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by Lord Reith
Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Beatles Video
Topic: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?
Replies: 81
Views: 6935

Re: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?

as far as I know the VHS resolution is lower No, that chart is assuming that the vhs is ntsc (480i) that has had one of the fields thrown out, leaving it at 240p. The vertical resolution of PAL vhs is 540i (in pixels, or 625 scan lines) and NTSC vhs is 480i (525 scan lines). The horizontal resoluti...
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Fan-Made Remixes and Variations
Topic: Yellow Matter Custard / Purple Matter Custard (stereo)
Replies: 112
Views: 12385

Re: Yellow Matter Custard / Purple Matter Custard (stereo)

I'll re-up it later if no-one else has.
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: Beatles Video
Topic: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?
Replies: 81
Views: 6935

Re: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?

The problem is that all versions are originally from a VHS source with a resolution of only 320*482. Presumably Amazon used a better SD source (Betamax 625/576i maybe?). VHS should have the full vertical resolution of 576, it's only the horizontal resolution that is less (which doesn't matter as mu...
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Beatles Video
Topic: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?
Replies: 81
Views: 6935

Re: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?

This is my copy which I recorded off the BBC in the mid 90s, its gone from video cassette to DVDr then ripped with handbrake. Hopefully it might be useful to someone to upgrade with. hxxps://we.tl/t-eCPpa7Ljp5 That's much appreciated, but do you have the actual DVD files (VOB files)? You don't need...
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: Beatlegs
Topic: cleaned up bbc tracks plus a bit of fun
Replies: 18
Views: 2853

Re: cleaned up bbc tracks, opinions please

Good work on these, I have tried to remove this distortion myself but have had no luck in most cases. These recordings were all made on one machine which I believe was probably battery powered and when the input signal went even slightly over 0vu it completely overloaded the front end and you get th...
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: Fan-Made Remixes and Variations
Topic: 2024 "BS-Roformer" spectral algorithm - Has anyone used it?
Replies: 9
Views: 779

Re: 2024 "BS-Roformer" spectral algorithm - Has anyone used it?

They do seem to have reached a ceiling for the moment. The big jump was from Spleeter to Demucs3 but since then it's been pretty incremental. And none of them produce stems which are clean enough to be taken for original tape tracks. MAL seems to be able to do this although since that is a black box...
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: Beatles Video
Topic: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?
Replies: 81
Views: 6935

Re: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?

So I went back and had another crack at the audio. Now, the problem with this film for me even though I like it very much has always been the terrible singing. The noise the lead vocalist makes is something like what I'd imagine you'd get if you took someone, put a clothes peg on their nose, and the...
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:12 am
Forum: Beatles Video
Topic: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?
Replies: 81
Views: 6935

Re: Has anyone watched Birth Of The Beatles on amazon?

When was it on the BBC? For someone to make an mp4 they must have had to make a capture. What we need is an original tv capture at a high bitrate, then just slow it down to 23.976 and apply some dirt cleanup and colour correction. Somebody out there must have videotaped it and still has it. I have a...
by Lord Reith
Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: Fan-Made Remixes and Variations
Topic: 2024 "BS-Roformer" spectral algorithm - Has anyone used it?
Replies: 9
Views: 779

Re: 2024 "BS-Reformer" spectral algorithm - Has anyone used it?

The title doesn't exactly inspire great confidence... "B.S." :lol: I tried it but as usual it's a case of swings and roundabouts. A lot of these new algorithms work really well on one type of music and not well on another. Demucs4 is rated the top algorithm but it is very hit and miss when...