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A while ago I saw a bootleg DVD of 12DOTS on a flea market. I bought it for giggles as I had never seen that one before (and neither afterwards). Has anyone seen this?

It's a 2 DVD-R set in a regular DVD case. While not pressed, this looks somewhat "professional", as a label is printed on the discs (same image on both discs). There's even a barcode on the sleeve: 1 2434794 68341.

Why they used a blackletter typeface for the titles is anyone's guess, but hey, who am I to judge the creativity of bootleggers?

The volume labels of the discs read VOL_20041127084731 and VOL_20041127064339, so that's a late 2004 "pressing".

As for the video itself, it's the M6 broadcast (M6 logo at top right). Sometimes the picture is the regular 4:3 ratio of the time, sometimes it's 16:9, as if portions were resized.

I've not seen this one ever. Might this be a private pressing? How is the image and sound quality? Looks like it's been tampered with if the image switches between 4:3 and 16:9 (odd decision if you ask me).

It could be a private pressing, but I doubt it. They wouldn't have bothered with a barcode, and wouldn't have printed a description of the show on the back. Also the sleeve is professionally printed, it's not from a personal inkjet or laser printer.

As for the video quality, it's not great - it seems to be a VHS recording digitized to DVD.

Regarding the ratio, I had another quick look at the video. While the ratio of the picture does change, the overall ratio of the "screen" doesn't, i.e. the 4:3 ratio is full screen, and the 16:9 ratio has black bands at the top and bottom that make it 4:3, and the placement of the M6 logo doesn't change throughout. So I suspect this is how the concert was actually broadcast, as resizing the images of the recording would have changed the placement of the logo. Maybe they used 2 types of cameras for the shooting.

It's just a fun item to have as I only paid like €2 for it, so, good value.

Oh, good value indeed!

I'll have to watch the video I have to check if it happens there too. Gives me a good reason to rewatch it, it's been a while

If you are interested in sharing this one, I could try to work on denoising it. See my work in the other thread.

Yes, that could be interesting, thanks!

I can upload a rip of the first disc, then you can see what you can do with it. If you'd like to actually proceed I can then upload a rip of the second disc. I will try to upload in the next few days and will let you know - bear with me, it's going to be a busy week for me.

Herr Dunkel wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 3:30 am Yes, that could be interesting, thanks!

I can upload a rip of the first disc, then you can see what you can do with it. If you'd like to actually proceed I can then upload a rip of the second disc. I will try to upload in the next few days and will let you know - bear with me, it's going to be a busy week for me.

No problem. I am just imagening that I may already own the disc or at least a similar rip. But just to be sure, I would like to check yours out as well.

Btw if you have seen my thread on remastered vids, I have done some work on the 1 hour broadcast (the one in 4:3 format). The original looks even better since youtube adds compression. I am planning to share the mkv files eventually when I get them sorted out.

Hi AERO62, Yes, I have seen the good job you did with your remasters!

At last, I have ripped the discs. Sending you a message with details. Cheers!

Herr Dunkel wrote: Thu Jun 23, 2022 4:23 am Hi AERO62, Yes, I have seen the good job you did with your remasters!

At last, I have ripped the discs. Sending you a message with details. Cheers!

Hi,

I forgot to check this forum. I tried sending you a reply with my email address. Did you get it?

Yo AERO62,

I did get your message but haven't got the chance to upload the file again. Will do in the next few days and will let you know. Cheers!

Hi AERO62,

At last, I have uploaded the file again. Sent you a PM and an email with the link.