BD
  
• Commentary: DD 2.0ch 16bit 192Kbps from EUR BD
  
  

Thanks to Andrea for the invite - nice place you have here!

I think we'll all find plenty to talk about...

Gents (and ladies)... I am over at OT and CSchmidlapp gave me the heads up about this place. Some of you know me for my HONG KONG RESCUE work.

More to come... :cool:

As many of you know, I've researched these films for an eternity. I'm still in the process of obtaining the best information on the 20 original films in terms of both picture and sound, in order to finally have accuracy in video. Currently I think the best way to achieve this would be to:
1. Purist edition: Using primarily the SE DVDs combined with Laserdisc PCM original audio, and some LD for cropped transfers, missing frames etc. for a truer representation of how the films looked. Possibly upscaled to 720p akin to the new GOUT from Darkjedi/U2. Since the SE DVDs are essentially like the GOUT in terms of representation this seems pretty straightforward.
2. Eventually do a complete regrading of the BDs, once more print sources become available for comparison. Also, some BDs seem to not use the Lowry transfers so more research is needed.

Lastly, 4K DCPs are starting to make theatrical appearances and these may have been further tweaked.

Hi

Ive tried to post a download link on a thread http://fanres.com/showthread.php?tid=56&pid=337#pid337 and it's not working for me.
Ive tried in the original post, Quick Reply and New Reply options.
Amending original post looks good in the editor then is published with empty video links (I did have direct link videos from youtube published here and replaced the link with download links).
Quick Reply hangs with a spinning circle.
New Reply takes me back to the FanRes main page.

It might be because of the download destination (ADrive) or that it has .mp4 at the end?

Hi all, poking my over-researched nose in. The site looks wonderful, thanks for giving us yet another wonderful outlet for our collective work to restore a part of cinema's heritage.

With this brief post, I'd like to clarify some good behaviour to follow in this forum, and some bad ones to avoid, to let this place happy and constructive.

Be kind: we are all intellingent and mature people, and if there could be some little "fight" between us, try to turn our rage into kindness, to build something positive... me and one of my fellow members here are sometimes in opposite direction, but we like to "agree to disagree"! Opinions are welcome, as long as they are argumented and polite!

Be humble: no one here wants to claim to be the best in his field; we ALL make mistakes - me first! - but admit them, even if could be hard, reveals great humbleness... also, change your mind is not a sign of weakness!

Be patient: we all have a life out of here... family, work, pets, hobbies... everything takes time, so don't push too hard asking for the completion of a project - this of course should not prevent you to kindly ask when it will be ready, once in a while!

Be sympathetic: remember that there are many members (me included) that are not from a native English-speaking country, so sometimes if one member seems a bit rude, or acts, in your opinion, in a strange manner, please ask him explanations; probably it's only a misunderstanding, due to language barriers or "culture clash"!

Be thankful: if you think a post is good for the community, or helped you somehow, there is a little "Thanks" button at the end of the page; clicking it will make the poster happy! Then you could also rate the whole thread with stars, and it's a good thing to do if you like the whole thread.

Be responsive: project makers do their projects with lot of hard work, spending a lot of their free time, so giving back feedbacks, in particular when asked, should be almost mandatory if you would like to see improvements in that project; don't worry to write negative comments - if they are constructive and not offensive, could help as well as positive ones!

Be happy: the mission of the forum is to showcase our projects, share our knowledge, find out new ideas, have good time at the end, with people who loves the same things... so, let's have some fun together!

_,,,^..^,,,_ presents Escape from New York [spoRv] V1.1 - special preserved or Restored version

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Mission: to restore John Carpenter's Escape from New York  using a source better than BD, plus original soundtrack and commentary.

Video sources: HDTV broadcast.
Audio sources: uncompressed PCM original soundtrack, captured directly from Collector's Edition laserdisc, along with commentary; other soundtracks from BD and DVD.

Subtitles sources: to reflect soundtracks.


Project info:
Personally, "Escape from New York" is one of my favourite movies; after I discovered that the EU Blu-ray is really bad, and the US Blu-ray is very dark, I began to search a better alternative; I found that the HDTV version broadcasted by HDNet is maybe the best compromise. The HDTV will be used as video source.
Plus, the Collector's Edition laserdisc will be used to add the original soundtrack and the commentary.

Source Material

Video:

• Escape from New York - HDTV HDNet
  

• Escape from New York - Collector's edition Laserdisc - PCM Dolby Surround
  
• Escape from New York - Collector's edition Laserdisc - Commentary
  
• Escape from New York - PAL German laserdisc [dl link]
  
• Escape from New york - various BD and DVD.
  

• English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.
  

• x264 1920x1080, 23.976fps, 26mbps
  

• English DTS-HD MA 1509kbps 5.1 16bit 48kHz - from Blu-ray
  
• English AC3 384kbps 5.1 16bit 48kHz - from HDTV
  
• English PCM 1536kbps 2.0 16bit 48kHz Dolby Surround - from PCM LD
  
• French AC3 192kbps 2.0 16bit 48kHz Dolby Surround - from DVD
  
• German AC3 192kbps 2.0 16bit 48kHz Dolby Surround - from PCM LD
  
• Italian AC3 192kbps 2.0 16bit 48kHz Dolby Surround - from DVD
  
• Spanish AC3 192kbps 2.0 16bit 48kHz Dolby Surround - from DVD
  
• English AC3 192kbps 2.0 16bit 48kHz commentary - from DVD; originally from LD
  
• English AC3 192kbps 2.0 16bit 48kHz commentary - from DVD
  

• English
  
• French
  
• German
  
• Italian
  
• Spanish
  

• Main animated menu, static soundtrack and subtitle settings menu, static chapters menu
  
• Blu-ray custom made outside and inside covers, plus disc label; 32 chapters; restored theatrical trailer
  
• Tested on Playstation 3 (two different models)
  

• TheAluminumFalcon to provide me .torrent link for a video source
  
• Stamper for the french soundtrack and the english, french and spanish subs
  
• anonymous for the english and german laserdisc soundtracks
  
• CatBus, for help about subtitles
  

• THE LAST JOHNY ON THE LEFT for the animated video used for BD menu
  

Hello everyone, I found this forum while browsing OT.com forums. I have downloaded projects from many of you, and really appreciate all the hard work you put into giving my favorite films new life.

I am only beginning to dabble in doing such things myself, but I know this site will be an invaluable resource for me.

Sometime, maybe, you will need to capture an analog source... maybe you need to know that not all analog tapes and/or discs are created equal, as well as players...

About software: I noted it once, when I was ordering my laserdisc collection; I stumbled upon three different copies of the same title, a PAL italian edition of a US movie; they seemed the same, same cover, same discs... I was curious, and I play them one after the other, on the same player, and guess what? The quality was different, and differences were quite noticeable: one was more saturated than the other two, and the other two, while with the same color grading, had different grain structure... I think it could be the same with VHS tapes...

About hardware: at the contrary of digital disc players, where a really cheap player plays a disc with a video and audio quality really close to a top player (don't tell it to hi-end aficionados! ), analog tape and disc player quality differs a lot from one to another... for example, the best laserdisc player could play a good disc with a quality near to a good non-anamorphic DVD disc, while a very cheap and slightly out-of-alignement player could reveal an image quality worst than a VHS...

Then, if you need to capture an analog source:

• try to get the best version available - and different copies of the same title if possible
  
• try to get the best player you can afford - and service it if needed
  
• try to get the best capture device - think a very good used one is really cheap nowadays!