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Are you doing any kind of HDR grade as well?

paja said:

Though still in cinemas, Spider-Man: No Way Home has received some vfx updates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3P0_echggM
Seems like minor changes. Weird they felt it was important enough to go through the effort of doing so.

I almost wonder if it’s just a way to convince people to go see it again and pump up the box office numbers.

There’s no reason not to include the DVD audio as an option.
Also the 2002 theatrical release looks like it had a DTS track. Would also be a great option if anyone has it.

Is it on the LD release? That has a digital track with what I assume is the original mono, would be a better source for the audio if anyone has it.

Most likely it’s a dup of the official VHS. But it might be worth trying it out and comparing it to the VHS release just in case it’s something different.

Doctor M said:

I’ve started watching Friends for the first time this year on HBOMax. This is the first I’ve heard there is a cut/uncut version.
Since it’s HD, I’m assuming HMax is edited(?)

Not edited, they’re just the original TV versions. On the DVDs there were extended cuts with an extra minute or two for each episode. The BDs/streams use the TV versions.

Out of curiosity, what do people who work in the industry think of the fan restoration scene? Are they even aware of it?
I would think if more pros were aware of many of the reasons people do their own restorations, such as heavy NR, poor audio remixes, etc., it would increase the overall quality of a lot of official releases.

Anyways, welcome to the forum!

I was able to secure a fan edit of the extended cut, but the one I have only has stereo audio. Is there a version out there that preserves the 5.1 track or is this the only one?

Cool! I thought this would be something gone forever. Glad there actually is a way to decrypt these.
Kinda wish I didn’t delete the files now.

The LD audio has already been ripped and synced. You can find it over at fanres

Unless you’re good enough at editing you can re-write the entire script and recast every character I don’t think there’s much hope at saving this one.

A Clockwork Orange is getting a 4k blu-ray, with the only english track being a new Atmos mix.

Reminder that the score was originally recorded in stereo but Kubrick had it re-recorded in mono because that’s how he wanted the film to be presented.

Avatar_Emil_Borg said:

Have you tried AsfBin?
https://www.videohelp.com/software/AsfBin

I doubt it would work. The files aren’t corrupted, they’re encrypted.

camroncamera said:

Apologies for the necropost; has there been any updates to crack this Easter Egg?

Nope. The auth server that stored the decryption keys is down, so there’s not really any way to crack it. Unless someone cracked it while the server was up and archived it, this version is pretty much lost. Though from what I’ve heard from people it’s pretty much the same master used on early blu-rays so not much of value is lost here.

Funcha said:

Not to be a downer, but those are likely getting pressed very shortly so your window to get them the audio is probably a very very short one.

I’m not working for Shout or trying to get these on the disc. I plan on syncing it to the release once it’s out and releasing the synced audio here.

With Shout Factory releasing Halloween 1 - 5 in 4k this year, they’ve announced the original audio for 1 -3, but not 4 & 5. If I can I’d like to secure the LD audio for them and have them synced and available by Halloween this year.
So if anyone has the audio and can send it to me I’d greatly appreciate it.

After being very disappointed with the audio on the 4K blu-ray, I have taken it upon myself to sync the audio from the LD to 4k video.
The LD audio is much fuller, and doesn’t have the added foley that’s in the new mix. AFAIK the LD is a direct port of the theatrical stereo mix.

This project will sync to the US 4k blu-ray. Possibly other BD releases but I’ve only tested the 4k. This is my first time doing a project like this so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Special thanks to HippieDalek on Fanres for providing me with the audio.

PM me for a dl link.

The OP lists the audio bitrates as higher then what’s available in the mkv on sharemania. Is this a mistake or are higher quality ones available elsewhere?

LucasGodzilla said:

Just wanted to inform everyone that I’ve been able to have a peek at the scan preview.

The colors look quite nicely recovered (apparently the print was originally red), though unfortunately, the 4-track mix is not capturable as the scanner sold off the necessary equipment to do so some time ago much to my dismay. Thankfully the mono optical is still a step up from the blu-rays though it could use a bit of cleaning. The print is also the director’s cut it seems, so although that alternate cut is lost to history, at least it means this’ll be a more complete Argento experience.

I would like to note though that I still require $225 to cover the rest of the scan though so any donations would be greatly appreciated to help me complete this preservation endeavor.

Looks great!
Damn shame about the 4 track mix. Out of curiosity would it be possible to send it to another scanner and have the audio captured, possibly for a lot cheaper since the video has already been scanned?

narth said:

I did a fan edit that is supposed to be a recreation of the theatrical version. Given there aren’t may changes compared to the 4K transfer. My project included a recreation of the Saul Bass WB logo that was on the original release, done by me. Also the original mono tracks from the LD and 1999 DVD and the original blue credits at the end.

https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Shining-1980-Zemastered-Edition-Released/id/70072

This may be what you are looking for.

Exactly what I’m looking for!
Mind sending me a link while I have your attention?

A couple of these have aired. Have they been captured/released at all?
If so can someone PM me how to obtain them?

SpacemanDoug said:

From what I know the 1999 DVD is the best source for the mono audio

A capture of it exists

Has anyone synced it to the 4k BD yet?

MilesMetal said:

spideronfire said:

Did you ever finish the script?
I found S1-12 NTSC Full DVDs and have both Waifu2x and Topaz setup for upscaling but want to feed it the cleanest possible signal.

You’re better off training an ESRGAN model to upscale rather than an off-the-shelf solution like Topaz or Waifu-2x. Those can be good but a specifically trained model would be many times better.

Here’s some examples of my attempts to upscale the first two seasons of Metalocalypse. These are from series 3 or 4 as I was using the DVD as the low-res input and the Blu-ray as the hi-res input. Pretty amazing results if I do say so myself.

https://imgsli.com/NDE2MzE
https://imgsli.com/NDE2MjY
https://imgsli.com/NDE2NTM
https://imgsli.com/NDE2NTQ

Damn those look pretty good

Still looking for a link to this if anyone can help me out.

The Decimator said:

Thank the lord! Now if we could only get a proper restoration of the Dirty Harry movies.

From what I’ve seen the new blu-ray sold really well, so maybe there’s hope.