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I still think about this project - even if it would be an epic work, indeed!

Yes, I worked on some other projects, mostly because they were almost finished, and missed just the final touches.

I must admit I worked on this project, too, here and there… for example, I’ve tried to remove the timecode from EP7 deleted scenes, with not that great results; or tried to clean up EP4 deleted scenes, also without not much success… I’m aware someone has done this, with good results, and it will be great to use those restored scenes.

Also, I struggle to achieve a minimum quality for the B&W colorization. I know someone would not care to see those inserted in B&W, but I do.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Fundamental Collection] released in the usual blu place.

Nakamichi were known to be the best tape deck in the world. Period.
If you can find out one at a good price, with the head not worned out, grab it!
If not (it is likely), I do remember that Teac did very good decks as well; aim for the higher models, of course.
If your tapes are original, they most probably have Dolby B; best 80s deck have also Dolby C, and even Dolby S (rarely DBX, too); they should be turned on only with tapes recorded with the same kind of noise reduction to get the best result, even if there was one that would be beneficial also with tapes recorded without NR - can’t remember which one, you must do your homeworks here! 😃

The Dark side of the force said:
the colours seem slightly off; blacks are more grey

Try to adjust the levels in Virtualdub; the best would be to use a proper calibration disc, or at least a test pattern; if you haven’t one of them, find out a black frame, then a white frame, and adjust levels accordingly to reach the “borders” of the histogram.

Some info on analog capture: https://forum.fanres.com/thread-933.html

Even if I encourage you to continue your mission, you should be aware that laserdisc (as much as I love it, and I DO love it, a lot!) is not the best version available; waiting for 35mm preservation (that would be the best), you can find out SDTV captures that are better - GKar and TB for all the three episodes IV, V, VI.

Wazzles said:
You’ve got some sort of artifact in the first scene where the part of a tree on the left side of the frame shifts.

A new first scene is now ready; I think it’s very good now!
comparison: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/125796
test clip: https://mega.nz/#!VWhVQDRK!XXDXJDWEhtYiA...rK_Lw8ZLXg

UPDATE: working on HP8 right now… so far:

• Nova 1080p and Freeform 720p are now in sync
• Nova delogo’ed would be used to replace missing frames from Space and/or TVA
• first scene seems good now
  example: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/125590
  test clip: https://mega.nz/#!AWpETbpB!ZPDy4HW77BGiR...4b2uFp6bKo
• Nagini scene with French subtitles, now they are in English
  example: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/125583
  test clip: https://mega.nz/#!hGx01ZJQ!jCWnoX3hhybIU...1iLLNP648U

Please, check both test clips and let me know what do you think about!

Thinking to use the Arrow as a source for a new version, but can’t say if/when I’ll do that, though! 😄

SilverWook said:

Specifically the isolated music and effects track.

It is included!

Yes, it is Fundamental Collection #006; and it can be burned on a BD-25, which is 25,025,314,816 bytes, or [(25,025,314,816) / (1024 x 1024 x 1024)] = 23.31GB

Vader21 said:

Looks great is it on the Spleen.?

Yes, it was originally uploaded there, and still available, well seeded.

Re-released on blutopia. Happy Halloween!

If you can afford an X0, go for it. NOW! 😄

If you can grab instead an X9, I think it’s the best of the bunch, better than HLD-1000; then S9.

S1 was a reference player (can’t say if it’s better than the previous models), but if you can find an S2/X1, it should be a lot better, though.

I’d go to the LDDB forum and ask for help, there are many experts that could help you.

There is a thread on FanRes.

Necroupdate and slightly off topic, but thought maybe someone still subscribed to this thread may be interested…

Just released a fan restoration project; used the 1080i HDTV source provided by ShaneLSD (THANKS A LOT!); regraded using DVD as color reference (hence now no more magenta blanket) and slapped a 35mm film grain plate over it, slowed down to proper 23.976fps, got the usual five audio and subs languages tracks, plus the restored soundtrack, all as a BD-25 - indeed, around 12GB, as it’s very soft, and 16mbps average video bitrate retain all the details and grain.

Have fun!

NeverarGreat said:

Here’s what I came up with:

http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/7Y7NNN8X

I like your correction, but white is a bit crushed (look at the clouds).

Just finished to watch “Nightbreed - The Cabal Cut” retail version. Some considerations:

• of 12 minutes added, I think about 9/10 are very good quality, probably they used the deletes scenes; still, no color correction
• the rest has an awful quality - VHS “as is” including noise and drop-outs; the shots which originally had timecodes, were cut on the bottom, and a black box is placed over the top timecode… and almost all could be dropped, as most shots were mere fillers.

So, I think this project still have a reason to be finished, maybe using the good parts of this retail version as source.

a_o said:

once I’ve got the videos decimated to the same 23.976 frame rate.

Are you talking about 29.97fps source, right?

Looking for an 8TB now, picking the best price… cost would be the same in Italy or Germany, more or less. I’m slowly making order in my electronic gears, and that HDD isn’t on top of the list, but it will be bought soon - I must also admit one member said he wanted to donate one drive, so let’s wait few days for it, who knows! 😄

No new HDD, sadly… 😦

Rockin, may you post some screenshots? Thanks!

ilyasdesign40 said:

oh ok, so you don’t use RG or UL on ncrypt for example

if not I have to give this a pass!

“Oh no, I must live with the fact ilyasdesign40 didn’t get my project…”

Not only I worked a lot, for free, but I also MUST upload my project on a preferred place, with preferred method, following a newbie, never-did-something-for-the-community-apart-vomit-bad-things-and-askinkg-everything-on-the-whole-forum request?

Well, this is the kind of people that let me think to stop making projects right now… don’t want to be banned to have answered you in a way you deserve, so I stop here.

Please DO NOT POST ANYMORE in any of my threads, thanks.

I put it also into a demonic torrent tracker, so anybody could grab… hope this would help.

Very nice regrade!

blutopia

Well, in motion it works well, as the green blanket is not severe as on other films released this year (Wonder Woman or The Mummy, for example), hence I decided to leave it “as is”.