I'm redoing this post to make it more understandable and because the title was no longer relevant.

I want to recreate BatB with a similar look like on theater in 1991.
For the 2002 Special Edition release, there have been many change.

-Wrong Background at 8min30 and 56min30
-Armchair disapear at 31min23
-Color have changed a lot.

This project will use UHD Blu-ray as a base, as well as different sources, such as Blu-Ray 3D on certain scenes.

Or scenes from the 35mm scan.

The colors will also be reviewed.

BD and UHD do not have colors consistent with the original.
Blu-Ray 3D is the closest version to the original Caps files, but it still received some changes.
The 35mm copy is not "compliant with the original caps files" but I will still use it as a reference since it is close to the experience we had in VHS or LD.
I would use for color reference an average of 50% 3D BD and 50% 35mm.

For the 35mm project, it's on this page:
Beauty and the Beast (1991) 35mm (help needed) (fanrestore.com)


8min30 :
Original Background:
https://i.imgur.com/79IkIDf.jpg

Imax 2002/BD/3D/UHD Background:
https://i.imgur.com/eFeGeNJ.jpg

Background recreation (from elements on UHD) :
https://i.imgur.com/CypNpce.jpg

56min30 :
This error is present on UHD and BD, even when viewing in Theatrical Version.
Only the BD 3D doesn't have this problem.

Theatrical 1991 / VHS / LD / BD 3D

LD : 
https://i.imgur.com/zYCDiiO.jpeg

Imax SE 2002 / DVD / BD / UHD :
https://i.imgur.com/hAssRxm.jpg

BD 3D :
https://i.imgur.com/esWZstQ.jpg


Gaston’s missing chair (31min23):

BD/UHD :
https://i.imgur.com/jRIzxRb.jpg

3D :
https://i.imgur.com/AiHxf6J.jpg


Project progress :

• Remade the good background at 0:08:30
-Isolate Belle on all frames of this scene (DONE)
-Recreation of the original background in 4k (WIP) 


• Using the scene at 56min30 from the BD 3D to replace that on UHD
-Expand the space of BD3D (1.66) to get a 1.78 ratio (DONE)

• Replace the armchair (WIP)

• Replace some UHD scenes with 3D BD scenes that have more image (WIP)

• Replace the 3D logo castle opening, for the 80-90's logo castle (WIP)
-Find the best source for the 80-90's logo castle (for the moment, I've found the best on "The Black Cauldron" UHD Web DL)

• Change Color Timing (WIP)

La double vie de Véronique AKA The Double Life of Veronique
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101765/

As some of you may know, the new UHD audio is botched has several missing parts, the OG audio is from Criterion DVD which does not have missing parts
PS - As I do not have the LD, so cant say what's up with it…
Either way, I successfully synced the DVD audio to UHD (Curzon).

henlo

Years ago, I think someone from bluray.com, had given me an original stereo audio for Romancing the Stone synced to the blu-ray. But I'm not sure of its source. Maybe it's LD.
The Bluray audio is awful. I don't know how to tech talk, but it has its high frequencies cut off and sounds heavily filtered and muffled. You're missing eg. the drums in the music etc.
So, since I haven't contributed here at all (only as a donor), is anyone interested here in it? Shall I upload it?
Please understand though, this is not my own project, and in no way I want to take the credit for it.

edit: Ok, I think I found what it was.
It's up at myspleen, and it's a DVD audio, uploaded by Croweyes1121.
So, if anyone wants me to upload it here, let me know.

According to the B-R.com forum, Kino's The Taking of Pelham 123 UHD sports a 5.1 remix and a 2.0 mono downmix of that 5.1: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php...st20747347

The 2011 MGM BD has a 2.0 (original?) mono, while the 2016 Kino BD has a 2.0 that sounds different: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p...tcount=119

Has anyone compared the various BD/DVD/LD/VHS releases to see which original mono sounds the best? I vaguely remember seeing a post around here before but can't find it through site search now.

Thanks in advance!

Hi all,

I synced an AMZN WEB-DL of The Lady Eve (1941) to Criterion's BD.

Here's Blah-ray's coverage: https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2020/12/la...-1941.html

Looking at the waveforms, I'm pretty convinced that the WEB-DL I found matches the one on Blah-ray:






Notes on the sync:

- The video streams differ in two places:
    1) Opening intros
    2) The WEB-DL has 2 additional frames that's missing from the Criterion BD. This is on a scene cut boundary. (WEB-DL frame #69703, #69704)

- Even after adjusting for both, the two audio tracks still wiggle in and out of sync within 20ms or so throughout the film. So I mostly synced by video, instead of trying to align the audios perfectly.
- I applied an additional delay so that the desync b/w the two audios is mostly within +/- 10ms. Spot-checking a few scenes, I didn't notice any A/V sync issues.
- This is my first amateurish sync involving more than a simple delay. Any feedback and suggestions are most welcome!

Input: E-AC3, 2.0, 224 kbps, 48 kHz, (mediainfo doesn't report a bit depth here)
Output: PCM, 2.0, 2304 kbps, 48 kHz, 24 bits (maybe 16 bits would've been enough?)

PM me for a link.
I also kept the original E-AC3 track, in case anyone is interested in aligning it more accurately to the Criterion track themselves.

Cheers!

I recently inherited a load of (mainly) golden age LD titles from my dad and wondered if anyone here would be interested in them?

I don't have an LD player myself, so they're of no use to me.

I'd have to make a list of the titles, of course, but maybe some could be useful for projects where superior audio is required.

Due to shipping costs I'd only be looking to sell within the UK and I'd prefer to sell in bulk via a courier.

Anyone who's seriously interested please PM me for further details.

Thanks.

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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