I'm happy to hear that people are pleased with the 5.1 upmix process. I'm in the process of using it on a few of titles that had LPCM 2.0 audio only in order to locate areas where it can be improved even further. I have a 5.1 DTS upmix of Short Circuit 2 that has a couple of spots I need to work on at the moment.
I did frame-by-frame restoration. I used the French HDTV footage to restore the parts of the frames that were censored on the US Blu-Ray. It wasn't a full frame replacement.
I think the towel blot was on the laserdisc and first release of the DVD. It was removed for the second release of the DVD and the Blu-ray.
Thanks to Silverwook, I have the frames from Trail Mix-Up with the uncensored Rigid Tools poster. I'm over half done restoring the poster into the blu ray footage.
I got my disc today. The sound is great and, considering the source material that was used, the video looks really good. I liked the extras with the packaging, too. It looked very professional.... probably better than what we would get with an actual studio release, actually.
I would like to hear feedback on the 5.1 surround track. It's a process I've been working on for a while with constant attempts to improve it. I sent instructions for the latest version of the process to DJ to use on FN2 and he suggested a few tweaks.
DoomBot said:
Lacerated said:
DoomBot said:
Yes the US and the International cut have the S-Mart ending.
International cut has jokes and lines that differ from the US but the US is still better IMO.
Only the US version has the S-Mart ending.
Not true, i have all 3 cuts and the International cut has the S-Mart ending.
The US and International versions both had the S-Mart ending. The Director's Cut has the original apocalypse ending and the original Japanese LD was basically the International version with the original apocalypse ending.
The German set is the way to go if you want the most complete package but the French Blu-ray has all three versions as well. Both the French and German BDs have different degrees of DNR and EE on the US version. The only releases that didn't use DNR were the US HD-DVD and the UK Blu-ray.
The transfer used to create the Director's Cut and International Cut looks good overall but the whites are blown out and the overall detail level is lower than that of the transfer used to create the US theatrical versions. I've considered trying to create sort of a hybrid version of the Director's Cut that uses the UK BD for most of the footage and only uses the DC transfer for footage that wasn't in the US theatrical release but the framing is different on both versions which presents it's own problems.
vadertyme said:
Is there a good way to capture movies off of Amazon Instant Video?
If they can be downloaded to a device like a TiVO or other streaming media player, it's possible that the video and audio could be captured with the right equipment.
I was actually expecting that print to go for more than $1200... Maybe I should have put in a bid.
I just saw the wavy lines you were referring to in the background. They look like they could be removed manually but they also look like something that was part of the original film. Possibly they used a back projection screen behind the actors for the background instead of a location shoot and it was a little bit wrinkled or warped.
rockin said:
Robocop - There is one project presumably in the works by someone else but I think it would great if Team Blu could do this too.
Robocop is planned as sort of a joint project between myself and Team Blu at the moment. I have all the sources and a re-edited video of the unrated version using three different sources but it needs color correction and I'm still working on some of the extras.
moviemike85 said:
Will the rest of us be able to purchase this somehow?
It won't be up for purchase but it may be available to download by other methods.
Ok, I've posted the torrent on a certain spleen. If anyone else has already downloaded all the files and wants to assist with seeding, that would be greatly appreciated.
I finally got the extended BD to finish downloading. I'll be posting it to a certain spleen in a while since it's still not up there. If I can get the 2-disc cover before I post it, I can add that to the torrent.
Try converting the file to FLAC and see if VLC still has sync issues. I've noticed that VLC can be a little finicky with WAV files at times.
The movie was released uncut on Blu Ray in the UK with the original Japanese dialog:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Fighter-II-Movie-Blu-ray/dp/B00BFDXY2W
The hybrid cut was what inspired me to do this. I liked the look but the frame stuttering at the beginning and the lower resolution bothered me. Sony did something really weird with their bluray. They used progressive video with nonstandard pulldown flags. The hybrid cut used frame dropping instead of removing the pulldown flags, which caused the stuttering. What's worse is that there are a handful of spots that used extra junk frames and left out the pulldown flags, causing the audio to end up a half second out of sync if you just remove the flags without adjusting for the messed up frames.
I've yet to find a definitive source for the original theatrical color, but I've been told that the Sony transfer is closer than the mgm release.I feel that the Sony transfer looks a lot better overall inspite of the contrast issues.
zeropc said:
if i remember correctly bendermac wanted to do a hd trailer re-edit a long time ago. he dropped it because of the gas station blowing up scene was longer in the trailer and had the movie title & credits overlay. you might wanna check the trailer again. just in case i mixed up something ;)
I already reviewed the trailer for potential problem scenes and I did note the logo on the gas station clip but I have what I need to recreate the logo animation, so that part won't be an issue. If that segment contains extra frames that weren't in the movie, that might present a bit of an issue, though.
dark_jedi said:
Is there really a reason to include the Theatrical? just asking lol so please tell me why if so.
Some of the footage in the director's cut was actually replaced with alternate reduced-violence footage in the theatrical edition, so I figured it would be a worthy addition.
I have the video done. The HDTV rip matches the Sony blu-ray, color-wise, but has the additional footage, so I used that with some minor enhancements.
As far as the HD trailers, I was considering remastering the trailers in HD myself, if I decide to go that route.
I’ve been working on a 1080p restoration of the original Robocop director’s cut using the video from the unreleased Sony blu-ray, and the 1080p HDTV rip synced to the retail blu-ray disc audio. I have the movie rendering to lossless video right now and, originally, I was considering just turning it into an m2ts file that could used to replace the one on the retail blu-ray disc.
After talking with Dark Jedi, he said that Team Blu had been considering this as a project and that I might be able to work with them to turn it into a full-fledged blu-ray disc, instead.
So, I’m going through the assets I have at my disposal to see what could be included. I have the material off of the Criterion DVD, including the audio commentary and original stereo mix. A bit accurate LPCM version of the stereo mix off of the Criterion LD would be nice if someone has it available.
I would also like to create an isolated score audio track since I have the soundtrack as well as the extra song by PTP that wasn’t included on the soundtrack CD.
The theatrical cut and maybe some HD trailers could also be included as bonus features, disc space permitting.
Is this project worth pursuing?
There's an HDX version on VUDU for sale or rent, as well.
I would think restoring the color timing to the 1999 version would still be a preservation of sorts. It might not be a preservation of the original theatrical version but it's a preservation of the 1999 remaster. I would like to see this. I thought the color looked really good on the 1999 DVD release.
I wish I could find a print like this for The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh.
I have a 1080p 24fps video file of The Black Hole that was labeled as a BluRay rip even though I've found no evidence of any Blu-Ray release. The file I have is 7.22 gb in size and the quality is really good. I have no idea what the true source is, though.
Edit: It looks like it's from the HDTV file. I was scanning around in the video and found one spot with a deinterlacing glitch.
Spaced Ranger said:
With your version, The Superman Cartoons Of Max & Dave Fleischer (1998), the package also has different credits between content and packaging (hard to resolve the blurry Amazon package picture to be more specific).
It looks like the back of the package says "Program and Content copyright 1994 Bridgestone Productions"
I can't seem to find any details regarding this company.
I wonder what it would take to do a really good 1080p upscale of these shorts. Something that didn't have jaggies other issues due to excessive DNR and EE, a soundtrack that's not constantly going out of sync, and no stupid company logo in the corner throughout every short.