TheHutt

Well, now that's how it's done nowadays. Instead of making a replacement program, Fox just silently replaced the audio and issued a new batch of discs. Bravo.

Needless to say, they only released it in USA. Whoever bought the UK, German or other edition is still stuck with the horrible downmix.

I would like to have a copy of the fixed 4K BluRay mono AC3 though.

Oh! One small point still!

There is yet a small difference between the 4K and the International / Italian version. After the scene where Tuco and Blondie share the bounty for the first time (and talk about cutting Blondie's percentage), there is a cut to the next shot of Tuco with a rope on his neck.

This cut has a "spin" in the International and the Italian version; in the 4K, that's just a straight cut without any effects. Don't know how to describe this more exactly... the picture is kinda rotating during the scene change.

Penn Weizen said:

What are the chances of a Blu-ray containing the 1998 Disney track (with the Sydney Forest songs) being released? That is the version my son grew up watching and I'd like to have it in HD. djmasturbeat's version sound's great, but I don't think I can access it. I'm not a member of asiandvdclub.

Thanks.

Why bother to include this abomination?

Also, the 5.1 sound on MGM is censored (f-words omitted), whereas the Italian BluRay English audio is uncensored.

All PMs answered so far. :)

I suppose both versions of the audio is the censored US version? The uncut one has not been sighted outside of Australia.

faust1103, the PM thing works the other way round (you PM me). :)

Even if it's there, there is no evidence that it actually shouldn't be there. ;)

For my part, AUJ never had a green tint in the first place. Not really anything needing to be fixed.

Nice, but I think they're too clean to be used in the film context.

Very nice!

That the sound characteristic would change was to be expected, as you used a downmix. They never sound like the real mono sound. I would have waited for a LD source (maybe you could for version 2.0 or so) or at least an old DVD track with real mono.

Very nice! :)

I have bought the old German VHS cassette, so it should have the proper ending music...

Re: FAFDM:

Avoid: The MGM BD. The video is zoomed in, DNR'd, EE'd, you name it. The print used was also cut by 50 seconds.

The video is not zoomed in, it's just digitally processed (DNR+resharpen); the German disc uses the same MGM video master, but without digital processing.

The mono soundtrack on each is a fold down from the 5.1 remix.

Actually, I heard that's not valid for MGM's "Dollars 1+2" - there mono is real mono. However, lossy.

Also, MGM's FAFDM is cut rather badly.

Duck, You Sucker/Once Upon a Time in The Revolution/ A Fistful of Dynamite (1972):

Video: Italian BD is the only HD release at the moment, and I have heard no real complaints so far.

Nope, there also is a Spanish BluRay version out there. Compared to the Italian release, it also contains English subtitles. However, it has three major flaws:

• Video is in MPEG-2 as opposed to AVC
• Video framerate is 24fps instead of 23.976fps
• Audio is in lossy DD as opposed to DTS-HDMA of the Italian release.

Both the Italian and the Spanish version have issues with English audio: the left and right channel are slightly out of sync, therefore mono sounds like bad stereo; the synchronization is generally not good; and the last line of Miranda has been inserted in Italian instead of English ("What about me?").

In this list, I will concentrate on the best available sources for the sound and video. This list will be updated when new sources are released.

While you are pointing out the German title cards for FAFDM, you also should probably point out that the German BluRay of FOD uses complete German intro credits. So you probably still would need a fancut using either English or Italian intro credits. :)

Current Update:

The Mondo sync is finished and released (FLAC and DTSHD). The URL from the old PMs is also valid for this track.

Synching for Mondo is finished. Need to test it and then it'll be released in the other thread.

captainsolo said:

I have both DYS discs and will happily help out with the mono. You need the earlier Image disc for the last line, and the new BD or some other source for the correct uncut flashback cue.

I have already ordered the Italian blu-ray of Duck You Sucker, so I could share the English audio from there as well. :)

I doubt you can split a film with frame precision in TSmuxer.

PS: whoever already sent me the PM for Version 1.0 - the old link still works.

4K Mono version 1.1a is released and won't be touched again.

I will still finish synching it for Mondo though.

Version 1.1a is now finally out.

I fixed some of the more disturbing issues with dropped frames. However, if they appeared too minor or wherever I felt that fixing would actually make things worse (by changing vocal characteristics of the music, creating artifacts etc.), I left them in their original state.

However, the most important bug has been fixed - a wrong sound sample (spoon noise) during a scene with Stevens' - it was missing in the 1993 LD. I used Italian mono now to fill it.