[spoRv] mission & setup

[spoRv] special project of Restored version

Mission: restore a movie to be closest to the theatrical version as could be possible at the moment of the release, using the best video sources chosen from all the various available versions; adding the best original and remastered audio soundtracks in different languages; whenever possible, including english, french, german, italian and spanish languages, along with the related subtitles.

[ruLes] restored using Laserdisc editions

WARNING: there will be no other [ruLes] projects in the future; further eventual projects based (all or in part) on laserdisc as source will be released under the [spoRv] trademark; this list are left here only for historical reason.

Mission: restore a movie to be closest to the theatrical version as could be possible at the moment of the release, using laserdisc as video source(s), and as main audio source; whenever possible, including english, french, german, italian and spanish languages, along with the related subtitles, from any sources is allowed.

 

_,,,^..^,,,_  hardware and software setup

Hardware:

  • Pioneer HLD-X9 MUSE/NTSC laserdisc player
  • Pioneer DVL-909 PAL/NTSC laserdisc/DVD player
  • Pioneer LD-V4300 PAL/NTSC laserdisc player
  • Pioneer CLD-D925 PAL/NTSC laserdisc player
  • Pioneer CLD-600 PAL laserdisc player

 

  • Panasonic DMR-ES15 DVD recorder
  • Pioneer DVR-320S DVD recorder
  • Yukai DVD-A100 DVD recorder
  • Panasonic NV-FS88B S-VHS recorder 

 

  • Sony MDS-JE520 MiniDisc recorder (as analog/digital converter)
  • Pioneer SP-D07 Dolby Digital decoder
  • Pioneer RFD-1 AC3 RF demodulator
  • Sony Playstation 3 used as BD Player
  • Philips BD-7100 BD Player
  • Sony Vaio VGX-XL202 PC Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz, 3GB RAM, 2x250GB + 320GB + 2TB HDDs, BD burner
  • AverMedia BDA A16C internal video card (with Philips SAA713x chipset)
  • Sweetspot (a.k.a. PDI Deluxe) internal video card
  • Western Digital Elements 1TB external USB HDD

 

  • Monster Cable S-Video 5pin cable (very high quality)
  • LINN composite RCA video cable (very high quality)
  • Audison stereo RCA audio cable (very high quality)
  • SONY optical S/PDIF cable (very high quality)

 

Software – ONLY freeware:

  • VirtualDub for audio/video capture
  • VirtualDub and AviSynth for video editing
  • x264 for final encoding
  • Audacity for audio editing
  • Foobar2000 for other audio conversions
  • Aften for AC3 encoding
  • GDSMux or AviDemux for demuxing
  • tsMuxeR or AviDemux for (re)muxing
  • EasyBD Lite for BD authoring
  • MultiAVCHD for BD authoring with menus
  • Subtitle Edit for subtitle editing
  • MSPaint and Fotographix for cover and disc design