_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

OT:

if someone is "Curious as George" enough to download these trailers (9MB all), then post some comments here...

Intro for compilation..??

a: visual good but audio gave me a headache
b: visual gave me a headache but possibly best audio
c: headache all round
d: best overall
e: liked the visuals but pipe sound a bit harsh

Better audio on the ones I didn't like makes it a closer call, eg c. Matrix City is better but for me d. Linked Spheres still edges it as my favourite.

As for the THX trailers, I'm not sure. Are they 'proper' trailers? How many versions of Broadway are there?! I don't like the Jurassic Park trailer - the dialogue/roar over the Broadway noise doesn't work - it's just grating.

I'm probably not the right person to ask as I'm only watching them on a laptop but they seem 'clean'. Having said that, that's based on what I can see; I don't know if it's because they're mts or the bit rates on some of them are high or what but on both THX trailers and a couple of the others, the video is only becoming viewable about half way in. Your call but I would be inclined to just include official trailers and add your preferred test trailer at the start/end.

Another unaccounted for trailer (and it's very doubtful you'll get it) is the DTS water drop trailer. Apparently it's very similar to Imagine Films' intro logo, and they took issue with it resulting in DTS pulling the trailer. Instead we got the Sonic Landscape trailer.

Great project Andrea, can't wait to see the results. I found these Dolby Stereo trailers on YouTube a few years ago. They are circa late 1970s into the 80s, same era as the Mancini trailer (great trailer). Not great quality but there you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZnBPwPRFY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9GIHHkZOE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRIVD8zwQU

PDB said:

Great project Andrea, can't wait to see the results. I found these Dolby Stereo trailers on YouTube a few years ago. They are circa late 1970s into the 80s, same era as the Mancini trailer (great trailer). Not great quality but there you go:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZnBPwPRFY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9GIHHkZOE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRIVD8zwQU

 

I love this trailer. I persuaded one of the guys who uploaded it to Youtube to send me his VHS - I recaptured this and two other similar Dolby trailers for a higher quality preservation. Sadly his tape was a second generation copy, so even though I've cleaned up some particularly noisy frames there's still an obvious VHS 'shimmer', but I think my versions are about as good as they currently get (and they sound great on a surround system):

Dolby Stereo Feature Presentation

Dolby Stereo for Your Listening Pleasure

Dolby SR for Your Listening Pleasure

(_,,,^..^,,,_ ,  I'll arrange to upload uncompressed versions of these for your project. They're all 480p).

Jonno said:

PDB said:

Great project Andrea, can't wait to see the results. I found these Dolby Stereo trailers on YouTube a few years ago. They are circa late 1970s into the 80s, same era as the Mancini trailer (great trailer). Not great quality but there you go:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nZnBPwPRFY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9GIHHkZOE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsRIVD8zwQU

 

I love this trailer. I persuaded one of the guys who uploaded it to Youtube to send me his VHS - I recaptured this and two other similar Dolby trailers for a higher quality preservation. Sadly his tape was a second generation copy, so even though I've cleaned up some particularly noisy frames there's still an obvious VHS 'shimmer', but I think my versions are about as good as they currently get (and they sound great on a surround system):

Dolby Stereo Feature Presentation

Dolby Stereo for Your Listening Pleasure

Dolby SR for Your Listening Pleasure

(_,,,^..^,,,_ ,  I'll arrange to upload uncompressed versions of these for your project. They're all 480p).

Very cool, Jonno. I love the classics

_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

trp said:

I don't know if it's because they're mts or the bit rates on some of them are high or what but on both THX trailers and a couple of the others, the video is only becoming viewable about half way in.

When I play them onto my PC with Media Player Classic, they start some seconds after I opened the files, but from the beginning; if I use VLC, they start almost immediately, but the audio is from the beginning, while video become visible after 8-10 seconds... the same for all my m2ts file - I'm sure it's not because the filetype, but because the m2ts file I use are AVC - H.264, "heavy" codec for oldest computers...

Your call but I would be inclined to just include official trailers and add your preferred test trailer at the start/end.

I think to add them in a proper section, "unofficial", along with the Star Wars one, after all the others... I also thought to start a thread, "post your unofficial/custom made DD DTS THX trailer"... what do you think?

Another unaccounted for trailer (and it's very doubtful you'll get it) is the DTS water drop trailer. Apparently it's very similar to Imagine Films' intro logo, and they took issue with it resulting in DTS pulling the trailer. Instead we got the Sonic Landscape trailer.

I'm aware of it, and also asked a person to scan the actual film print... still waiting his anwer...

That's exactly it. I use VLC too. At least it's consistent then.

Putting them in their own section makes sense to me. I don't know if there'd be enough interest in a specific thread for custom audio format trailers but who's to say...

Interesting. Well you got the CDS trailer(s?) so most things seem possible!

As I'm sure you're aware there's also a Dolby SR logo'd version of Fanfare. Logically the real trailer is/was SR encoded but as the Dolby Stereo version you have from Jonno (good job on the fix and the other trailers) doesn't have the original audio either it's probably a moot issue.

Indeed - given that the SR advantage is one of fidelity rather than channel separation, a home viewing version needs only sound good enough (though it's interesting to note that this high quality copy of Fanfare is the only one I've seen that doesn't have the SR logo at the end).

Now, what I'd really like to see is a logo for 70mm 6-track stereo. I've no idea if one was ever made, but for my own amusement I put my own together using the audio from one of the Dolby trailers. If you have a section for unofficial clips I guess you may want to include it...

https://www.box.com/s/ln2flxpyhyd0rme9vih7

Btw..someone mentioned on BD.com that there's a trailer on the Volcano laserdisc. Specific to the movie. FYI.