I’m not a pixel peeping expert. I leave that to the “pro’s” with more time n their hands. I try to enjoy the content for what is and focus on system upgrades to enjoy it more.
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Update Request: Alien (1979) - poor encoding
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I’m not a pixel peeping expert. I leave that to the “pro’s” with more time n their hands. I try to enjoy the content for what is and focus on system upgrades to enjoy it more.
Me, too! I'm also just an insanely curious propeller-head type and inquiring minds must know!
I’m not a pixel peeping expert. I leave that to the “pro’s” with more time n their hands. I try to enjoy the content for what is and focus on system upgrades to enjoy it more.
Is the poor quality of the Aliens encode visible on my lowly Strato S? I'd have to check. I know I watched Aliens 2 and that looked good to my old eyes.
Spreadsheet says k’s version has many issues, one is having the brightness turned up. That to me, is what is holding me off from buying. It’s supposed to be dark and eerie. I have it in BD but I haven’t watched it in ages. Just like T2 except I never owned a copy of it, not even in DVD until recently.
I’m still in my Honeymoon phase with K-Scape and some hardware upgrades.
You could buy it in solidarity and then wait for the update before watching it. You know the update is free, right? (unless it's changing format)
Yes im aware. I’d have to look but it may be an HDR or better file like Pulp Fiction and Transformers 2007.
I dont want to or can’t play HDR files because I’m a projector user and I’m waiting for my upgrade.
Question
Is the mezzanine file the same as the master, or is it created from some other master file?
So are disks created from the same mezzanine, or some other digital intermediary?
You would have to ask more knowledgeable members but according to how I understand what was posted, the mezzanine file is what the studio sends out to all distributors and they modify it for their format.
It is a master file. Raw. No compression. I’m also if the assumption this is what is sent to theaters or something close but again just an assumption. I’ll resort to AI.
AI says:
“A mezzanine file is a high-quality digital master of a movie used by studios for distribution, ensuring the best possible video and audio quality. Movie theaters may use these files for screenings to provide audiences with an optimal viewing experience.”
Source K-scape and
www.thescreeningroomav.com
“A mezzanine file is a high-quality digital master of a movie used by studios for distribution, ensuring the best possible video and audio quality. Movie theaters may use these files for screenings to provide audiences with an optimal viewing experience.”
Source K-scape and
Kaleidescape | Colorado | The Screening Room AV
Learn why Kaleidescape is the premiere movie purchase, storage, and playback system, and why we recommend it for every home theater we design and install.
www.thescreeningroomav.com
I get that other streaming services very likely get the same mezzanine files to start with. But what are UHD disks derived from? We know that audio tracks are sometimes different, so would disks be starting from something else?AI says:
“A mezzanine file is a high-quality digital master of a movie used by studios for distribution, ensuring the best possible video and audio quality. Movie theaters may use these files for screenings to provide audiences with an optimal viewing experience.”
Source K-scape and
Kaleidescape | Colorado | The Screening Room AV
Learn why Kaleidescape is the premiere movie purchase, storage, and playback system, and why we recommend it for every home theater we design and install.
Again, my assumption is that there is one master file that gets sent out.
Again from AI:
“Yes, movie studios typically do not create their own Blu-ray discs; instead, they use professional replication facilities to mass-produce Blu-ray movies. These facilities manufacture the discs using high-speed machinery, ensuring high-quality output for the studios. Professionally mass-produced movies are stamped in replication facilities rather than burned onto blank media.”
Again from AI:
“Yes, movie studios typically do not create their own Blu-ray discs; instead, they use professional replication facilities to mass-produce Blu-ray movies. These facilities manufacture the discs using high-speed machinery, ensuring high-quality output for the studios. Professionally mass-produced movies are stamped in replication facilities rather than burned onto blank media.”
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For theatrical projections a studio produces a Digital Cinema Package (DCP). This is a collection of files (video, audio, metadata, etc.) that are very high quality and very large in size and targeted at theaters. When it comes time for home releases a studio produces Mezzanine files that are used for both disc production and digital distribution. These files are compressed but are considered visually lossless and are encoded to the needs of the disc/store/service. There may be multiple mezzanine files produced for different resolutions, color-grading, etc., and there may be different packages including alternate audio tracks and the like.
So, while you can generally say that a 4K UHD Blu-ray and a 4K movie on the K Store came from the same file, it's possible that there are minor differences in individual components. (Like when studios only offer Lossy Atmos to digital stores or K chooses to only license the SDR version of a movie.)
So, while you can generally say that a 4K UHD Blu-ray and a 4K movie on the K Store came from the same file, it's possible that there are minor differences in individual components. (Like when studios only offer Lossy Atmos to digital stores or K chooses to only license the SDR version of a movie.)
Trevor
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If anyone is wondering...DV has all the same issues as the HDR encode.
