schorman13 said:
Is there an NTSC version with the DD 2.0 track? The R1 DVD version doesn't have it. I'm not sure about the Japanese release though.
Edit: It appears not. The Japanese version has English and Japanese 5.1 Tracks.
Oh OK, so you only want the 2.0 track? I'll send you a PM...
StarmanSkywalker said:
I just hope they will show the HD version of the theatrical version of TPM, which was shown on Austrian TV in 2012. It's possible.
Are you sure it was the Theatrical version and not the DVD version?
Thanks Bingowings & Sojourn, pretty old trailer though. Doesn't really show what he changed either!
I have now put these on demonoid (x264). Size is 3.94 GB (I re-encoded everything again after my last post), includes subtitles in .ass and .srt format. I have styled them after the OT subtitles as I'm not sure how the PT subs are meant to look, but I think it's pretty similar:
Yes that looks good now.
MCTemporalDenoise does a fine job at denoising. I would still use QTGMC with settings InputType=2, Sharpness=0, TR2=0, NoiseProcess=2 after it though.
The problem with LSFmod is that it sharpens everything, it doesn't target the areas of the image that need sharpening. And even on low levels this tends to lead to over-sharpening. The script I posted (modified from another one of my scripts) gives you a clean result without over sharpening, notably it doesn't produce that plastic look from the excess unfiltered grain and finer details.
Oops for some reason I thought there were no subs. Sorry for that.
Thanks a lot for informing me that I missed the German subs!
The download links are in the torrent description for anyone that needs them.
Could someone re-up the trailer?
Well the film was first shown in English at the Cannes film festival, where it's reported that the audience laughed at the performance of the antagonist's audio dub, and the quality of some of the other supporting actors was also not great. Since the audio track had a poor reception it of course would be changed.
At some point a new dub was done for the upcoming USA theatrical release (which then never happened), and this is what's known as the re-dub.
Maybe you need to install VobSub? They display fine in my VLC.
That looks awful.
Here's an example of how I would do it using the GOUT DVD (note that Team Blu did it even better than this):
Script:
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\GordianKnot\DGMPGDec\DGDecode.dll")
mpeg2source("empire-gout.d2v").killaudio()
DeBlock_QED()
crop(0,124,0,-124)
FastDegrain(3)
QTGMC(InputType=2,Sharpness=0,TR2=0,NoiseProcess=2)
crop(0,0,0,-2)
spline36resize(width()*2,height()*4)
ResampleHQ(1280,544,dither=true,chroma_kernel="Spline36")
MSharpen(1,50)
MSharpen(2,60)
blur(0.4)
Ah cool, it'd be great if you could post some screenshots if you have the ability. I don't intend to buy it, I'll wait for a UK or USA release.
Apparently it only has the Cannes audio tack, lol. You'd think with BD's they could at least include all the audios!
Yeah I don't know, he might have done them but they never got circulated or something? Who knows, they're pretty well done fan-edits though - creative use of material etc.
It is now! 
I posted this thread and then put the torrent up, and then I was seeding too many torrents so it didn't even start seeding! Like a typical noob who has no idea LOL!
Plus I didn't expect anyone to read this thread and want the film so fast... But I guess take advantage of the 41 hours left of freeleech if you can!
I wonder if anyone's seen the Japanese bluray and what it's like?
Purpose:
To present Opera in open-matte - 1.77:1
Discussion:
As far as I know about, it appears there’s only one DVD transfer of the film used for every DVD release since 2001. But I stumbled across an interesting find. The 2011 84 Entertainment release has an unfinished version of the film.
After being scanned, the transfer was cleaned for scratches and dust (although the raw transfer is pretty clean for the most part). It was cropped to about 2.29:1. For 12 minutes from 1:13:17 - 1:25:03 the image was scanned in reverse, so the image was flipped back the correct way.
The 84 Ent release didn’t incorporate any of these corrections, so they must have used an earlier uncorrected master.
In addition to incorporating the fixes, the Arrow DVD is higher quality because it has less pixels to encode, thus the overall detail is a bit higher (even though the bit-rate is very similar to the EC Ent disc). The Arrow disc has English subtitles that contain numerous spelling errors.
I took this source, flipped the image from 1:13:17 - 1:25:03 to the correct way, and pasted the Arrow DVD image over the top (this took care of most of the scratches in the 2.29:1 area of the frame).
I then filtered the video to reduce the haloing present on the disc, and some other minor issues.
I also used my upscale script, added some film grain, and I’m pleased with the result.
Details:
11.1 GB.
Video:
x264 Encoded to BD Comparability.
1280 x 720
23.976 fps
14.0 Mbps
Audio:
AAC
Track 1: 5.1 English re-dub
Track 2: 2.0 English Cannes dub
Track 3: 2.0 Italian Theatrical
Track 4: 2.0 German Theatrical*
Subtitles*:
English
*Thanks go to faust1103. The German track includes some sections in Italian that require subtitles. I have included download links for the subs in the torrent description.
Availability:
MySpleen
Screenshots (yes I know they don’t fit correctly, just drag them into the tab bar to see the full images):
The Unresized DVD images are below.
The first three show scratches that are on the 84 Ent disc but are corrected on the Arrow disc.
These last two captures are examples from the 12 minutes where the video is the wrong way around on the 84 Ent disc.
FYI I'll be putting this on Demonoid as x264 encodes within a couple of days. They're encoded and ready to go, I just need to correct the subtitles for Ep II. Approx size is 4.5GB.
I think he means vhs resolution. ;)
darklordoftech said:
1080i requires a CRT. All other tvs convert it to 720p but add a blur to the image in the process.
Rubbish, all non-CRT TVs deinterlace 1080i etc. They don't convert it to 720p (unless they're old 720p sets) they convert it to 1080p60, whilst losing about 5% off the margin (19% in total) to overscan. Even if 1080p was a broadcast format it would still need to be resized for overscan when displayed on a tv. I'm not sure why you think it "blurs" the image - modern tv sets have excellent deinterlace chips.
720p images also have to be converted to the TVs resolution whilst losing at least 19% of the resolution to overscan.
Handman said:
Getting back on track, here are some images from the P&S VHS. Let me know if there are any specific parts you want to see. They are presented in their native resolution. The first image is... ironic?
Nice, thanks. :)
I have put this on the Speen, because that's how I roll.
NTSC DVD5 x2
Because 1080p isn't a broadcast standard - they either have to use 1080i or 720p.
Handman said:
Thanks for letting me know. As ray_afraid pointed out, the Pan and Scan release differs a little from the original theatrical cut, and the Pan and Scan-iness offers a possible nostalgia factor. I'll still offer this to anyone who wants it, though there are other options, as you said.
FYI I was a bit lazy and didn't make a link, it's althor1138's, and there are some screenshots in his thread
Could you post some screenshots of your version? Thanks.
Yep - I suppose maybe someone could send you the NTSC version instead and then you won't need to re-encode?
Do you want me to send you the R4 audio track from AOTC? It wouldn't need any patching, unlike the R2...
I have put this set, including the extras disc, on the spleen.
Handman, there's a cap of the Jap widescreen LD on the spleen if that interests you, it's the theatrical cut and has japaneese subtitles throughout (subtitles are in the borders not the picture). It's pretty close to DVD quality.