nirbateman

It may be possible to get the proper finale music after all.

German channel Kabel 1 Classics is broadcasting "Once Upon a Time in The West" on August 8th, 10:15 PM local time, so it should end between 00:30-01:00 AM.

Could anyone who lives in Germany or has access to Kabel 1 Classics record the telecast and see if the finale has the proper music?

http://www.kabeleinsclassics.de/spielfilm/spiel-mir-das-lied-vom-tod

Afraid not, had it only been this easy...

20k Leagues never received a BD release, so an HDTV version is a close seconds for High Def.

The Aristocats HDTV doesn't suffer from excessive DNR like the BD.

Aladdin is post changes, but IMO, the original color palette was kept and the animation additions kept to a minimum. I know it's better than the BD on the aspect ratio department, having more information on the top and bottom, and I've heard the BD has some encoding issues.

Yes on all of them, but do put The Lion King on a low priority, as a 35mm may become available.

@jimbotron235:

According to this: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/325032-sergio-leone-blu-ray-thread/

The German and French versions are the only true director's cuts.

That German version on youtube is about 157 minutes in PAL, which is 164 minutes in NTSC. I haven't checked, but if those scenes are in this version, then they should probably be there.

Also, there really is foley during the credits, but you may be able to get a better sounding version, as there are 2 TV rips of that broadcast , but I myself couldn't find any links.

Perhaps a few German friends can help.

Well, essentially, there are 3 Digital re-mixes:

1st DVD(Gold): 1997 theatrical re-release 5.1 soundtrack. Considered by many as an excellent and respectful re-mix.

2nd DVD (Platinum): The DEHT 2006 5.1 mix (brrrr). A truly awful remix. Everything sounds out of phase, The vocals on the songs comes from all speakers with the same volume...just...no. Strangely enough, all dubs use the 1st re-mix and it is not available in English as an alternative (As was the case with other Platinum releases),

1st Bluray/3rd DVD (Diamond): 7.1 remix with 5.1 core. Better than the DEHT mix. Voices are clearer, and well separated. However, it seems it was mastered too loudly, and there is some mild, but noticeable distortion in the "big" moments. The original DS mix is not available (Once more, despite original mixes being available on other Diamond releases)

I uploaded an HDTV version on AMPS (Video and audio wise, is the same as the Platinum DVD) way before the BD came out which has synched Gold soundtrack with the DEHT mix as well, for all to compare.

There was talk of the DTS discs of the 1997 mix being available to be synched.

This, along with a PCM of the original Dolby Surround mix from the LD, will make for the best sounding custom BD.

@titanic, The BD soundtrack corrects errors made in 2002 for the special edition. Also, since the original soundtrack was recorded digitally and originally mixed in Dolby Stereo, it doesn't have problems usually associated with remixes.

It's definitely not a bad mix like The Little Mermaid DEHT mix for the 2006 DVD (brrrr)

Andrea, I thought I already dealt with the subtitles, I sent you the SUP files, and they should all be in sync.

There's a torrent of the vinyl rip made in 24/96 FLAC, but it doesn't have any seeders, so I only have 98.9% of it.

The missing percent is 18MB, which means a couple of seconds are missing from most of the tracks.

The Nutcracker Suite, Night on a Bald Mountain and Ave Maria are complete though.

I find that the new BD, other than the Yellow tint, doesn't have as much detail and image information as the Italian BD.

The only fault of the Mondo release, is the lack of English subtitles and soundtrack, but that can be very easily fixed.

I see no reason to work on the new one.

A 17GB version of the HDTV rip (In 1080i) turned up on HDclub.

It's probably 15 GB if you exclude all the Russian soundtracks, as the video is at 13 MBPS.

This very good looking print looks very interesting...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRUE-LIES-SCOPE-35MM-Feature-FILM-PRINT-Low-Fade-/171263690669?pt=US_Film&hash=item27e01c87ad

I can get you the French and German DTS soundtracks.

Okay guys, with deho's sync ready, I will start seeding on Wednesday morning.

I will just have to demux the FLAC to WAV PCM to make sure everyone can play this without a hitch, and then make sure it syncs well.

Actually, an MKV container can contain as many audio tracks as you'd like, so that's not a consideration.

The LD audio is being synched, so that shouldn't be problematic either.

Okay, so a very generous member sent me a remuxed mkv of the DCP.

The file is 34 GB, so I have decided to wait for the LD audio that should be ready soon, mux it in and either create a new BD with tsmuxer or upload it as the remuxed mkv it is.

Which is more preferred?

kk650 said:

Would it not be better to upload it to usenet where everybody has access to it rather than myspleen where only very few will and for a very limited amount of time until people inevitably stop seeding?

I do not understand everybody's obsession here with myspleen and torrents that have to be constantly seeded, especially with bigger bd-25/bd-50 releases. Usenet is the way to go hands down for larger releases IMHO, they stay up for years without people having to waste their upload bandwidth seeding old stuff rather than being able to upload new stuff.

Can somebody explain to me what's so great about myspleen over usenet that offers so many advantages over it, apart from having a pay a little bit for usenet access?

 Well, I for one, don't have usenet or access to usenet.

Not everyone has access to it, but most have access to Myspleen.

Torrents are the most common way to transfer files quickly.

So far I have only gotten 2 offers to help with the download.

Come on, guys, if I can get 30 more members to help, I can start seeding by Saturday...

There were already 2 replies asking for it.

Until it's there, I'll halt it.

If you, or anyone else happens to see it, let me know.

Never mind, I just checked and it appears that part 4 is missing, so this idea is scrapped for now.

1GB, from filemonkey.

I have already downloaded one file, and it takes about 3 hours per file.

So if each member handles one file, it's 3 hours to download, and, assuming they have a decent upload speed, another 5 to upload.

I can download from Mega at 3MbPS, so it will be faster this way.

I may be able to upload it to a more useful place, but I'll need help.

I found some links of a free server, but if I'll download them by myself, it will take more than a week because of the speed and the fact that it uses captcha recognition.

I'll need about 30 people to download a part each and then upload it to Mega, Netload, Putlocker or any other free and fast server for me to use later to extract.

If I can get the volunteers in the next 2 days, It could be done by the end of the week.

PM me if you're interested.

Well, since Disney are supposedly so awesome at preserving, they probably do.

And they probably have prints and digital conversions of those prints.

The WIP from the BD attests to that.

I see no noticeable lost detail, at least on the enlarged samples, so it could be the previous sample's compression.

I haven't even noticed the pink blanket before, but when compared to the WIP print, it is very noticeable. A very good change, IMO.