Does anyone know of a solution that actually works on video and looks good as well?

I've a project for a new trailer restoration in mind, but one scene has text overlay. This would make using the scene not possible, unless text removal has been gotten better, especially text on faces.

I hope someone can help here.

Thanks

Hello, long-time lurker and just wanted to say Hi. Recently, I have been in awe of how much better Laserdisc soundtracks are to even the most recent UHD remasters, so have been collecting/exploring those.

hello everyone
The British blue ray of Burial Ground - (The Nights of Terror) contains in the extras the 35mm scan of the film.

I had thought that it could be kept, and possibly the film synchronized with other languages.
I have the Italian audio from the blue ray, possibly I could find the one from the dvd and vhs as well.

I know that there is also German laserdisc:
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/41208/CMV...-of-Terror


what do you think about synchronizing more audio to this version of the film?

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Hi,

Maybe someone has a solution/idea:
I have 30 Video ".bik" files, I would love to merge into one mkv stream without any unneeded reencode, to have one movie to watch without gaps.
The Videos use a strange codec (BlKi or BIKi according to vlc Player) in 1080/24. Maybe a reencode into avc might not be a bad idea.
Audio are two "BAU1" encoded streams in all of the Singular Videos.

Anyone has an idea? Thanks.

Hi, I'm Genemon123 and I've been exploring and learning about film and formats. I have a collection of many of these versions and the learning process has been amazing. I saw that this forum has more of that so I went ahead and registered. I hope to have a good time here  

Heimkehr is a German film originally released in 1941. After the war it was labeled as propaganda and banned across Europe. The film elements (along with other "banned films") currently reside in the German Federal Archives Vault. There's never been any wide release outside it's initial theatrical run and needless to say no home media release. If you wanted to watch it today this is what you're stuck with:

This is a very blown out old tape transfer from who knows when. You can easily find it on archive.org and if you search for a version of this film this is what you'll find. It looks and sounds terrible, and is also very poorly stabilized. Nothing from this transfer was used.

Searching further I was able to dig up this:

A significant improvement. Not perfect, it's still sourced from a tape, and the timer is baked into the transfer. The only version I was able to find has that watermark throughout. The video is still watchable and the audio isn't terrible, this is what most of my restoration is sourced from.

There's also this:

There is an HD master that exists (translated to English no less), however it is only brought out for very limited educational showings. The documentary "Forbidden Films" contains about 5 minutes worth of scenes from the HD master.

This is what I plan on doing:

• Upscaling the tape transfer to get the best quality I can out of it
  
• Integrating as much video and audio from the HD version I can dig up if anyone knows of any sources out there please let me know
  
• Rendering it out at 24 FPS
  
• Translating the entire film into English (primarily using AI tools as I don't speak German) if anyone speaks German and wants to help edit/translate subs I could use the help
  

Hi, I'm big fan of open matte movies.
My collection now over 1200 titles (web-dl and blu-ray sources).

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Italian DVD 2000 Audio Preservation

Project to contain one of the best audios for T2 in Italian.

Preservation of the 2000 dvd italian audio track edition of T2.

This edition contained.
Original 2.0 dolby digital.
5.1 dolby digital and 5.1 DTS mix.

You can get an idea of the originality of this dubbing here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOyNOssRZM0

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Trying to inject DV rpu from DV iTunes Web-dl mp4 into HDR iTunes Web-dl mp4 (same movie/same provider) using DDVT Tool but getting Mismatched Lengths at the combine stage:



Is this normal or what am I doing wrong, both original files same size. Read re-compressed files can cause this but they are direct downloads in mp4 (video only). Also read about some DV files only having certain frames with DV but these are iTunes (same Amzn) and DV is included in all frames as far as I am aware.

Tried it with an another Dv and hdr movie and same thing.

I have the chance to get a German print of BATB scanned.

The film is accompanied by some features (short trailers “Jungle Book”, “Bambi” and the Goofy-cartoon “How to Dance”).
To finance the project, we would need 750€.

A grindhouse-version will be provided to donors shortly after the print is scanned.
A cleaned version might be added later, but that’s not sure.

This project will also tie into my other UHD Blu-Ray fix project. The UHD / BD has modified scenes (modified backgrounds, or removed elements) and a calibration that does not make everyone agree.
Only a 35mm print would correct this.

The 35mm version will have at least the following audio:
English (2.0 Laserdisc), German (2.0 optical), French (2.0 Laserdisc).
If all goes well, I could add European audio tracks that I own: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian 5.1, as well as English 7.1.

I specify that only donors will receive the file.
If you’re interested, please send me a PM !
Thank you to future participants.

Current total donations: 155€