I'm still here, but working on a decent and colour-accurate video source. I managed to get a reasonable frame-accurate capture of the PAL laserdisc of ANH and averaged 5 captures to make it look a bit nicer, but its a laserdisc so there's only so much that can be done! All the broadcast versions, whilst mostly having superior picture, albeit with a more visible smear in parts, are missing frames, although I'm also looking into picking the best parts to make a better source. Please note that these are personal projects, so I won't be treading on any toes of other projects that may be happening!

I'm not sure there is any specific technical way to line the DTS up perfectly with any video source as we don't have a negative with the timecode markers on, or any technical means to perform a 'true' sync with the discs. The lead in/out on each reel doesn't give a specific reference point either. It seems to be a case of lining them up manually, and putting a slight overlap mix to make sure its seamless. Perhaps not perfect, but if each reel is lined up as correctly as possible with the video source then it should be unnoticeable. I used the '04 mix as a loose reference (and by loose, I mean just that, as dialogue and sound effects don't always match up due to it being an entirely different mix). I synchronised both ANH and ESB this way and it seemed to work effectively. I'm currently trialing a 24fps source instead of the usual 23.976fps; from the brief test I've run so far, no sample rate change or time manipulation is needed for the DTS audio to match up.