Queen-Houston Rock 12.11.1977 DVD-with decompressed MONO audio

thanks for all your answers guys!

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Ah right, so in that version someone had taken a mono track and copied it into a second channel to give two channels with exactly the same data in them?

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The VHS came like that.  It's ever so odd... each of the two channels, when played separately, sounded identical.  But when played together, it was like a cat fight.  Removing one channel was a shot in the dark, and it worked.

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[b]Sir GH wrote: [/b]

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Ah right, so in that version someone had taken a mono track and copied it into a second channel to give two channels with exactly the same data in them?





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The VHS came like that.  It's ever so odd... each of the two channels, when played separately, sounded identical.  But when played together, it was like a cat fight.  Removing one channel was a shot in the dark, and it worked.

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Then putting my physicist's hat on... sounds like there was a minor phase variance between the two channels - that would make them clash horribly together but in a repeated pattern.

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Indeed, this is a mono recording, so no information is lost by simply removing one of the channels.  It's an odd duck, I know, but trust me... this should be the best-sounding version so far.













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Ah right, so in that version someone had taken a mono track and copied it into a second channel to give two channels with exactly the same data in them? The thing that confused me is that AC3 is Dolby Digital's format which is geared up to take 6 channels (5.1)...! So I was scratching my head wondering which channel had been axed...!
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AC3 doesn't mean 5.1. i have a concert on my pc that is AC3 2 channel stereo. i think that this is what they call Dolby Surround, that can take up to 4.1 channels, being the rear channels in mono. Dolby Digital is the 5.1 track

Thanks for the effort and the share :)

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Then putting my physicist's hat on... sounds like there was a minor phase variance between the two channels - that would make them clash horribly together but in a repeated pattern.
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Ah yes, phase... there's the lingo I was looking for!  But I still maintain that cat fight sounds funnier...

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[b]YourValentine wrote: [/b]

Thanks for the effort and the share :)[/QUOTE]
I second that.

:))

By the way, I tried to annoy you with a PM but it didn't work. lol

Thanks for your time and effort.

This is a fantastic upload! I'm watching it right now and the sound is indeed much much better :-) A huge thanks to the people who made this happen.



The fact they could be even better than this shows what an amazing live band they were!

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This is a fantastic upload! I'm watching it right now and the sound is indeed much much better :-) A huge thanks to the people who made this happen.



 



The fact they could be even better than this shows what an amazing live band they were!



 

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Yeah...I love this tour, I love this album, in fact (NOTW). And this concert is just awesome, so full of energy and excitement, the songs sound so fresh and the performance is great, it has those little cracks in it that makes it even more special for showing how a live performance was like, what kind of silly, minor risks, if we look at it now, they took it at the time to pull it off - it was daring, a lot of it. Freddie has some problem dealing with his nerves on Liar, as well as Brian, it's a hard song to perform live, but one can't avoid wondering at how smooth and great the quality of the performance was given the conditions - a tour supporting a new, very different album, a lot of commercial success attended by heaps of criticism by reviewers, it's like being a target during the whole gig. This is a quite moving side of music, it's been lost, unfortunately or fortunately, I don't know, but it's great. The frailty of a human being being exposed to all kinds of reactions on a stage, and the will to overcome the odds and just stifle in one's own mind the most vicious criticisms. 

Great concert, great band...I hope more and more people get to appreciate it.

I remember that not that long ago the best available version of this show had horrible lines running through it. you've come a long way. cheers.

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I remember that not that long ago the best available version of this show had horrible lines running through it. you've come a long way. cheers.

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I think there are four versions circulating. The one above is NTSC, with the tracking lines, there is Pittrek's version with lossless LPCM,  this version and finally the Japanese Silver Disc or Definitive Houston which we suspect is sourced from this version as well.

I have four versions of this now, one I traded for states Lpcm in the menu but is actually 2 channel ac3. It sounds the same as this version to my ears.

I notice when I demux this version the wav plays at double speed! Anyone know why that is?

Thanks for sharing!

Although I don't hear any difference(s), I'm happy to (finally) have the definite version.

thanks a lot!