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New trailers hitting cinemas this weekend include the Will Smith Football drama Concussion, Christmas horror flick Krampus, and Our Brand is Crisis. I just received Our Brand is Crisis and I have not had the time to transcode it yet, but I will post it tomorrow. In addition to those, I have added Daddy’s Home, The Good Dinosaur, Sicario, and Point Break. All are 1080p HD AC3 5.1 640 Kbps.
It has been a bit of a slow week, but I do have some updates. As previously mentioned, I uploaded the 3D versions of the latest Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 trailer on the Mockingjay Part 2 trailers page.
New additions for Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Black Mass, Macbeth and two hundred lander, er, I mean Zoolander 2.
A quick apology – those 4 trailers have a slightly lower audio bitrate and I did not notice the encoder setting until I had completed them and deleted the master files. So sorry.
Are you looking for 3D trailers? I just uploaded the 3D trailer for The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 Trailer 3 in both Over Under and Side By Side formats. As usual, they are presented in Digital 5.1. The trailers can be found on the Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 2 trailers page.
Will Smith stars in ‘Concussion’, the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma. ‘Concussion’ also stars Alec Baldwin and Luke Wilson. Concussion opens Christmas Day.
The 1080p and 720p HD trailers with 5.1 audio can be downloaded from the Concussion trailers page.
Plex Media Server and Plex Home Theater
Last night, I installed Plex Media Server (PMS) and Plex Home Theater (PHT) on my dedicated home theater PC. In the simplest of terms, the PMS turns your PC into a media server that you can access on your home network using a variety of devices with
the corresponding Plex application for those devices. In my case, since I was using a dedicated PC connected to my receiver I installed the Plex Home Theater app on my PC.
What are the benefits of using Plex over a media player?
First and foremost, it allows for the full output of Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio. Oh, and it is free, which is always a great thing in my books. You can however, purchase a “Plex Pass” which will give you some additional features, such as sharing and automatic inclusion of theatrical trailers before movies. I am opting to not have a Plex Pass at this time, so I cannot comment on those features. (more…)
John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber and Toby Stephens star in ’13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi’, directed by Michael Bay. Based on the 2013 book ’13 Hours’ by Mitchell Zuckoff. 13 Hours is the true story of the elite six member security team who fought to defend the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, after the attack by Islamist militants on September 11, 2012, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is scheduled for release on January 15, 2016. The first trailer can be downloaded from the 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi trailers page.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ben Kingsley star in ‘The Walk’, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The Walk tells the true story of French high wire artist Philippe Petit (Levitt) who attempts a death defying tightrope walk from the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Trailers A and B can be downloaded from The Walk trailers page.
We just added the IMAX extended trailer for Everest in 1080p with 5.1 Audio. This movie looks very impressive, with a star studded cast and excellent visuals. This trailer along with Trailer A can be found on the Everest trailers page.
The latest film from Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies is a Cold War drama starring Tom Hanks. Trailer 1 can be downloaded from the Bridge of Spies trailer page.
