A final quick post for the week. I uploaded some channel check, and phase check tools – A Dolby TrueHD sound check and a DTS-HD MA sound check in 5.1 and 7.1. These can be found under the “Tools” option under “Audio Format Trailers”
Coming next week: the 4K buying guide, Terminator Genisys review, and more trailers in 5.1.
Daddy’s Home
Trailer 2 for Daddy’s Home is now available. It can be found at the Daddy’s Home page. I think I prefer trailer 1, but this has some laughs as well. Daddy’s Home opens December 25th.
I also updated the Spectre page to include the trailers for all the Daniel Craig Bond films in 5.1 audio. If you are having a Bond-a-thon before the release of Spectre you may want to pick those up.
To follow up on the big event from last week, the release of The Force Awakens Trailer 3, it appears that it will not be in theaters again this week. The trailer listing from deluxe includes Joy Trailer E, Don Verdean Trailer 1, and The Night Before Trailer 4 (which we will likely have soon). There is still no sign of The Force Awakens Trailer 3 coming to theaters. I will keep an eye out to see if it is on schedule for next week in time for Spectre. I know a lot of people are hoping to see it in IMAX when they go see Spectre. And that may provide a more dynamic mix for us as well. Here’s hoping.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Finally, a film adapted from a Jane Austen novel that will also appeal to husbands and boyfriends. I would apologize for the gratuitous use of the image above, but I think it captures the tone perfectly: Victorian era garb and setting – plus some weapons to kill (re-kill?) zombies. Anyway, Trailer 1 can be found at the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies page. As usual there is an .mp4 with Dolby 5.1 and an .mkv with PCM 5.1.
I mixed the audio on this trailer from the split audio tracks, which included stereo dialogue, stereo music and stereo effects. It took me about 4 hours to do the mixing and encoding. I hope you enjoy it.
Terminator Genisys Box Art
Paramount has issued the details of the upcoming 3D and 2D release of Terminator Genisys – complete with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack, which is available on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand on November 10th. You can pre-order from these links:
Terminator Genisys 3D (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD) $26.86
Terminator Genisys (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD) $19.57
If you live where you can access Amazon instant video, you can watch it now:
Terminator: Genisys Amazon Instant Video
Here are the details on the Blu-ray releases:
The TERMINATOR GENISYS Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray Combo Packs with Digital HD include nearly an hour of bonus content, featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with the cast and filmmakers, including the director of the first two films, James Cameron.
The Blu-ray Combo Packs also feature a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack*, which delivers captivating sound that places and moves audio anywhere in the room, including overhead, to bring entertainment alive all around the audience.
TERMINATOR GENISYS Blu-ray Combo Pack
The TERMINATOR GENISYS Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English Dolby Atmos* (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 compatible), French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The DVD in the combo pack is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The combo pack includes access to a Digital HD copy of the film as well as the following:
Blu-ray
DVD
TERMINATOR GENISYS Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack
The Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack includes all of the above, as well as a Blu-ray 3D presented in 1080p high definition with English Dolby Atmos* (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 compatible), French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
The Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack and Blu-ray Combo Pack available for purchase include a Digital HD Version of the film that can be accessed through UltraViolet™, a way to collect, access and enjoy movies. With UltraViolet, consumers can add movies to their digital collection in the cloud, and then stream or download them—reliably and securely—to a variety of devices.
You can pre-order these from Amazon:
Terminator Genisys 3D (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD) $26.86
Terminator Genisys (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD) $19.57
I will be reviewing this film to provide my comments on the 2D picture quality and 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack later this week. I really need to upgrade to Atmos…
I have converted the .iso files to 3D SBS .mkv files. Goosebumps is still encoding so it will be uploaded later today when I get home from my day job. The completed ones are Angry Birds, The Finest Hours, The Martian and Teasers 1 and 2 of The Force Awakens.
I will also have 2D files for The Revenant with PCM and AC3 5.1 available later today. The next film to add to the site will be Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I normally hate zombie films – but this one looks quite different. Coming later in the week will be Trailer 2 of Daddy’s Home. I am going to be completing some research and compiling a 4K buying guide to help those who may be thinking about getting a new 4K set this before year end. I will also be reviewing Terminator Genysis and adding other trailers as they are available.
Finally, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who visited and interacted here over the last week. I have received a lot of positive feedback, which is just wonderful to receive. And some critical feedback as well, which has helped me to make improvements to the site. I also saw a lot of people who were quick to help others with technical problems. It was a very rewarding week. Thank you.
Jonathan
The Force Awakens Trailer 3
For those who prefer the Apple encode of trailer 3 for the video, but my encode for the audio, I have remuxed the Apple encode with the 5.1 PCM audio track. This one has the MPAA rating card and the “tickets now available” tag at the end. The files can be found at The Force Awakens page.
The 3D Side by Side conversion is still on my to-do list. I have not forgotten.
Update: The International Trailer with “December 17” instead of “December 18” at the end has been added. I am not sure if this mix is a theatrical version from Europe, but it is louder than previous files. I will let you decide on which you prefer.
The Force Awakens One Sheet
Good news and bad news. The good news is that I have uploaded the trailers for The Force Awakens to mega.nz and provided the download links on The Force Awakens trailers page. There are now two download options for the Lossless and 3D iso files. This should solve the issue some have had with downloads disconnecting. That is the good news. The bad news is that the other trailer file I received sounded exactly as the first, except the dialogue was in French. If there is an interest in the French version please let me know and I can upload it. The other bit of bad news is that I completely ran out of time to do the Side by Side 3D conversions of the first two trailers. I will have to leave that to tomorrow. My wife is going away for the weekend, and demands that I spend some time with her. She has been very patient this evening.
I just received a new file for The Force Awakens Trailer 3. This one has 12 channels of which 2 are online stereo mixes, and 2 are broadcast stereo mixes. I will see if the dynamic range is different on this file for the 5.1 channels. It may since the first had all tracks as (Broadcast). This also appears to have originated from a different facility. I probably will not be able to do anything further with this for several hours.
To help with those who are having difficulty downloading the Star Wars trailers, I will be generating some additional download links to mega.nz for those files. I think there has just been too many people trying to access them at the same time. I am also going to do Side by Side conversions of the 3D .iso files since some have been asking for that. To recap, we have a new source for The Force Awakens Trailer 3, I am going to provide alternate links to hopefully get better download performance, and upload additional 3D trailers in Side By Side format. Look for that over the next 12 hours or so!
The Force Awakens Trailer 3
Star Wars week continues here at The Digital Theater. I just added a DTS-HD Master Audio encode of Trailer 3 to The Force Awakens trailers page. A special thanks to Rodrigo Faria, who was kind enough to do the DTS-HD MA encode.
I did some further testing, and did not have any disconnected/terminated downloads. If you experience problems downloading, please leave a comment and I will investigate further. Sorry for the inconvenience.
