Queen - Live St. Paul Civic Center 1980

Queen - Live St. Paul Civic Center 1980 Clips (USA). I've never seen these, very nice and Freddie's voice was top notch during this 1980 tour.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7gIy4NHfqA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7gIy4NHfqA[/url]

I have uploaded some time ago a speed-corrected master copy with correct track order, but it was years ago and I don't know if the links will be still OK. I know that the owner wanted to make a HD copy but I don't know how far did he get

"the owner wanted to make a HD copy but I don't know how far did he get"

This is a strange thing to say, the youtube clip makes a point of saying it can be viewed in 1080 HD. It isn't HD and never can be. Its like uploading a Laurel and Hardy film to the internet in 1080p and saying 'it's in HD now'.

It isn't.

[QUOTE] [b]mooghead wrote:[/b]

"the owner wanted to make a HD copy but I don't know how far did he get"

This is a strange thing to say, the youtube clip makes a point of saying it can be viewed in 1080 HD. It isn't HD and never can be. Its like uploading a Laurel and Hardy film to the internet in 1080p and saying 'it's in HD now'.

It isn't.

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The owner of the original recording - shot on 8mm film - CAN produce an HD copy, direct from his film. Perhaps the shared footage is lower-gen, like he copied it to another tape for someone, and they shared it out? It would depend on how the transfer was made for the shared version - it could have been transfered from VHS to a shitty DVD recorder, then ripped to PC, edited with a shitty programme and then converted to a YT compatibe format. But if it comes direct from the ORIGINAL, it could be HD. I *think* :)

Technically it could be transferred into 720p. Super 8mm film can potentionally have up to twice the resolution of standard definition. I don't think though that it would look that much better than it already does in the video above, due to lighting, grain etc. But it would be a slight improvement probably.

Cheers, Mouse :)

[QUOTE] [b]Mouse Rapist wrote:[/b]

Technically it could be transferred into 720p. Super 8mm film can potentionally have up to twice the resolution of standard definition. I don't think though that it would look that much better than it already does in the video above, due to lighting, grain etc. But it would be a slight improvement probably.[/QUOTE]

Let's hope the owner of this master tape can transfer it to 720 ;)

The 8mm footage was transferred on DVD in standard resolution and sold on eBay, later it got bootlegged and sold as a bonus disc to I think "It's A Killer" bootleg. The transfer sucks, the person or company didn't transfer it with the correct speed and encoded it with 29.97fps. The owner of the footage came here last year (?) and wrote he needs money for a HD transfer, I don't know how it ended.

The youtube video comes from the DVD, it was just upconverted from 480i to 1080p. You can upscale anything to 1080p, even a 360x240 video, but the result can be never remotely as good as a proper 1080p scan of the original negative.

8mm can be scanned at 1080p without any problems, here is a nice example of an 8mm footage scanned at SD resolution and upscaled to 1080p vs. the same footage scanned at HD resolution (and color corrected) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD9MwGk9UL4

is it expensive to transfer 8mm to HD?

maybe some QZ users could make a donation to the taper..

[QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b]

I have uploaded some time ago a speed-corrected master copy with correct track order, but it was years ago and I don't know if the links will be still OK. I know that the owner wanted to make a HD copy but I don't know how far did he get[/QUOTE]

Can you reupload that copy? I can't find it. I have the normal version.

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[QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b]

I have uploaded some time ago a speed-corrected master copy with correct track order, but it was years ago and I don't know if the links will be still OK. I know that the owner wanted to make a HD copy but I don't know how far did he get[/QUOTE]

Can you reupload that copy? I can't find it. I have the normal version.[/QUOTE]

I'll try, give me a few days, maybe I can ispire somebody to do it better ?

Is the youtube video taken from the dvd or is it a different transfer?

According to Pittrek:

"The youtube video comes from the DVD, it was just upconverted from 480i to 1080p. You can upscale anything to 1080p, even a 360x240 video, but the result can be never remotely as good as a proper 1080p scan of the original negative."

The colours on the youtube video look brighter than I remember.

Listen all you people, come gather around! :) Do you think it's worth doing something like this? It's by no means a perfect method since it has its flaws but maybe it could be a good alternative version. .