Info on import Blu-ray titles

[ahsoka]

Originally Posted by kannisto

Ahsoka, thanks to your subtitle tip I was encouraged to buy Suspect X and 20th Century Boys (Part 1) 2nd hand from Tsutaya today. Had to pay 4280 yen for Suspect X and 2580 yen for 20th Century Boys. They had at least 6 units of both of them in their 2nd hand section, I wonder why so many as they usually have much less of each title if any. Already downloaded the subs for both too
Looking forward to watching them with subs.

These were good prices for the BDs, hope you'll enjoy them! The English subs worked really well for both. Watched 20th Century Boys again last night, I think it's a very entertaining movie.

[kannisto]

Originally Posted by ahsoka

These were good prices for the BDs, hope you'll enjoy them! The English subs worked really well for both. Watched 20th Century Boys again last night, I think it's a very entertaining movie.

Yeah, I intend to watch Suspect X tonight. It might have been quite challenging without the subs based on the scientific etc. text in the SRT file

Just got a shipment notice from Finland (boostep.fi) for Ben X, which seems to be Belgium's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). Seems to be fairly highly rated, not English friendly though.

I'm glad the ordering system works for foreign orders there again, for several months it didn't work at least for me.

[LFletcher]

Any kind sole based in Japan fancy forwarding on some BD's to the UK for me? lgans316 used to do it for me, but he has now left Japan. Quite happy to reciprocate and forward stuff on from the UK for the willing party if its any help.

It is so much cheaper to buy from Amazon Japan and get someone to forward on (i.e. £10 a disk) than buy direct from Amazon since their shipping charges increased so much or purchase from the likes of YesAsia.

Thanks

[kannisto]

I watched Suspect X last night and greatly enjoyed it, a very engaging movie with some strong performances and a very interesting plot. Definitely a good purchase. The external English subs were fine as well without any modifications.

Did some extra work on 20th Century Boys subs as they seem to get out of sync by nearly 10 seconds in the middle, seems that the movie wast split at that specific point for "2 disc bootleg editions"... Hopefully my fixed subs will be fine from start to finish Planning to watch that next.

[kannisto]

Received this from Sweden today:

Escapist, The (Nordic - Sandrew Metronome) (25-Mar-2009)
DVDOO DK Megastore SE Zailor NO
Audio: English
Subtitles: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Region: Free
Notes: more info

It's region free as confirmed by AnyDVD HD:

Summary for drive F: (AnyDVD 6.5.3.1)
HL-DT-ST BD-REGGW-H20N XJ03 [serial no removed]
Drive (Hardware) Region: 2

Media is a Blu-Ray disc.

Total size: 11452704 sectors (22368 MBytes)
Video Blu-ray label: THE ESCAPIST
Media is AACS protected!
Removed AACS copy protection!
Blu-ray disc is region free!

BD Info scan:

                                                                                                                Total   Video                                             
Title                                                           Codec   Length  Movie Size      Disc Size       Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track                          Secondary Audio Track
-----                                                           ------  ------- --------------  --------------  ------- ------- ------------------                        ---------------------
(SE) The Escapist                                               AVC     1:41:30 22,229,434,368  23,452,374,010  29.20   23.00   DTS-HD Master 5.1 4185Kbps (48kHz/24-bit) DD AC3 5.1 448Kbps

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     THE ESCAPIST
Disc Size:      23,452,374,010 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        No
BDInfo:         0.5.2

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00007.MPLS
Size:                   22,229,434,368 bytes
Length:                 1:41:30 (h:m:s)
Total Bitrate:          29.20 Mbps
Description:            

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        23000 kbps          1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             English         4185 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 4185 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio             English         448 kbps        5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           Danish          9.352 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           Finnish         9.002 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           Norwegian       8.987 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           Swedish         9.003 kbps                      

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00010.M2TS      0:00:00.000     1:41:30.458     22,229,434,368  29,199          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
1               0:00:00.000     0:11:19.250     25,978 kbps     44,419 kbps     00:04:57.041    37,425 kbps     00:04:55.541    35,583 kbps     00:04:55.541    135,296 bytes   644,069 bytes   00:02:35.333    
2               0:11:19.250     0:10:28.541     23,616 kbps     41,582 kbps     00:18:32.000    38,370 kbps     00:18:28.333    35,386 kbps     00:18:27.125    122,998 bytes   353,393 bytes   00:17:49.250    
3               0:21:47.791     0:06:56.541     24,640 kbps     41,650 kbps     00:25:05.791    38,440 kbps     00:25:02.583    36,971 kbps     00:24:58.291    128,335 bytes   376,543 bytes   00:22:55.541    
4               0:28:44.333     0:07:25.000     24,284 kbps     40,247 kbps     00:35:40.166    36,071 kbps     00:35:37.458    33,237 kbps     00:32:42.333    126,481 bytes   381,314 bytes   00:34:35.458    
5               0:36:09.333     0:10:02.125     24,901 kbps     40,776 kbps     00:38:42.541    37,041 kbps     00:38:38.625    36,297 kbps     00:38:33.583    129,692 bytes   349,948 bytes   00:40:26.625    
6               0:46:11.458     0:06:41.791     25,437 kbps     40,220 kbps     00:52:45.000    35,657 kbps     00:52:43.041    33,432 kbps     00:51:01.791    132,484 bytes   376,270 bytes   00:52:35.166    
7               0:52:53.250     0:06:23.666     18,442 kbps     37,699 kbps     00:57:00.708    32,995 kbps     00:57:00.708    31,658 kbps     00:57:00.708    96,054 bytes    350,753 bytes   00:57:14.541    
8               0:59:16.916     0:07:01.291     21,102 kbps     37,661 kbps     01:01:26.583    34,884 kbps     01:01:23.541    33,150 kbps     01:01:22.041    109,905 bytes   440,765 bytes   01:01:31.333    
9               1:06:18.208     0:11:02.208     20,543 kbps     45,353 kbps     01:09:27.625    39,729 kbps     01:09:24.958    34,837 kbps     01:16:19.208    106,997 bytes   463,143 bytes   01:09:27.875    
10              1:17:20.416     0:11:29.750     25,704 kbps     42,501 kbps     01:18:35.000    37,806 kbps     01:24:13.041    36,703 kbps     01:24:13.041    133,876 bytes   498,320 bytes   01:18:35.166    
11              1:28:50.166     0:08:55.500     23,269 kbps     43,277 kbps     01:30:11.458    40,361 kbps     01:32:04.250    35,872 kbps     01:31:59.958    121,194 bytes   740,059 bytes   01:37:32.833    
12              1:37:45.666     0:03:44.791     6,871 kbps      11,766 kbps     01:41:02.791    10,524 kbps     01:39:05.125    10,388 kbps     01:41:02.041    35,792 bytes    256,881 bytes   01:37:50.166    

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File            PID             Type            Codec           Language                Seconds                 Bitrate                 Bytes           Packets         
----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00010.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0x1B            AVC                                     6090.292                23,000                  17,509,719,902  95,247,263      
00010.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x81            AC3             eng (English)           6090.292                448                     341,065,984     1,903,270       
00010.M2TS      4353 (0x1101)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       eng (English)           6090.292                4,185                   3,185,710,348   18,263,251      
00010.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             dan (Danish)            6090.292                9                       7,119,842       41,220          
00010.M2TS      4609 (0x1201)   0x90            PGS             nor (Norwegian)         6090.292                9                       6,841,897       39,708          
00010.M2TS      4610 (0x1202)   0x90            PGS             swe (Swedish)           6090.292                9                       6,853,894       39,770          
00010.M2TS      4611 (0x1203)   0x90            PGS             fin (Finnish)           6090.292                9                       6,853,215       39,771

Extras are in SD PAL: Making of, Trailer and Deleted scenes.

Subs are optional and PQ looks fine at a glance. I didn't have time to check yet that it works on my Japanese PS3 but all previous Sandrew Metronome releases that were region free (Blindness was not) have worked OK. I'll confirm that soon as well.

=> Confirmed that it plays fine on my Japanese (region A) PS3 (except for the SD PAL extras). It seems that Sandrew Metronome's intro is in 1080i / 25 fps but that seems to be somehow skipped by PS3 on the way to the menu. I get the menu directly when playing it in PS3 while I get the intro first when playing on my PC.

[Homerx]

quick question how long should I wait before contacting amazon france about a package I haven't got yet. the package is 6 days over due at this point as is should have came on the 27th of march...

given customs may have it how long would that dely a package. I assume if there was a label issue it'b bee retured to france then Id be inforormed. I've never had a dely with amazon.fr so don't know the best way to approch this given its a int package and there's no way to track it.

[kannisto]

Originally Posted by Homerx

quick question how long should I wait before contacting amazon france about a package I haven't got yet. the package is 6 days over due at this point as is should have came on the 27th of march...

given customs may have it how long would that dely a package. I assume if there was a label issue it'b bee retured to france then Id be inforormed. I've never had a dely with amazon.fr so don't know the best way to approch this given its a int package and there's no way to track it.

I think it's good to contact them when it's one week past the expected delivery date. First they might tell you to wait another 10 days or 2 weeks and then ask you to contact them again if the package still hasn't arrived, but they may do so even if you wait longer until first contact. That's based on my experience with Amazon Germany, I have some experience of hugely delayed / lost packages from there but all my stuff from Amazon France has arrived promptly.

[kannisto]

I watched 20th Century Boys the other night, the subs worked great after I had fixed them with Subtitle Workshop by adding delay of 9.430 s to the latter part starting from line 906 There were a few spaces missing here and there though, would be easy to fix by reviewing them through and editing a bit.

It was pretty interesting, a bit cult-movie / B-movie style apocalyptic manga-inspired story. I had very little knowledge about it before watching. I found the story to be quite intriguing, definitely need to see the latter parts as well. The acting was a bit over the top. PQ was a bit on the rough side.

[Homerx]

Originally Posted by kannisto

I think it's good to contact them when it's one week past the expected delivery date. First they might tell you to wait another 10 days or 2 weeks and then ask you to contact them again if the package still hasn't arrived, but they may do so even if you wait longer until first contact. That's based on my experience with Amazon Germany, I have some experience of hugely delayed / lost packages from there but all my stuff from Amazon France has arrived promptly.

I figure it may be a customs issue as I ordered the star trek laserdiscs from japan a few years ago. it took like 5 weeks. but I figure it was the poor discripton which said 6 movies. but the box was 13x13 and very heavy


I emailed amazon france a few hours ago and I'll see what they say

EDIT: got the email back today, they said to wait till the 13th then left a link. so a very quick responce which was nice

[ahsoka]

Originally Posted by kannisto

I watched 20th Century Boys the other night, the subs worked great after I had fixed them with Subtitle Workshop by adding delay of 9.430 s to the latter part starting from line 906 There were a few spaces missing here and there though, would be easy to fix by reviewing them through and editing a bit.

Didn't know about Subtitle Workshop before. I downloaded the program and updated the subtitle file according to your instructions. I will try it the next time I watch the movie. Thanks!

[kannisto]

Originally Posted by ahsoka

Didn't know about Subtitle Workshop before. I downloaded the program and updated the subtitle file according to your instructions. I will try it the next time I watch the movie. Thanks!

It's a very useful tool for subtitle editing and timing conversions. I use it all the time as I have to make sure the subs are well timed when remuxing them with video + audio since I can't adjust afterwards when watching on my PS3. I nowadays use suprip to check timestamps from original disc's subtitle file (e.g. Japanese subs extracted with eac3to) and compare the timings to those of the corresponding texts in external subs in a few locations, near the beginning, near the end and somewhere in the middle. It works well but sometimes there's more work to get the external subs timed well.

[kannisto]

Sony will release Ghostbusters in Japan on 3rd of July:
http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/n...403_80407.html

I guess it will resurface elsewhere as well around the same time.

[kannisto]

3 Daimaijin movies and 11 Gamera movies and some boxes containing bundles of these are going to be released by Kadokawa Ent. in June-August.

http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/n...403_80398.html

[Sarang]

Sigh. Has there been any word on "My Sassy Girl" coming out on BR now? I remember it being scheduled for HD DVD way back and I don't know why it would be on the back burner now that BR won.
I'd also like to hear about "Volcano High" already but considering Toshiba has the rights to it in Japan who knows how long it will take unless a Korean company decides to release it already.

[sschen]

Originally Posted by Sarang

Sigh. Has there been any word on "My Sassy Girl" coming out on BR now? I remember it being scheduled for HD DVD way back and I don't know why it would be on the back burner now that BR won.
I'd also like to hear about "Volcano High" already but considering Toshiba has the rights to it in Japan who knows how long it will take unless a Korean company decides to release it already.

"My Sassy Girl" in blu? That will be awesome, it is one of my favorite movies. It is witty, and romantic Hang on, are you talking about the Hollywood remake, or the Korean original? I love the Korean original, I have watched it at least half a dozen times