What’s the progress so far?
It’s in the OP. 11/20 episodes completed for S1 so far.
Please please alert us when you are finished. It’s my
Favorite show ever but it’s so sad without the music;((( I would love it. I still listen to the soundtracks. The scene where Ben runs to catch felicity at the airport I put on mute and play the original song on my phone. Thank you so
Much for doing this.
Yes, I definitely will! I’ve had to slow down these past few months due to personal issues. But I just started picking it back up so I’m hoping to pick up steam soon!
Just updated the OP and I finally have a link to share, so just PM me if you want a link 😃
Cool! I’ll PM you soon once I make space in my hard drive, lol. Do you think you’ll do a 4K version (with the IMAX footage upscaled) one day?
Really excited for this project! It’ll be nice to get Marvel films with IMAX footage in non 3D format. From what I read, IMAX actually owns the rights to the IMAX version of the films, which is why we haven’t seen 4K releases with the IMAX footage. IMAX/Sony are trying to push IMAX Enhanced instead.
Bummer that, but at least fans like you are helping keep the IMAX versions alive. Can’t wait to see the rest of the films!
When will you be sharing how to view this, thank you! It is not the same without the music, it was like a character on the show that’s now missing.
I’ll be sharing how to view this project once I get close to the end of restoring the entire series. Don’t want to announce things too early when I haven’t even completed the first season, lol. But thanks for your interest!
instagram.com/felicityrestorationproject is the insta I run. I assume you are using my resources right? Not mad but I know you had my audio for your Season 1 episodes. I’m curious to see how the blu-ray will look tho. The Season 1 you had of mine tho was wildly outdated.
Hello! Yes, I am using resources from you and another user for the audios I didn’t have. Actually, my own audios of S1 was the season with the least amount of holes, lol. Once the project is released, I’ll definitely credit y’all for providing the resources, it’s been a big help!
Also, I tried upscaling the show through PremierePro as a test and it was…okay. Honestly, the DVDrips actually look pretty good being purely upscaled by my 4KTV. Still testing how an SD Blu-Ray encode would look, but no promises, lol.
Yeah I actually am looking forward to it. I do know someone provided me with your Season 1 files but they were my very old drafts from like 8 years ago haha. Not all of them were bad but did you acquire more since then? I wouldn’t know how to upscale the actual video file but I would def love to see the finished project. and let me know if you run into any snags.
Oh wow, that was you back in the day? Small world! Yes, I have been able to get a few more audios since - which has helped a lot.
Will do! Thanks again for all your help!
instagram.com/felicityrestorationproject is the insta I run. I assume you are using my resources right? Not mad but I know you had my audio for your Season 1 episodes. I’m curious to see how the blu-ray will look tho. The Season 1 you had of mine tho was wildly outdated.
Hello! Yes, I am using resources from you and another user for the audios I didn’t have. Actually, my own audios of S1 was the season with the least amount of holes, lol. Once the project is released, I’ll definitely credit y’all for providing the resources, it’s been a big help!
Also, I tried upscaling the show through PremierePro as a test and it was…okay. Honestly, the DVDrips actually look pretty good being purely upscaled by my 4KTV. Still testing how a 1080p encode would look, but no promises, lol.
EDIT: Thanks to the help of kind users on the forum, I have all the resources I need to restore every episode of the series for this project.
Hey all!
So I’m currently working on restoring the original music to J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves’ 1998 show Felicity, which aired on the WB.
In case you aren’t aware, the DVD release of the series replaced about 99% of the original broadcast music. Similarly, the streaming release of the show also has the replacement music.
For this project, I am using TVRip broadcast audio (for the original broadcast music) along with the official DVD audio (for the sections with no replacements) for the best quality version of Felicity (given the sources available). This hybrid audio track is synced to the DVD video.
Also, please keep in mind the TVRip audio is of varying quality due to the show’s original and syndication runs being in the early 2000s. Some bits sound as good as the DVD audio while some bits sound like VHS rips (there’s some hiss and crackle in some small areas, and sounds a smidge lower quality than the DVD audio, making some of the transitions between the two not 100% seamless). But unfortunately, that’s what we got, so until rights issues ever get worked out or it comes back to syndication, that’s what we’re working with.
Thanks for your understanding, and hope you all enjoy this project once it’s released!
Current Project Status (as of 10/17/21):
Not sure if this is true, but I read online that the OG music is available if you buy the show on iTunes UK. Though it seems like S1 and S2 aren’t in 1080p on the iTunes UK store, though they are in the iTunes US store. The rest of the show is available in 1080p on the iTunes UK store though. Good luck with your project!