For the synchronicity... maybe we could release the PCMs in a divx file, with the whole movie at very low video quality, just for reference. The video could be 200 Mb more, and that's nothing, since we're talking about 1,3 Gb files.
A video as some sort of guide-track sounds good to me. Just needs to be 23.976 / 29.97 / 25 fps. This way, sync problems can be easily found and fixed.
I have recorded the audio from my German VHS (PAL) already but there is some disturbing (digital sounding) noise introduced, probably by the a/d conversion. Maybe I should reduce the recording volume. I will try to fix this.
By the way, I figured out, that Laserdisc PCM Standard is 44,1 khz while DVD PCM Standard is 48 khz (or 96khz). But that shouldn't be a problem as we can record at spdif-in with 48 khz even if the source is 44.1 khz, can't we?
I suggest the following specifications for all the releases:
AVI-FILE (shall be compressed with zip/rar when released)
Sound: WAV Format, PCM - not compressed, 16bit, Stereo, 48 khz equals 187 KB/s
Video: Any good compression Codec, NTSC (29.97 fps or 23.976 fps) or PAL (25 fps), as a reference track for easy sync and easy import in any project. Frames can be really small.
Informations: Source, Digital Transfer / Analog Transfer, any issues, any conversions done to the sound.
Do you think it's possible we release these files at Myspleen?