Greg Z

JF_Sanderson said:

Never seen this movie but I did hear Coppola really wanted the newer edit. For fans of this flick do you like original or directors cut? Greg Z, do you like the extended?

I do prefer Coppola’s encore version over the original but some of the original
scenes did seem important to the story.

Did you ever find a Cotton Club Encore Extended edition?
I have a copy of exactly what you are looking for.
It is quite a large file, I believe about 40 GB.
It is an ISO file meant to be burned to a BD-R 50 disc.
There is also artwork included for the case and disc
so it looks like an official release.
I could shrink it to an MKV file if you prefer.
Let me know if you are interested.

Greg

Scenes from the original cut re-inserted into the Encore cut.

1. Original opening credits with the dancing girls.
2. Frenchy tells Owney the Dutchman has arrived at the club.
3. The rooftop pideon coop scene.
4. Dixie meets Gloria Swanson.
5. The Sandman / Lila scene where she tells him she has a private life.
6. Dixie in the car with his brother after Vincent is shot.
7. Mr. Jewitt offering his help to Madame St. Clair and Bumpy.
8. The longer scene of Dixie and Vera in the white curtains.
9. Irving announcing the presence of Chaplin, Brice and Cagney at the club.

Movie is now about 144 minutes

Always interested in unique audio tracks.
Part 3 of the audio appears to be missing.

maggerbee said:

I was planning on doing this as well. I don’t have the Directors Cut DVD. Does that DVD include the farm scene as a deleted scene?

-Josh

Yes, the farm scene is included in the DVD deleted scenes.
I don’t have a spleeter account so I have no idea what is available there but
I made myself a theatrical cut version Blu-ray that I can share with
anyone that is interested.

Sources:

Ncircle: Gumby - The Movie blu ray
Kidvision: Gumby - The Movie VHS
Classic Media: Gumby - The Movie DVD Director’s Cut

For editing purposes, I decoded the blu ray audio to 24/48 PCM Stereo and
captured the VHS audio at 24/48 PCM Stereo.
Ripped and upconverted the missing scenes from the DVD.

1. Warner Vision Films logo added at beginning of movie.
2. Three missing scenes edited into Blu ray video.
3. VHS audio was used for the missing scenes to have
   all the audio at 24 Bit 48 kHz PCM stereo.
4. VHS audio was used for the song “This Way 'N That”
   during the closing credits to replace mono with stereo audio.

The movie is now over 90 minutes long.

You have a choice of an MKV file or an ISO file.
The ISO file is made to burn to a single layer BD-R.
It can also be played with VLC media player.
With the ISO you get a higher bitrate plus a menu.
Disc and cover artwork is also included. Cover is for
a standard 12mm blu ray case.

I have downloaded all of the episodes and I am just blown away by the quality.
They really do look like genuine HD video and not upscaled DVDs. The only problem
I have with this project is that now I have to find the time to watch the entire
series again.

moviejim said:

Venny said:

I’ve been getting a lot of PMs about people wanting access to the folder. If you didn’t already have access before from donating I’m not going to give access unless it’s someone working on the project directly. I will not be handing out downloads for many reasons so please don’t ask. If you have donated and can’t access the folder for some reason I will make sure to fix that, but please do not clutter my DMs with download requests if you haven’t contributed anything to the project

I wish I would have seen this post before reading it you were having a hard time getting a laser disc copy my son has a laser disc copy I would have graciously donated the audio track to you. Oh well maybe next time very much looking forward to the release

I’m glad I ended up with a copy of the laserdisc.
Even though it appears to be the same scan as the DVD
with the beginning of the movie looking like it was scanned
during an earthquake, the coloring is completely different.
I believe it is much closer the original film than the DVD.
You do get the superior audio track in my opinion.
I ended up transferring an upscaled version of the laserdisc
and creating a Blu-ray for me to watch until the 4k restoration
is complete. I included the 24 Bit 96 kHz audio from the laserdisc
and the Dolby Digital 5.1 audio from the DVD for comparison.
I also included the English, French and Spanish subtitles from
the DVD.
If anyone is interested, I can provide a link to download this version.
I have an ISO file that can be burned to a single layer BD-R so you
get a hard copy with menus and I made an MKV file that is the
same size. PM me for the link.

Thanks for the link. The video looks nice and sharp and the colors
look great. I’m glad I took a chance on the laserdisc for the audio.
This project deserves to have the best audio source possible.

Bridger12 said:

Greg Z said:

Bridger12 said:

So, the track will likely end up being LPCM 2.0, or something like that?

Yes. Even if the audio turned out to be Dolby Surround encoded it would still be
captured as LPCM 2.0. The decoding to surround occurs during playback by the users’ receiver.
The digital audio on laserdisc is always 16 Bit 44.1 kHz LPCM. The analog audio can be
captured any way want. I will capture it at 24 Bit 96 kHz.
Now I’m just hoping that the laserdisc has the original theatrical soundtrack.

How will you know if it’s the original theatrical soundtrack, or not?

I’d like to say that as soon as I listen to it I will recognize it as the original soundtrack.
I would be lying though. I’m hoping that someone else will be able to identify it.
How many English soundtracks could there be? If it sounds different than the DVD then
it should be the original I would guess.

Bridger12 said:

So, the track will likely end up being LPCM 2.0, or something like that?

Yes. Even if the audio turned out to be Dolby Surround encoded it would still be
captured as LPCM 2.0. The decoding to surround occurs during playback by the users’ receiver.
The digital audio on laserdisc is always 16 Bit 44.1 kHz LPCM. The analog audio can be
captured any way you want. I will capture it at 24 Bit 96 kHz.
Now I’m just hoping that the laserdisc has the original theatrical soundtrack.

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.

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.

Have you checked out the Amazon Prime version of The Secret of Nimh. It looks like a nice
1080p transfer to me. Film grain is evident, no disapearing sword blades and nice detail.
It isn’t flawless but there is hardly any dust speckles. I wish I was an expert but I’m
not. I don’t have a blu ray to compare it to.

I would greatly appreciate a link to download this.
Thanks in advance for all your hard work.