We Were Soldiers

[alleycat]

Don't suppose anyone out there has access to the US blu ray? I've been looking into this and the UK release is widely regarded as the better option due to improved picture and AVC encoding, however for some reason it misses all of the opening credits and the dates/locations. The US release is lower quality and MPEG2 but it doesn't miss off the credits and  dates/locations. I'm thinking maybe a hybrid of the two, possibly with rotoscoping, but I'm struggling to find the US release anywhere. Does anyone have one they can rip? Thanks

[maksnew]

If this is it then I can get it.


We Were Soldiers 2002 1080p GBR Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1

DISC INFO:

Disc Title: WE_WERE_SOLDIERS
Disc Size: 42,815,797,756 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
BDInfo: 0.5.4

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00002.MPLS
Length: 2:18:31 (h:m)
Size: 38,486,876,160 bytes
Total Bitrate: 37.04 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 31366 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
DTS-HD Master Audio English 2667 kbps 5.1-ES / 48 kHz / 2667 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Dolby Digital EX Audio English 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps / DN -2dB

SUBTITLES:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics English 17.819 kbps

[X5gb]

Think he means the old US MPEG2 one:

Disc Title: We Were Soldiers 2002 1080p Blu-ray MPEG-2 DTS-ES 6.1
Disc Size: 36,619,398,144 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00014.MPLS
Size: 33,626,677,248 bytes
Length: 2:18:29.551
Total Bitrate: 32.37 Mbps
Video: MPEG-2 Video / 26890 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9
Audio: English / Dolby Digital EX Audio / 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: English / DTS-ES Audio / 6.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit / DN -4dB
Audio: French / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: Spanish / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB / Dolby Surround
Subtitle: English / 24.127 kbps
Subtitle: English / 25.808 kbps
Subtitle: French / 25.873 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 25.488 kbps
Subtitle: French / 1.360 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 0.957 kbps

[maksnew]

Think he means the old US MPEG2 one:

Disc Title: We Were Soldiers 2002 1080p Blu-ray MPEG-2 DTS-ES 6.1
Disc Size: 36,619,398,144 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00014.MPLS
Size: 33,626,677,248 bytes
Length: 2:18:29.551
Total Bitrate: 32.37 Mbps
Video: MPEG-2 Video / 26890 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9
Audio: English / Dolby Digital EX Audio / 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: English / DTS-ES Audio / 6.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit / DN -4dB
Audio: French / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: Spanish / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB / Dolby Surround
Subtitle: English / 24.127 kbps
Subtitle: English / 25.808 kbps
Subtitle: French / 25.873 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 25.488 kbps
Subtitle: French / 1.360 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 0.957 kbps

I can get that too.

[X5gb]

Yea, on a few places.

[alleycat]

Think he means the old US MPEG2 one:

Disc Title: We Were Soldiers 2002 1080p Blu-ray MPEG-2 DTS-ES 6.1
Disc Size: 36,619,398,144 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00014.MPLS
Size: 33,626,677,248 bytes
Length: 2:18:29.551
Total Bitrate: 32.37 Mbps
Video: MPEG-2 Video / 26890 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9
Audio: English / Dolby Digital EX Audio / 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: English / DTS-ES Audio / 6.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit / DN -4dB
Audio: French / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: Spanish / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB / Dolby Surround
Subtitle: English / 24.127 kbps
Subtitle: English / 25.808 kbps
Subtitle: French / 25.873 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 25.488 kbps
Subtitle: French / 1.360 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 0.957 kbps

I can get that too.

Yes that's the one - I managed to find it on one of the sites I use but it only had one seeder doing 10 KiB/s so was projecting 60 days! Anyway if there is any way I could get that version that would be a massive help. Thanks.

[bendermac]

@alleycat I can share with you a remux of my US HD-DVD if you need it

[alleycat]

@alleycat I can share with you a remux of my US HD-DVD if you need it

Sure thanks - I assume that has the opening credits like the US blu ray?

[Yarp]

I've been looking into this and the UK release is widely regarded as the better option due to improved picture and AVC encoding

UK disc has a green/yellow push I'm not into and that would be enough for me to look for another encode (very visible in the first two shots on caps a holic). There's French/Norwegian/Italian discs with AVC, but all are lacking the 6.1 DTS-ES mix.

Here's the first two shots off caps a holic for reference:
https://slow.pics/c/VIeJExcq

fwiw, the us disc may be mpeg2 but when given good bitrate mpeg2 encodes can often look great. i haven't seen full comps between the UK disc and the US disc though and the few references and comps i've found online are very old and dead.