I'm afraid that AVCHD standard doesn't allow DTS... but I can make a simple .m2ts file - like the one I did for my project - with DTS; it will be not AVCHD compliant, but it will be playable on (almost) all modern computers. For AVCHD, I will convert this track to AC3 @640kbps (and will include the original AC3 track from laserdisc, too).
And the DTS soundtrack could (and would) be included into future DVD and BD editions...
The file format could be a .dts too, as I don't need to touch it anymore.
Could you confirm that your 1997 SE PAL capture is in sync from the first frame to the last with the DTS track? Or I must insert some missing frame somewhere?
But, at the end, the question is: should I start a "Special Edition Trilogy restored using Laserdisc editions"? Is there someone in 2013 that will be interested in that kind of project, still based on laserdisc captures, when there are many other projects around based on DVB digital recording? I think that laserdisc has still to show (to someone of) us its potential - OUT ruLes is a demonstration; also if not on par with the best digital editions on the market, nowadays with free software, it is possible to "squeeze" all the video information it has "hidden" into its analog pits, and after a bit (more than a bit, indeed...) of processing, the result is not that bad!
...you know what? I'll do it FOR ME! Because I'd like to do it, and to prove myself I CAN do it (again)! The "collateral damage" will be a public release... L(nùù)7
Anybody has the PAL French laserdisc audio - in french, cat. [609735] - in bit-perfect PCM to share? I have the french boxset, but the language is english... also, a spanish track in PCM captured from VHS HiFi will be highly appreciated...