Echo3

I have this DVD.  Ill see what I can do to share it.

Just for fun, I used MVKmerge and added the 93 LD's PCM stereo mix in place of the dolby 2.0 mix. It synced perfectly.  Harmys' version is amazing, and I love having all the various mixes available to just click through.

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I have the '93 mix ripped straight from the LDs in PCM format, and i would  rather have that instead of the 320kbps mix on the MKV.    is there an  easy way to add / substitute it?   TSMuxer?

vbangle said:

Echo3 said:

I downloaded from isohunt, and it will only play the first 20 minutes or so.  i tried to remux with tsmuxer, and i got this error.

 

Matroska parse error: Invalid EBML number size 0 at pos 4134288813

Yep you got the bad copy. Download from another source.

Youre right.  Got it from somewhere else, and it works great.  An amazing job, Harmy.

I skipped through it a bit, and overall looks amazing.  The multiple sound mixes are great.  I hope to try to add in my own PCM track ripped from the definitive LDs at some point. 

I downloaded from isohunt, and it will only play the first 20 minutes or so.  i tried to remux with tsmuxer, and i got this error.

Matroska parse error: Invalid EBML number size 0 at pos 4134288813

FremenDar said:

Echo3 said:

I thought it was established that HULU has the original broadcast versions, with original audio?

 

Regardless, I have the broadcast versions recorded from the Sci Fi Channel (aired mid/early 2000s) with original music intact.

 

Theyre the syndicated versions, so the opening credits are not correct in some some seasons.

 

Im not sure if they have scenes edited out due to syndication

For Season 4? I just need the episodes listed audios only so I can excise the songs and place them correctly.

Season 2 and 3 are on hiatus until next month. Just bought the monitor I've always been wanting to purchase. ASUS PA238Q IPS.

 

 

I have all of Season 2,3 & 4 with original audio.

I thought it was established that HULU has the original broadcast versions, with original audio?

Regardless, I have the broadcast versions recorded from the Sci Fi Channel (aired mid/early 2000s) with original music intact.

Theyre the syndicated versions, so the opening credits are not correct in some some seasons.

Im not sure if they have scenes edited out due to syndication

The youtube version is sourced from the VHS to DVD transfer created in this thread.  The original version isnt much better.  It is a 10 year old VHS tape. 

It's official. Dracula, Frankenstein, and boxed sets of other Universal monster movies this year.

Oh yeah, and Jaws, E.T....

http://www.universal100th.com/#

http://www.fearnet.com/news/b25036_universal_monsters_hitchcocks_birds.html

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from the digital bits:

“And on the catalog film note, we’re also hearing that Universal is working on plans to release a Blu-ray box set of the classic Universal Monsters films in time for Halloween 2012. This is actually something I talked about with USHE president Craig Kornblau back at Blu-Con 2010. I mentioned to him that a lot of our readers would love to see those films in high-definition, but the studio’s concern was that – believe it or not – sales of those titles haven’t been very good on DVD over the years. So I suggested doing them all as a big Blu-ray box set and making it sort of a special event release to generate sales and interest. Then they could always release singles later if the numbers justified it.”

I used handbrake to create a 23.97 fps mkv.  it had dropped frames.

dark_jedi said:

LOL, 1080P @ 29fps? why not 23.976?

Read above.

Dropped frames.

Doing a version at 29.97 (30)fps  means I'm adding frames, not dropping.

The result is a version that should play back on most BR players at 60fps without any noticable issues.
i can also try a 1080i 29.97 version.

I have completed a 1080p version encoded at 29 fps, and it looks fine.  Im going to make an AVCHD version, and possibly add the david skal  commentary.

Ill be testing the results on a PS3.

my 24fps is done.  There are dropped frames.  It can be somwhat distracting.  Im not sure if there is a program that could convert it to 60fps, but handbrake wont.

My Boxee plays the 25fps back at 60fps, and it looks good.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

AvP said:

Frame rate : 25.000 fps

Thank you.

 

Echo3 said:

I dont know if it would look bad, but you could just re encode it with handbrake at 24 or 23.97fps, then use TSMuxer to create an AVCHD disc.

Hmm... I'll try this. Thanks for the tip. I had a 25fps thing that I tried adjusting with TSMuxer's frame rate control but it looked awful, producing countless junk frames.

 

captainsolo said:

The 04 and 99 should share the same video transfer. All of the Legacy Collections re-used the original DVD transfers save for Bride of Frankenstein.

It may be the same video transfer but I believe the Legacy disc allowed a higher bitrate because it have the movie more space than the comparatively cramped '99 disc. For example, Creature From the Black Lagoon is the exact same transfer but because it has an extra GB worth of space on the Legacy Edition, it looks better.

As far as a silent version goes, that's pretty much lost just as the original ending is. I have always wanted Universal to give these films the restoration they deserve, and hopefully that tag ending will finally resurface.

Actually, I watched the Brownlow Documentary with the Dracula DVD and it has a clip from the silent version, so it may have survived. It probably just hasn't been released. The clip looked surprisingly decent quality. I hope it isn't a lost film.

The silent version is much like the original green tinted Frankenstein-lost to the ages.

Hmm... I'd be interested in that as well though it's probably not hard to recreate.

 

 

Mine should be done tonight... Ill let you know how it turns out.

make sure you dont crop any pixels. Handbrake will try to crop the black bars.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Actually, I watched the Brownlow Documentary with the Dracula DVD and it has a clip from the silent version, so it may have survived. It probably just hasn't been released. The clip looked surprisingly decent quality. I hope it isn't a lost film.

 

 

I always assumed this was a recreation for the documentary.

I just watched a few minutes of the 1080i version.

AS a longtime fan of the film, seeing the 1080i version is like watching it for the first time.  You can truly appreciate the sets, lighting, and smoke effects that are present in the production design.

You could argue that few scenes are too bright, especially the opening, but perhaps thats the way it was intended, and all previous home video versions were unitentionall dark.

It sounds better than all previous DVD versions.  Its not too muffled, and the theres not too much hiss.

The video quality is good, and blows away all the DVDs. 

I'll be very happy with this version, until a BluRay disc comes along.

Ill try creating a 1080p24 AVC DVD, and see how it turns out.

I dont know if it would look bad, but you could just re encode it with handbrake at 24 or 23.97fps, then use TSMuxer to create an AVCHD disc.

Then it would play back fine on a BR player.

I have downloaded the 1080i version of Dracula.

VLC states a frame rate of 50.

I have not had a chance to watch the whole thing, but I can confirm that the audio elements are intact.  Music and death groans are there.

Im downloading the 1080i version now.  Im very curious to  see how it looks and sounds.

the 1080i version looks like some pretty heavy noise reduction was applied, but its hard to tell from a still.

Hi all

I have always been a huge fan of classic horror films, especially the 30’s-40’s universal horror classics.

The much-maligned Dracula has always had a poor history on home video.  There have been 3 DVD releases, ('99, '04, '06) and none of them have gotten it quite right.

The first two editions were dark, but reasonably accurate representations of the aged film.  The audio was nice, but there were errors and ommissions.  The “remastered” '06 edition corrected the missing audio elements, (edit: i was wrong, the 06 version is missing dracula’s death groans) but  the overall sound quality reverted to being a muffled mess. The image was overly brightened and cleaned, and lost its dark, creepy feel.

Perhaps someone more resourceful than I could combine the best elements of the existing releases, and create a hybrid version, that would get us by until a true HD release.

Here is a good comparison http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/articles/dracula_misfires.htm

Vudu has it availabile in HD, but i have not looked at it to see how it compares, or how the audio is.

looks like this made it to youtube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLC9w8pceZc

Quantum Leap:

The DVD releases of Season 1 and 5 are unaltered.

I have the syndicated versions of season 2-4 recorded from Sci-Fi Channel , which does not have the music replacement, but does have the syndicated versions of the opening credits.  Im sure there could be other edits to the syndicated versions.

The streaming versions currently available via Netflix are unaltered.

Strangely, the Hulu versions are altered.

Sorry if this has been posted, but for those who prefer torrent sites, its up on isohunt.

Just got them Harmy, Great work!