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I hardly have any time lately but I decided this upgrade of Madrid (thanks to Messina!) needs some work to look (and sound) better.

Alright. Here's what was done -

* Audio track is replaced with a mix of TVE video from Snow's DVD and rtve.es webrip also from Snow's DVD. Anyone who is willing can replace the audio with anything that's better in their opinion. That can be done very easily with a free software called MKVMerge. After all, my specialty is video side of things :-)

Now, to the video side -

* This video has a slight ghost which you might have not noticed, but it's there. It looks like a faint double image shifted to right if that makes sense. Whether you notice it or not I removed it anyway. 

<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/view/?qzbg35qj94pk2qg" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/95d4/qzbg35qj94pk2qg7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /></a>

* The white dropouts are removed.

<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/view/?ckcz11m42jzy28s" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8366/ckcz11m42jzy28s7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /></a>

* Now the annoying static line. I did manage to reduce it for the most part, in some frames where it's strong it can still be seen. You'll see what I mean once you watch it.

<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/view/?zcc2ycc9cp0lcr1" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6348/zcc2ycc9cp0lcr17g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /></a>

The bad thing that I should mention is that it has slight banding. I guess you won't notice it though if you don't look too closely. Although I have no idea how this would look on a TV so who knows. I didn't use a debanding filter because the source video, as good as it is, is pretty soft looking and slightly washed out if you know what I mean. Debanding would make it look more soft and artificial which I didn't like. Debanding works well for some videos, this is not one of them :P Would just make it look more like painting.

Anyway, here goes.

https://mega.co.nz/#!Hd83ibaC!KdKqBz6nd45ukSRgkDLADCEtnVFCMMCQ0pg7UdetFvw

Enjoy!
The Restoration Collection http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1505635/the-restoration-collection-cm.aspx
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Great, Chief! Thanks a lot mate
"I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend"
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you make miracles man...
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what software do u use? i have some vhs tapes( not Queen related) that i want restore the quality a bit and i was wondering what software can make it better...ty again!
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Thank you very much!
Feel free to visit my site - http://www.mercuryparadise.com (Come into my life, it's a MercuryParadise)
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You're all welcome!

Zippo112, I use Avisynth. http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Main_Page
The Restoration Collection http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1505635/the-restoration-collection-cm.aspx
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oh..ty grand master!!!
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Thank you very much indeed!
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Many thanks again. Your work is always greatly appreciated.
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Thank you so much, Chief!
That time will come, one day you'll see, when we can all be friends... ("The Miracle", Queen, 1989)
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Thank you!
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Thank you! You're work is amazing!
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Great job !!! Thank you, Chief !
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MERCI BEAUCOUP
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Chief, I freaking love you :)
Have you switched it off and then on again?

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