Moth3r

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=4643

Bingowings said:

"The Exorcise" would've been funnier IMO.

Last time discs for all 3 films popped up the price was $300 (about £190). Obviously that seller knew what he had.

captainsolo said:

Speaking of Dolby Stereo, Batman sounds like crud on DVD/Blu-ray. Very confined and almost tinny in places. The LD features the original Dolby Stereo with really exceptional split surrounds...

The Dolby Stereo (Dolby Surround) format only has a mono surround channel. Unless you're feeding it through a Pro-logic II decoder?

I see. Yes that's a possibility.

I have an Excel spreadsheet that might be of use to you.

Basically, you pick a few pixels from source (A) and enter the "observed" YUV values into the spreadsheet. You then take the YUV values for the same areas from source (B) and enter the "target" YUV values - what the colours should be. You then adjust various parameters (using Excel's Solver if you wish) to get the observed and target as close as possible.

These parameters can then be exported to a ColorYUV command in AviSynth.

The procedure works best with test cards which have large areas of solid colour. A complex picture may be harder to match.

msycamore said:

The reason being an answer I got from two projectionists I asked over at Film-Tech Forum, both said that it was in format 42 and that only Last Crusade was in format 43 - Split Surround. 

So, you think that Mark Mangini's memory is incorrect when he says Raiders used split surrounds?

msycamore said:

About the mix on Raiders of the Lost Ark, everything point towards the 70mm blowups being originally in Dolby format 42, which means; no split surrounds. 

Curious why you would say that. Have you forgotten this discussion?

Earlier today I happened to be in Manchester, and spotted this guy displayed in a window:

He was part of this event; unfortunately I didn't have time to stop and look around but it looked interesting.

PSYCHO_DAYV said:

I NOMINATE MYSELF AS THE VILLAGE EXECUTIONER. 

Nice try, but you already have a job in your previous village.

They called, BTW - they want their idiot back.

Should be fixed now.

Just tried ImgBurn - it created a BIN/CUE from a VCD quite happily, no fuss at all.

Come to think of it, I think ImgBurn added BIN/CUE compatibility at some point in the last few years. That would be my preference.

I have a few VCDs/SVCDs knocking around (in fact I think I still have DrGonzo's LD capture on three SVCDs somewhere), I could give it a try.

TV's Frink said:

I chuckled, but it does seem lately like new people are signing up just to pimp their work.  

I've noticed this trend too. Carried out a bit of cleanup and merged all the "look at this video" posts into this thread.

If you can find the old VCDEasy program (maybe at doom9/videohelp) I believe it has tools to create a BIN/CUE image from disc.

BIN/CUE was the most universal format for VCD (and SVCD) disc images.

This isn't on MySpleen AFAIK. It was uploaded to Megaupload, which is obviously now defunct.

I would also like to know when it has been reuploaded, I only got the first RAR file before MU was taken down.

borisanddoris said:

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This plugin for winamp is ancient, and never got updated when DTS started encrypting their CD-ROMs after about 04-05, so only films prior to that with DTS tracks could be utilized. 

The plugin you used: is it called APT-X100 DTS Decoder? I remember finding this the last time the '97 SE discs appeared on eBay, but as the seller was asking silly money for the discs I didn't pursue ripping methods at the time.

You are correct that the encryption that was introduced c. 2004 was never cracked, and later discs are still unrippable.

Well done for this. I can't think of a better example of a theatrical DTS soundtrack - I still remember seeing that "Digital Experience" bumper in the cinema, too!

Tobar said:

Because why not?

Maybe because.

Moved.

Yes this does break the rules - you are asking for something that has been made commercially available. If in doubt, ask a mod before posting.

TV's Frink said:

What the hell, it's not May yet!

Wrong account, Ric.

Found this NFO on my hard drive, a quick search of the forum reveals a related thread here. I don't have the actual audio file. 

Oh, and it looks like your signature is breaking the forum formatting...

Not horror-related, but this reminded me that the first time I saw Monty Python's Life of Brian was during Channel 4's 1991 Banned Season. I found a discussion and a list of what was shown in that season over on this forum here.

I also remember watching the documentary "Sex in Our Time" that followed the same night; what initially sounded promising ended up being just a group of women sat around talking about their vaginas. I also seem to recall that any interesting parts were broadcast as audio only with the video blacked out. :-(