[REL] Pretty Baby (1978)

[ghost]

I hope you're not bored of this thread yet, but it continues...

My next release is a restored version of the uncropped recording from german TV broadcasted in 2008 (ratio is 4:3). If you don't know what I am talking about, compare these 2 shots:

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The new version is in 1080p and the picture quality is pretty good:

Old (resolution 576x432p, posted before in this thread):
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New (resolution 1920x1080p):
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Here we go:

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[ghost]

Well, it looks like Paramount won't give us a 1.33:1 open matte version in 4K of this film

Somehow I still managed to get the 7 GB laserdisc rip posted in 2011 on page 4. This version was the best source to start working on it again...

I had to do a lot of color corrections, sharpening, denoising, deinterlacing and some other things to get a viewable picture. The sound of this rip was terrible and in mono and didn't sync with the DVD...

After many many hours of encoding I am pretty pleased with the result. This could be the best version of this movie in 4:3 and uncropped we can get atm:

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I muxed it with the english and german audio from the DVD.

Spoiler: General Unique ID : 300014799427010026955572940780958189965 (0xE1B4BFA4174FE3F008B68B2DDEA5098D) Complete name : Pretty Baby (1978).LD.uncropped.ger-eng.mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 File size : 1.75 GiB Duration : 1 h 45 min Overall bit rate : 2 383 kb/s Encoded date : UTC 2020-01-21 08:04:04 Writing application : mkvmerge v42.0.0 ('Overtime') 64-bit Writing library : libebml v1.3.10 + libmatroska v1.5.2 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : Main@L3.1 Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, Reference : 4 frames Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 1 h 45 min Bit rate : 1 995 kb/s Width : 768 pixels Height : 576 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 25.000 FPS Standard : PAL Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.180 Stream size : 1.46 GiB (84%) Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.601 PAL Transfer characteristics : BT.470 System B/G Matrix coefficients : BT.470 System B/G Audio #1 ID : 2 Format : AAC LC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity Codec ID : A_AAC-2 Duration : 1 h 44 min Bit rate : 192 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 144 MiB (8%) Language : German Default : Yes Forced : No Audio #2 ID : 3 Format : AAC LC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity Codec ID : A_AAC-2 Duration : 1 h 44 min Bit rate : 192 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 144 MiB (8%) Language : English Default : No Forced : No

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[ghost]

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If you find something better, post it!

I think it is better but I couldn't download to verify:
https://filmarchive99.blogspot.com/2020 ... ed-hd.html
https://cinemonsterr.blogspot.com/2020/ ... ed-hd.html

This is my modified version of the german TV broadcast I posted here in this thread. So there is no need to use these file.al links.

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[ghost]

I hope that you are still not tired from all the different versions of this movie.

BUT:
I found the original and complete mpeg file of the german (uncropped) TV recording in a newsgroup posted about 3000 days ago (and I was able to download it).
As you know me, I couldn't resist to give it another try and I started working on it.

Now, this is the real deal! The result is much much better than my 1080p version posted before (the picture was too dark, it was incomplete because some minutes are missing and the source was an compressed avi file.

So, let's do it for the last time:

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I muxed the movie with 2 audio tracks (german and english).

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If someone is interested in the original file:
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[ghost]

OK. Sorry for bothering you again.

Now, I am pleased with the result and the movie looks very good!
(In view of the fact that the source was a more than 10 years old TV broadcast).

Upscaled and enhanced to Full HD using AI technology, colors corrected and again 2 audio tracks (German and English in sync )

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Spoiler: General Unique ID : 310155403106090230452699159843144629978 (0xE955C200DAF6F06E35690819462A7EDA) Complete name : Pretty Baby (1978).1080p.HD.ger-eng.mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 File size : 3.49 GiB Duration : 1 h 44 min Overall bit rate : 4 795 kb/s Encoded date : UTC 2021-08-14 14:21:17 Writing application : mkvmerge v60.0.0 ('Are We Copies?') 64-bit Writing library : libebml v1.4.2 + libmatroska v1.6.4 Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L5 Format settings : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, Reference : 5 frames Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 1 h 44 min Bit rate : 4 412 kb/s Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 25.000 FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.085 Stream size : 3.20 GiB (92%) Writing library : x264 core 161 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=2 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=192 / keyint_min=19 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=4412 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=5882 / vbv_bufsize=8825 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio #1 ID : 2 Format : AAC LC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity Codec ID : A_AAC-2 Duration : 1 h 44 min Bit rate : 192 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 143 MiB (4%) Language : German Default : Yes Forced : No Audio #2 ID : 3 Format : AAC LC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity Codec ID : A_AAC-2 Duration : 1 h 44 min Bit rate : 192 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 143 MiB (4%) Language : English Default : No Forced : No

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Comments are welcome

[ghost]

I will send you "PrettyBaby 1978"　laserdisc rip 7.13gb

Thanks, aliceclub. We had the Laserdisc-version before (go to page 12).

My 1080p version of the German TV recording is the best version you can get, and it's also uncroppped.

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[ghost]

This claims to be uncropped in 1920x1080 http://cinemabomb.blogspot.com/2020/03/ ... ed-hd.html but it's not easy to get

This should be my HD-version. This guy steals everything from FLM.

You can find it here: https://www.first-loves.com/forums/view ... 190#p84190

Anyway, I made a rip of the Blu-ray:

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[DaveTheBoss]

HD links, i don't where i must post them...

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[TheProjector1979]

4K upscale taken from the US Blu-ray release. English audio and subtitles:

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[ghost]

Well, I couldn't resist and I was working on a new version for the last two weeks.

The source was this lousy rip from the laser disc, upscaled with AI to 1428 x 1080p and with completely new colors.
I took the audio from the US blu-ray and from the German dvd and had to make many cuts to get it in sync.

A mega big THANK YOU! goes to Kingfisher for these beautiful colors. You are a magician!

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Now I can get back to normal life again.