Other than blatant changes to dialogue and other nonsense, how "wrong" were the 97 mixes for Empire and Jedi?
Digging this old one out...
I have fairly successfully re-created the full length trailer for Pearl Harbor.
For video, I found a quicktime of the long version on a trailer forum. It was pretty low resolution, and already a rip of a VHS so don't expect greatness here.
I dropped that into Premiere, added some black, a green band, and the credits that appear at the end of the Pearl Harbor trailer that did make it to DVD (the quicktime movie had no credits attached. I then sync'd the whole thing to the cinema DTS audio I have on hand. 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio of course.
The results, while not perfect, are the best you can probably get until we can scan a 35mm trailer. I have it, but need to go dig it up and of course, scan it somehow.
At least the audio is superb!
If you're interested, PM me. I'll host it for a bit but then need to take it down to make room for some other stuff. It's a large file. I'm a bit of an amateur when it comes to Premiere, so I simply outputted at the highest settings I could. It's 1080p24 with a pretty high bit rate.
Enjoy just in time for Memorial Day!
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
I want to create custom chapter stops for my rip of Jurassic Park that match the CAV LaserDisc. I've already found where those are on the LaserDisc, and using Adobe Premiere, found where those frames are in the Blu-ray rip.
I then translated it into a format that tsmuxer understands. That is, 00:03:28:03 but 00:03:28.125. Perhaps my math is wrong in converting the frame number at the end of the timecode to seconds. I took 1/23.976 to get what 1 frame would be and then multiplied by the number of frames. So 1 frame = 0.042 seconds. 2 frames = 0.083 seconds.
I've gotta have a mistake somewhere here...
Does anyone have just the 2.0 LaserDisc PCM? I'm hoping to use it for a sync with my existing Blu-ray. Thanks!
Well tsmuxer won't even take a 44.1khz file into it.
I typically mix everything into either Blu-ray or M2TS streams for the Oppo. It works with MKV, but won't do lossless tracks with MKVs, unless it's PCM.
If we go with 44.1khz for the DTS cinema projects, it'd have to be PCM as I don't believe DTS-HD MA and True HD like 44.1khz.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I'd be ok with a 44.1 and 48 dual inventory release. That or good instructions on how to re sample with good quality.
I'm going to experiment and see if my Oppo 93 can play files muxed with 44.1.
As for the JP test in a real cinema, let's just say I still know a few kind people. :)
This makes me wonder, what did we use to convert that original Jurassic Park project from 44.1 to 48. It sounds perfect to my ears and on the handful of systems I've tested it on, including an actual cinema through a CP-650.
What a mix everyone. Thanks to all those involved for making this available. How fitting for its 25th Bativersary!
You're the best man! It was late and I just wanted to make sure I hadn't lost my mind. :)
Just downloaded Batman LPCM. Is it me or is something really off with the audio? It's like some odd compression artifacts. Noticed it in VLC, Audacity, as well as into my Pioneer processor via the Oppo 93.
Really noticeable on the cymbal crash after Tim Burton's director credit.
I ran the bitstream straight through to my actual DTS processor and it had no problems. Sounds terrific. But I played back the same file on a system that uses the internal DTS processor on the Oppo and it was distorted as all get out. Very strange distortions. I've also had no success playing it back on VLC on the Mac. Just dead silence.
I tried just pulling it apart in LPCM in eac3to and it found a bunch of clipping, which is odd because when I was able to play it correctly with my DTS processor, it sounded perfect with no apparent clipping.
Getting a notification about this thread just reminded me of something:
Does anyone have a lossless version of the Matrix DTS? The [spoRv] version was great, but gave trouble to the internal processor on the Oppo BDP-93. The audio was all distorted. I figure running straight LPCM through it would probably fix that.
I know people that ran the DCP of BTTF. Can confirm: it was unlocked.
Either way, who cares where it came from: it looks amazing and with the LaserDisc audio, sounds great too. Enjoy it. Be happy.
An interesting post. I still feel the dynamic range of the DVD must have been altered from the CDS master.
http://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2338&start=20#wrapheader
Has anyone ever done a preservation of a MUSE title? I'm curious to see what analog HD looks like.
What's most remarkable is how good the video is for LaserDisc. Totally satisfying way to watch the film.
Call me crazy, but just picked up the THX AC-3 LaserDisc of T2, and to my ears it is subtly different than the original DVD. Maybe it's placebo, but it feels like it has slightly more impact and lower end punch.
Now only if I could rip it so you all could take a listen. I've tried ripping these on an old MacBook with no luck. I have an iMac but no digital audio in.
Anyone else ever take a listen?
PM sent. Man, OT.com is just the gift that keeps on giving!
I may have gotten us all into this big mess with Jurassic Park and ancient WinAmp plugins, but it was all for nothing without you editors out there.
Never ever did I imagine we'd have come this far.
One thing's for sure, it was ES/EX.
I really wished I'd had a giant hard drive back then and saved all those discs I handled...
Was cinema DTS located for this one? Talk about a track that ROCKED in the theatre. I ran this in 35mm, but can't remember which was more "correct": the Blu-ray or DVD. I have the Blu-ray and remember it looking terrific though.
I've been scouring the internet for high quality versions. I have a .vob of the full trailer, in 5.1, but looking to get 1080 if I can, both in 5.1. My Blu-ray editions do not have them. The .vob came off of all things, a DVD of Seinfeld!
Here is the teaser, with audio sped up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDMf7A-jzJY
Full Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCLTJJZ8gas
Oh memories of 2004...this movie was so awesome.
Yup. eac3to worked like magic. Gosh. This is an unbelievable way to see the film. Why can't Universal do this? Complete morons.
Anyone know why tsmuxer won't recognize the PCM track? Trying to get this thing setup for a blu-ray burn. The image looks TERRIFIC! Way better than the standard release.