20201114-Release-1994-03-24AMT1

SPLRA Release: TSP 1994-03-24 AMT1 VHS(X) Upgrade transfer

This is a significant upgrade in audio and video to circulating copies. The video is much sharper (although with more grain) than the circulating DVD. Audio has much more dynamic range and sounds crisp. Thank you to Steve B. for lending this tape and David for comparison clips.

Comparison stills:

This new MKV is from a lossless VHS(3) transfer, deinterlaced and encoded via x264. The MKV file has the x264 video, an AAC audio track, and a secondary FLAC audio track.

Torrent: 1994-03-24-AMT1-torrent

Smashing Pumpkins
March 24th 1994
Southern Illinois University Arena
Carbondale, IL, US

SOURCE (AMT#1):
unknown > unknown

VIDEO TRANSFER:
Panasonic AG-1980 SVHS > Datavideo TBC-6000 > ATI TV Wonder 600 USB > VirtualDub > AviSynth 2.6.0 > x264.exe 0.155.2901 7d0ff22 > MKVToolNix GUI v46.0.0

GENERATION:
VHS(3) > AVI [UTVideo/48khz/16-Bit/PCM] > MKV [480p/x264 | AAC | FLAC]

LENGTH:
95:09

MD5 FINGERPRINTS:
80953bf8b7b469347d025cc696e3ed5a *Smashing Pumpkins 1994-03-24 AMT1 VHS x264 AAC FLAC.mkv

TRANSFER & DISTRIBUTION:
Nicholas Serra & Members of SPLRA
2020-11-14