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Post #1496443

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Venny
Parent topic
The Brave Little Toaster (1987) 4K 35mm Film Scan! (WIP)
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Date created
24-Jul-2022, 7:56 AM

Greg Z said:

Bridger12 said:

Greg Z said:

Octorox said:

Hal 9000 said:

LD audio is better than the DVD? Do you know something about their history? I could try my hand if the two need to be blended somehow, such as surround channels being more dynamic in the LD.

I believe the LD audio is actually stereo, so it doesn’t use the surround channels at all. However it’s supposedly the original theatrical audio mix, whereas the DVD mix was a new one done for the DVD release. The Laserdisc audio is also supposed to be nearly lossless whereas the DVD has a compressed AC3 mix. The best option would be to include both. I’d bite the bullet but:
1.) I already spent too much on this movie importing the PAL DVD
2.) I don’t have a laserdisc player, or any of the equipment I would need to properly capture the audio.

The laserdisc has Dolby Surround encoded audio. The stereo soundtrack can be decoded to surround by any
receiver or pre-amp with prologic II. You get 4 channels: right, left, center and mono rear. I haven’t
heard it personally but it would be lossless and most likely the original theatrical audio mix.

Edit: I just purchased a copy of the laserdisc from Ebay. I will be able to provide a digital and analog copy
of the audio for the project. I’ll also check it out through my receiver and see what it sounds like decoded
to surround.

I don’t see “Dolby Surround” on the laserdisc back cover. Odd.

I got my info from the LaserDisc Database site.

https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/03599/1117-AS/Brave-Little-Toaster-The

It says that both the digital and analog audio tracks are Dolby Surround encoded.
I should have taken a better look at the pictures of the back cover on Ebay. It doesn’t
say Dolby Surround anywhere on the cover, just stereo. I guess I’ll find out when the disc
arrives and I try decoding the stereo tracks.

The credits at the end of the film and LaserDisc mention Dolby Stereo so that is accurate to the films theatrical mix.