"A Charlie Brown Christmas" laserdisc audio, anyone have it?

[Dek Rollins]

Hey everyone, just asking if anyone has A Charlie Brown Christmas on LD or has it captured. LDDB seems to have only one version listed, so that must be all there is.

https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/27057/LV83716

I did a little project with this for myself (a hybrid of the BD release and the 16mm copy that went around), and I was thinking about doing an improved version to maybe share online, and I'd like to use LD audio for this rather than downmixing the BD mix to mono.

EDIT: Even if anyone has a decent quality VHS capture, that would be fine (I only have this on DVD and Blu-ray). Analog audio might even match 16mm audio inserts better anyway.

[bronan]

I saw a Youtube video on all the remaster changes the other day, seems like it would be a challenge to sync anything up to it. I'm interested in getting this and How the Grinch Stole Christmas restored though. Unfortunately I have neither disc at the moment

[Dek Rollins]

Turns out my DVD actually has a mono track and no 5.1 or stereo mix. It's the 2008 "Remastered Deluxe Edition" with a slipcover. I don't know if it's the original mix from the 'revised version' but I don't see what reason they would have for using a mono track on the DVD if it was a remix. Just comparing it to the 16mm version, it sounds similar but the music is a bit louder compared to voices it seems.

For some reason I remembered it having a 5.1 mix like the BD.

[SpaceBlackKnight]

IIRC, the first 2009 BD (the one with a VC1 codec) has a DD 2.0 track, despite the case saying Dolby Digital 5.1 (which lead to many complaints from those with mega sound systems, resulting in the later 2 disc BD with 4.3 and 1.78 versions as well as the UHD being "fixed" with a DTS-MA 5.1 track and no 2.0/mono options in sight). As that BD is the same source as the 2008 DVD, the 2.0 is allegedly a dual mono version of the 2008 DVD's 1.0 track.

[NeonBible]

Does anyone have mono track from the 2008 DVD?

[Dek Rollins]

IIRC, the first 2009 BD (the one with a VC1 codec) has a DD 2.0 track, despite the case saying Dolby Digital 5.1 (which lead to many complaints from those with mega sound systems, resulting in the later 2 disc BD with 4.3 and 1.78 versions as well as the UHD being "fixed" with a DTS-MA 5.1 track and no 2.0/mono options in sight). As that BD is the same source as the 2008 DVD, the 2.0 is allegedly a dual mono version of the 2008 DVD's 1.0 track.

Thanks for the info. My BD is in a three-pack of "50th Anniversary Deluxe Editions" and has a 5.1 track.

[Dek Rollins]

Does anyone have mono track from the 2008 DVD?

I have the 2008 DVD, that's why I was talking about it.

[NeonBible]

It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (1992) was originally mixed in stereo according to IMDB. Has this appeared anywhere on home video?

The old DVDs are dual mono. I believe the UHD/BD are 5.1.

[Johnny-5]

According to Blah-ray, the 2008 DVD is the best sounding audio out of all the releases:

The only version of this that sounds good is the 192 kbps AC-3 mono track on the remastered DVD (the one using the same restoration as the blu-ray) -- it sounds excellent. All previous editions, however, sound shrill, distorted, and dupey.

https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-...-1965.html

[Johnny-5]

Does anyone have mono track from the 2008 DVD?

I have a copy of it from this collection if needed.