This project is still being worked on...
The color correction is a little bit of a pain, but it's moving forward (but slowly, because this project is not my main focus at the moment) PLUS, as always (apparently) I've added more sources to the project...
When it comes to the German AMAZN web-dl 1080p captures... I have two of them and they are NOT a re-encode of one into the other based on the comparisons that I've made between the two and where pixelation (or some other obvious artifact) happens to show on-screen. Plus, they have slightly different runtimes, LOL
First, is the Bluebird capture (which I've had since it was released and was the original source I was using to color correct to the French print HDTV capture that I have. The Bluebird capture has a video bitrate of 10.9mbps.
Here's the mediainfo:
Code:
General
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Delay relative to video : -83ms
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Forced : No
Audio #2
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Audio #3
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Format : AC-3
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Channel positions : Front: L R
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Language : Russian
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #4
ID : 5
Format : AC-3
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Channel positions : Front: L R
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Delay relative to video : -83ms
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Language : Russian
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #5
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Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -83ms
Stream size : 176 MiB (1%)
Title : Премьер Видео Фильм
Language : Russian
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #6
ID : 7
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
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Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -83ms
Stream size : 352 MiB (2%)
Title : Юниверсал Пикчерс
Language : Russian
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #7
ID : 8
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
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Format settings, Endianness : Big
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Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
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Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : -83ms
Stream size : 1.16 GiB (7%)
Title : А.Гаврилов
Language : Russian
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #8
ID : 9
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
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Compression mode : Lossy
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Title : Ю.Живов
Language : Russian
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #9
ID : 10
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Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
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Format settings, Endianness : Big
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Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
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Delay relative to video : -83ms
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Title : А.Михалёв
Language : Russian
Default : No
Forced : No
Audio #10
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Title : М.Иванов
Language : Russian
Default : No
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Audio #11
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Default : No
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Default : No
Forced : No
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Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
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Default : No
Forced : No
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Forced : No
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Default : No
Forced : No
But, I also have a capture from German AMAZN (judging by the same cropped shots of english text) made by a capper called "lame" that has a video bitrate of 14.0mbps...
Here's the mediainfo for it:
Code:
General
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Complete name : G:\VIDEO\Movies\Top Gun 1986 EUR BluRay 1080p AVC.DTS HD.MA.5.1\Sources\lame-topgun.om-1080p.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 12.1 GiB
Duration : 1h 49mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 15.8 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2017-09-12 13:19:49
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Video
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Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
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Bit rate mode : Variable
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Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
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Stream size : 10.8 GiB (89%)
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2623 d5b2374
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-1:-1 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=9 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=34 / lookahead_threads=5 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=150 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=8 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=120 / keyint_min=61 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=120 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=15000 / vbv_bufsize=31250 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=3:1.00
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Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 49mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 755 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 3s 0ms
Stream size : 592 MiB (5%)
Language : German
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : E-AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_EAC3
Duration : 1h 49mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
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Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
The Bluebird doesn't include the German half-bitrate DTS track or the English 5.1 AC3 track, (opting with a full-bitrate DTS English track) while the LAME doesn't include the subtitles.
I also found the lower bitrate Mexican iTunes (??, judging by the video bitrate) 1080p copy of the film with ALL of the English text on-screen part intact. It has full-bitrate DTS English audio and 5.1 AC3 Latino Spanish, with a "great" (LMAO) video bitrate of 5120kbps.
Here's the mediainfo:
Code:
General
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Video
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Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
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Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
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Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.094
Stream size : 3.63 GiB (67%)
Title : Top Gun [Open Matte] (1986) FullHD LAT - ZeiZ
Writing library : x264 core 142
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Default : Yes
Forced : No
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ID : 2
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Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
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Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 6s 0ms
Stream size : 508 MiB (9%)
Title : Latino
Language : Latin
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
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Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 1.17 GiB (22%)
Title : Inglés
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Text #1
ID : 4
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : www.EDITED....PM me for details if need-be
Language : Latin
Default : Yes
Forced : Yes
Text #2
ID : 5
Format : UTF-8
Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title : Latino
Language : Latin
Default : No
Forced : No
While, the LAME encode is far superior to all other encodes that I have in terms of bitrate, the French print HDTV capture still proves to be the best source in many case (I would say about 35-40% of the film) so I'm having fun color-matching stuff and then picking best sources...
Will be a while before it's done, but I intend on finishing it before the end of the year (along with 5-6 other projects that are long overdue)
The Latino encode was just released back in february and is still floating around (however it you can't find it, PM me) but the LAME German AMAZN copy that I pulled split into 88 rar files, I can't find anywhere anymore with active links (also, feel free to PM me about this one)
If anyone wants screenshots comparing sources, I'm happy to do that, but it might take me a moment (although it won't be a few weeks/months, LOL)