dvdmike

So did we get this to sync up in the end?

http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4182

ilovewaterslides said:

dvdmike said:

How weird is that, I was just about to burn the 14gb unmolested Canal Plus transfer with commentaries and making ofs to a BD-R, when i thought I would check the site out!

Is this hard to find now?

 

 Yes, It's almost impossible to find now, unfortunately.... 

Almost everybody on this topic is looking for this version.

Is there a better quality source than the crappy 2nd disc on the dvd special edition? something in HD maybe?

The link in the listing is not working for me

ilovewaterslides said:

Here is the end of the first French LD edition (English audio this time.)

https://vimeo.com/60794371 

Password:  OriginalTrilogy

What am I looking for? I have the NTSC LD

How weird is that, I was just about to burn the 14gb unmolested Canal Plus transfer with commentaries and making ofs to a BD-R, when i thought I would check the site out!

Is this hard to find now?

Jonno said:

A bit of a side project here, but hopefully an interesting one!

It appears that the theatrical 5.1 mix for Terminator 2 was briefly available on the first issue R1 DVD (which wasn't around long before the marvellous special edition came along). See the second post here (from the very knowledgeable Disclord): http://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1409

Since I was assembling a disc that included the theatrical cut of the film, I thought I'd look at syncing that mix to BD video. This involved using Womble, a rather blunt tool for such a job, but it meant that I could nip'n'tuck the track without reencoding. The result is a 5.1 AC-3 which matches the theatrical cut as found on the Skynet BD - not the greatest source for video, but by far the most common source for that cut.

I haven't studied the track for all of its differences with the later Rydstrom mix, but it certainly has a different feel. PM me if you'd like to try it out.

I am in the process of collecting and comparing each LD release of T2, my holy grail is to get close to the CDS track.

I could not get the first 3 PCM tracks to sync when i tried it way back when the UK first came out, have things changed now?

Jan said:

If you're talking about the mkv, it uses the password given here. Not sure about the AVCHD though.

Could you PM me the PW please

Does the password usenet upload come from us here, or has someone else passworded it?

Mentasm said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Mentasm said:

Am I missing the public link to the LD LPCM audio, or is it a PM sort of thing?

PM. Look up in the thread to find 'em :-)

Thanks. I've got it now and successfully synchronised it to the BD last night.

In one night! I am losing what little touch I had!

I wish! doing it by hand mostly scene by scene 

First encode, not 100% happy yet 

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/148709

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/148710

I was hoping that was not the answer :( may the long road begin 

Needs top men, I am encoding the video corrected now in 1080p 24 

28.23GB so not to lose quality but I have hand corrected it and am at a loss with the audio I think the experts here need to chime in.

jedi_jra said:

I look forward to a correctly color-timed film with LD audio.  I'm sure an MKV will show up one of these days....

Sample with correct color timing here using the new remastered blu, looks incredible!

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=6541900&postcount=731

I got the teal out also and it looks great, I cannot sort the audio tho 

MGM have a new 2012 logo that is longer than the regular, there is a lot of drift so far I have it lined up and it drifts later I need to fix that 

The Griff said:

Any idea if the uploaded LD soundtrack will sync up with the new BD as is?

No, the new MGM logo means it requires some editing and is proving to be a pain so far, I have managed to get most of the teal out but the audio is a pain to sync.

If you are trying yourself start from the Orion logo 

captainsolo said:

Here's my thoughts and the screencap comparisons on the unreleased 9:

captainsolo said:

Okay, here goes:

YOLT
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146293/picture:0

OHMSS
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146305/picture:0

DAF
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146309/picture:0

The Spy Who Loved Me
Set 1
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146533
Set 2
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146534

Octopussy
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146326/picture:0

AVTAK

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146331

The Living Daylights
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146334/picture:0

Goldeneye
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146274/picture:0

Goldeneye vs. HDTV:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146323

Tomorrow Never Dies
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/146280/picture:0

 

What we're seeing here are some general tweaks, with vast amounts of picture detail for the ones with a 4K scan, and a relatively unimpressive look for those from the video masters.

YOLT looks far improved, and I'm quite surprised at how well these caps look. It isn't fully there with the 60's Technicolor look but it is a thousand times better than the UE. It also reveals that some of these transfers have contrast boosting.

OHMSS is along similar lines, color miles better but still not fully accurate. That said the boosting is far worse here:

ZE COUNT SAIS YU SHOULD HAFF A VERR NICE SUNTAN SAIR HILLARY!

Also it has vertical lines in places as have been seen on YOLT and a few other titles in this remastered series.

DAF was one of the few stunning UE titles, and I was looking forward to see how it made the jump to BD. I still don't know what to make of it. The colors are different, the blacks are very deep, detail incredible but overall the image appears different. What this could be is detail and visuals coming off the negative that haven't been seen since 1971 theatrical prints, but I'm not so sure.

To my eyes it appears that on these early titles the BD team tried to go for a general look more akin to Technicolor printing of the era. While not quite successful, it is commendable that they tried to somewhat represent the film's intended visuals, despite their favoring of contrast. And again, on DAF I still don't know.

 

Then we come to the problem child. TSWLM has looked horrible on video since it's fist appearance on disc/tape. The print was always worn, hazy, washed out in places and never provided an experience of a lavish Bond adventure. The UE made massive color shifts and changes in addition to being riddled with edge enhancement. So, since this was still an "unrestored" title coming from a video master I wasn't expecting anything other than heartbreak again.

I don't know how they did it. Some kind of magic has been worked here, because this is the best Spy has ever looked on video. Gone almost completely are the color problems, gone is the massive EE and fine detail is actually present. The film was shot with quite a bit of diffusion and soft lighting, and this is finally showing up for the first time in ages. Colorwise this is pretty accurate, and further underlines all the inherent flaws of the UE.

OP and AVTAK look like more detailed versions of their UE counterparts. AVTAK still has the heavily cropped teaser opening and slight cropping for the feature. Both retain their modernist color leanings.

TLD looks like a higher res version of the UE, and for that I'm glad. This UE like LTK was a little different in color but all for the better in most cases. Glad they didn't fix what wasn't broken.

Goldeneye looks to be a big problem again, but not for the reason you would think. The cropping has been fixed...but at a cost. The film has been riddled with DVNR so much that even in screencaps the compressed and cropped HDTV cap blows it away. I was personally stunned to see the amount of grian in motion on the HDTV version a short while ago and looked forward to the BD just for this. Guess not!

TND looks rather bland actually, just 1080p over 480p.

Singles over time with custom covers for me.

 

On the LD front, I watched TMWTGG which I bought still sealed. It is indeed the same source as the SE DVD with the cue marks all intact. The titles are uncropped, and this appears to be the intended 1.85 framing as opposed to the DVD's 1.78:1. Color was perfect with the film having an overall light grain cast. Sound equally good with the mono finally having some breathing room in PCM. Barry's score really comes across along with the wonderful lower tones of Lee's voice.

Nice to finally see the rarest of the LDs. I'll post on AVTAK and TLD later.

 

You pinched my Goldeneye HDTV comparison!!! :O

My steelbook turned up today, 5.1 mix still intact :( anyone have the LD audio? my Laser is MIA

Thanks

Special Features:

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9748/returnw.jpg

Could the analogue video be the holograms?

Rats, sorry fixed that link now

Bonus disc cover to follow

Tried to do something for everyone, but could not do it without a Struzan option :)

Enjoy, full download links below the images in order.