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#1659979
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Da Nao Tian Gong -- The Monkey King - Uproar In Heaven (1965) RESTORATION <em>v2</em> (Released)
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ekht said:

It seems a new 2K restoration has been made and is now out on bluray disc.
See https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23269598&postcount=1

I have not yet been able to compare this with the version here.

I have compared. The new transfer (viewed from blu-ray, 1480x1080, 24 FPS) is a great improvement of the video.

  • Details are much better.
  • Colors are much better.
  • Old transfer had many frames with temporal bleeding fron neighbor frames (see for example DVD fram 41974, but other examples are easily found throughout), this is no longer the case.
  • Some frames have been removed. All those that I have identified are either part of black sections or problematic single frames (see for example DVD frame 42173 with very visible damage at the bottom of the frame) that have been cut.

It would be very nice to have the Swedish, Danish, English and French audio (dub/narration) to match with the new bluray video.
However, even after doing a video 24->25 FPS or audio 25->24 conversion and matching up the audio/video start there is still a gradually slipping time difference of up to ~18/27 seconds due to the small cuts throughout. A proper matching will take some effort to find the many cut spots and make all the micro timeshifts to keep in sync.

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#1572856
Topic
Da Nao Tian Gong -- The Monkey King - Uproar In Heaven (1965) RESTORATION <em>v2</em> (Released)
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ekht said:

satanika said:
Uproar.In.Heaven.Fan.Restoration.v2.0
Video: 708x532 (4:3) x264
Audio: Mandarin AC3, English narration AC3, Danish narration AC3 (unchanged from v1)
Subtitles: English, English (unchanged from v1)

May I ask why the Swedish narration was not included? Has the video changed too much, or should it sync if I mux it back in from earlier version?

Partly answering my own question - I remuxed using the sources and content indicated below and it worked just fine.

Uproar.In.Heaven.1964.Fan.Restoration.v2.0 / The Monkey King Fan Project
Video
- Video (x264 708x532 25fps)
Audio
- Original Mandarin audio (AC3 2.0 256kbps)
- English Narration (AC3 2.0 192 kbps)
- Danish narration (AC3 2.0 192 kbps)
Subtitles
- English alternate (TEXT/UTF8)
- English fansub (TEXT/UTF8)

Uproar in heaven DVD / The Monkey King Fan Project
Audio
- Swedish narration (AC3 2.0 192 kbps)
- French dub (AC3 2.0 192 kbps)
Subtitles
- English alternate (VOBSUB)
- English fansub (VOBSUB)
- Chinese Traditional (VOBSUB)
- Chinese Simplified (VOBSUB)
Chapters
- 28 chapters

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#1544569
Topic
Da Nao Tian Gong -- The Monkey King - Uproar In Heaven (1965) RESTORATION <em>v2</em> (Released)
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satanika said:
Uproar.In.Heaven.Fan.Restoration.v2.0
Video: 708x532 (4:3) x264
Audio: Mandarin AC3, English narration AC3, Danish narration AC3 (unchanged from v1)
Subtitles: English, English (unchanged from v1)

May I ask why the Swedish narration was not included? Has the video changed too much, or should it sync if I mux it back in from earlier version?