Predator (1987) LD PCM

[jonno]

Dolby Surround (the home theater incarnation of theatrical Dolby Stereo) is a 4-channel mix (L,R,C,S) matrixed into a 2-channel delivery stream. On the laserdisc this - effectively - 4-channel mix is presented in uncompressed PCM.

Dolby Digital is an audio compression format which can contain anything from 1.0 to 6.1 channels (though that highest one includes one matrixed channel). On the BD the 4.0 channels from the Dolby Stereo source are discrete, but they're also very lossily compressed.

[bendermac]

and the download link is where?

[DoomBot]

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[NeonBible]

There appears to be an audio dropout at the 42:04 mark. Can someone else check it out and confirm its not just me?

[DoomBot]

That's not a drop out, that's how it's suppose to be. At least i think so, maybe part of the original mix. It's on the raw LD rip so it must be.

[NeonBible]

Not sure. I compared to the 5.1 track and it didn't have it. However I was listening on a laptop with the TV on in the background, so perhaps it was a dynamics thing. I'll listen again with headphones tomorrow.

[jonno]

Yeah, it's not a dropout so much as a terrible music edit. They obviously cleaned it up for the later mix:

[Image: dropout.jpg]

[NeonBible]

Thanks for clarifying. Just had a quick listen and yeah that is a really strange edit!

Other than that sound fantastic. Thanks again Jonno.

[jonno]

My pleasure! Hope to follow it up with Total Recall before too long...

[bendermac]

that dropout was always there until the 2nd dvd release fixed it. i kinda liked it, as it works with the edit of the movie and the beginning of the next edit.

but now the question is: what was the original intention... with or without the pause?