QueenZone discussion #1424921
Rotterdam film source 1978-04-20 [stabilized]Rotterdam film source 1978-04-20 [stabilized]
| Chief Mouse 08.03.2015 03:19 |
The original video was uploaded here - http://www.queenconcerts.com/queenzone/1423475.html I didn't want to do anything with it but when I did some tests I found it's a very good video for stabilizing. And thought - why not? There is some cropping due to stabilizing but I believe none of the important information in the shot is lost. I also reduced the heavy grain and removed the duplicates and made it real 25 FPS with interpolation so that it looks a bit smoother in motion. What I ended up with I believe is almost as good as a pro video now. Maybe not really, but now it looks smoother and more steady and a bit cleaner. Some of you might prefer the original though - it looks more like a handheld camera and makes you think you're there, it's more raw (obviously). This is a slightly different representation of this amazing super 8 mm source. I hope you will find it as a good alternative. The grain is still there although it's not nearly as strong. The youtube video is not an accurate representation due to compression. Watch this - https://mega.nz/#!GRNF3C7S!EYyLTwbcoXJ4EKVyN0AEbPSBpHLxQwoeNGIYV3uCZ8s . |
| BETA215 08.03.2015 03:37 |
Thanks again Chief for all the time and effort you put in those videos you love! |
| Chief Mouse 08.03.2015 03:42 |
You're welcome! |
| zippo112 08.03.2015 03:43 |
thank you maaan |
| DepeX 08.03.2015 04:39 |
Thanks a lot Chief! Queen Production wants you!! :-) |
| CERATOPHRYS 08.03.2015 05:16 |
Thanks a lot Chief !! |
| vivaqueen 08.03.2015 05:25 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP |
| hobbit in Rhye 08.03.2015 05:56 |
Thank you Chief for another carefully processed video. I only watched the original one several days ago and here you present us with a more stabilized version already. I admire your passion and your skills in this fields, I'm lucky to benefit by it. By the way, I took a look at the 2 youtubes in your signature, and they are beautiful. Thanks for letting me appreciate more of Queen's music. |
| onedunpark 08.03.2015 06:04 |
Thanks again Chief, your work is always appreciated. |
| Marknow 08.03.2015 06:10 |
nice one. |
| Claudio_CQI 08.03.2015 07:30 |
thank you so so much! Outstanding work! |
| Barry Durex 08.03.2015 07:56 |
Thanks for sharing your work. I notice it runs about 14 seconds longer now though? |
| Nitroboy 08.03.2015 08:06 |
Awesome, thanks! |
| Chief Mouse 08.03.2015 08:11 |
Barry Durex wrote: Thanks for sharing your work. I notice it runs about 14 seconds longer now though?It's exactly the same. VLC doesn't display it correctly. For some reason there are glitches with MPEG-2 files in VLC, for example Antiden's files which skip and according to VLC run about 5 seconds. |
| Barry Durex 08.03.2015 09:21 |
Chief Mouse wrote:Both VLC AND format factory are showing your mkv as 7.02 but the original vob share was 6:48Barry Durex wrote: Thanks for sharing your work. I notice it runs about 14 seconds longer now though?It's exactly the same. VLC doesn't display it correctly. For some reason there are glitches with MPEG-2 files in VLC, for example Antiden's files which skip and according to VLC run about 5 seconds. |
| Chief Mouse 08.03.2015 09:24 |
Barry Durex wrote:Chief Mouse wrote:Both VLC AND format factory are showing your mkv as 7.02 but the original vob share was 6:48Barry Durex wrote: Thanks for sharing your work. I notice it runs about 14 seconds longer now though?It's exactly the same. VLC doesn't display it correctly. For some reason there are glitches with MPEG-2 files in VLC, for example Antiden's files which skip and according to VLC run about 5 seconds. The original share was 7:03. My version has only lost 1 second somewhere. I didn't make it nor slower nor faster nor cut anything. VLC and format factory are wrong, sorry. Mediainfo - General Complete name : H:\Videos\Concerts\Queen\1978 - Live in Rotterdam\1978-04-20 Rotterdam Ahoy.vob Format : MPEG-PS File size : 491 MiB Duration : 7mn 3s Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 9 724 Kbps Writing library : (c) 1998-2009 Womble Multimedia, Inc. / MPEG Video Wizard (03/2009) / Jul 13 2009 Video ID : 224 (0xE0) Format : MPEG Video Format version : Version 2 Format profile : Main@Main Format settings, BVOP : Yes Format settings, Matrix : Custom Format settings, GOP : Variable Duration : 7mn 3s Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 8 000 Kbps Width : 720 pixels Height : 576 pixels Display aspect ratio : 4:3 Frame rate : 25.000 fps Standard : PAL Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Interlaced Scan order : Top Field First Compression mode : Lossy Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.772 Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00 Time code source : Group of pictures header Stream size : 404 MiB (82%) Source encoded stream size : (c) 1998-2009 Womble Multimedia, Inc. / MPEG Video Wizard (03/2009) / Jul 13 2009 Writing library : (c) 1998-2009 Womble Multimedia, Inc. / MPEG Video Wizard (03/2009) / Jul 13 2009 Audio ID : 189 (0xBD)-160 (0xA0) Format : PCM Format settings, Endianness : Big Format settings, Sign : Signed Muxing mode : DVD-Video Duration : 7mn 3s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 channels Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 16 bits Delay relative to video : -80ms Stream size : 77.6 MiB (16%) |
| Barry Durex 08.03.2015 09:40 |
Thanks, I'm sorry you are correct. The problem goes if I demux the original vob and make it again (it then shows 7.03) I think you clipped the last second from the original file (with white screen and red line) which is why your mkv is 7.02 |
| The Real Wizard 08.03.2015 10:54 |
And this, folks, is a textbook example of why things need to be shared. When put into the right hands, documents of music history can be enjoyed as they were intended to be. Thanks for the hard work of everyone involved. |
| ColMan 09.03.2015 04:57 |
Thanks! Very nice share and good post processing. |
| TomP63 09.03.2015 06:54 |
Thank you Chief, this was my first ever Queen concert I saw.....I went for the group, but one bloke had mesmerized the whole evening: Brian May. Those effects, the sounds, had that night a feeling which lays beyond any belief. Even the word awesome doens't capture my feelings. Again thank you! Tom |
| Kacio 09.03.2015 12:23 |
great Chief, as always :) |
| people on streets 09.03.2015 12:37 |
Great work. Thanks! What program did you use for stabilizing? |
| Chief Mouse 09.03.2015 12:41 |
people on streets wrote: Great work. Thanks! What program did you use for stabilizing?Virtualdub for stabilizing itself, Avisynth for frame interpolation from 18 FPS to 25 FPS. |
| DepeX 09.03.2015 13:04 |
DeShaker? |
| Chief Mouse 09.03.2015 13:07 |
Yeah. |
| DepeX 09.03.2015 13:22 |
And... another little technical question :-) Is there a way to do that "interpolation" work using VIRTUALDUB? Thanks in advance! |
| Chief Mouse 09.03.2015 13:27 |
Not as far as I know. Perhaps Twixtor or something similar can do something like that - I haven't used it. I think it's available for After Effects and Vegas Pro. |
| DepeX 09.03.2015 13:33 |
Thanks! Kind as usual ;-) |
| people on streets 09.03.2015 16:52 |
Chief Mouse wrote:Thanks. Great program.people on streets wrote: Great work. Thanks! What program did you use for stabilizing?Virtualdub for stabilizing itself, Avisynth for frame interpolation from 18 FPS to 25 FPS. |
| Mr.QueenFan 10.03.2015 18:59 |
Thank you Chief, this is another great work. It looks stunning! I'm usually not a fan of fan made videos of the 70's other than for historical reasons, but it's impossible not to like this one. The colours are so beautiful, and now with your work in stabilizing the picture, it looks wonderful. Thanks again! |
| GuitarMay 13.03.2015 14:47 |
Impeccable work to stabilize all this recently discovered video !!! 'Chief: You are our hero in restoring videos ! \o |
| Rami 13.03.2015 16:01 |
Thank you very much! |
| tassilo 21.03.2015 12:08 |
Thank you very much. |
| Sue Dounim 30.09.2015 18:01 |
any chance of a new link please? |
| Chief Mouse 01.10.2015 17:14 |
Sue Dounim wrote: any chance of a new link please? The files are actually online. I suppose Mega changed all the URL's. https://mega.nz/#!GRNF3C7S!EYyLTwbcoXJ4EKVyN0AEbPSBpHLxQwoeNGIYV3uCZ8s . |
| Sue Dounim 01.10.2015 18:45 |
Chief Mouse wrote:thanks a ton friendo!Sue Dounim wrote: any chance of a new link please?The files are actually online. I suppose Mega changed all the URL's. https://mega.nz/#!GRNF3C7S!EYyLTwbcoXJ4EKVyN0AEbPSBpHLxQwoeNGIYV3uCZ8s . |