Video Restoration Project

bahram9821
by bahram9821
24-Apr-2010
 

Few months ago I started a project to restore some of the old Iranian videos and to make them look and sound better. I have been trying to digitally enhance the videos and in some cases replace the original audio tracks. Here are examples of videos that have been digitally enhanced with new audio tracks, I hope you like them.

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eroonman

You can't make Diamonds from Sh***

by eroonman on Tue Apr 27, 2010 06:40 PM PDT

While it is a great shame (and crime) that these gems have lost so much of their luster, personally, I'd rather watch the original versions untouched with the original titling, scratches, and bad audio.

You see, they help me remember the old days better that way. Because that's the way it actually was!

While I applaud your effort and concern, your version however, makes me try and fool myself with cheap computer filters, unnecessary animations (fake snowflakes?) and that annoying incessant 9821 tile in the upper corner.

Lay off it already. You're ruining my fast disappearing memories.


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Monda

Ey vaay Bahram! sniff sniff...

by Monda on Sun Apr 25, 2010 07:31 PM PDT

Ghorbone dast o panjoolet my kind and beautiful friend!  I'm bookmarking this for ever, for the intense memories it brings back to me.   I'll forward this to my cousins too, they were there too.


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bahram9821

Monda, Gol e Yakh for you

by bahram9821 on Sun Apr 25, 2010 07:05 PM PDT

Monda

Here is a cleaned up version of Gol yakh with a bonus part that I added to the end.


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Monda

khasteh nabashi Behram jan

by Monda on Sun Apr 25, 2010 06:55 PM PDT

Very Nice work! 

(Please let gol e yakh be part of your project some time in the near future? I would be ever so grateful)


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bahram9821

Thanks Nazy Khanom

by bahram9821 on Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:36 PM PDT

Nazy,

Thank you so much for the kind words,it has been fun trying to save some of the good memeories of our younger years.


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Nazy Kaviani

Thank you Bahram Jan!

by Nazy Kaviani on Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Over the years, you have single handedly brought so much joy and nostalgia to Iranians all over the world. Sorry, we can't pay you for all the time you have spent to lovingly put together strands and scraps and pieces of our memories. But we can acknowledge the unique and long-term effort, your labor of love for Iran and Iranians. You really are a very special human being 9821. Thank you.


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bahram9821

Merci dostan

by bahram9821 on Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:16 AM PDT

DK and Ebi jan thanks for the nice comments. Red Win jan, I will defiantly take you up on your help offer. Bugsy aziz, most of the singers in the old videos were lip syncing the songs. I have been replacing the original tracks with better quality audio that are available on the internet.Just give you an example, there is a so so quality video from Farhad that has really bad audio, I found the track on the internet and synched the music with the video //www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6iYYWioLM. Benross,a very good point about the color, there is just a one problem, if the color is not vivid when I post the video on Youtube, the whole clip becomes so dark that is not fun to watch .I will try to tweak the color in the future projects.

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benross

Bravo Bahram

by benross on Sun Apr 25, 2010 08:49 AM PDT

Wonderful job with audio and B&W video.

Colour shift in colour video enhancement is somewhat excessive if you asked me.


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Bugsy

Priceless effort

by Bugsy on Sun Apr 25, 2010 08:42 AM PDT

Bravo, Bahram...

My question is how to find the restored songs? Have they replaced the "before" versions by default, or do we have to search? 


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Red Wine

:=)

by Red Wine on Sun Apr 25, 2010 08:38 AM PDT

Sir... You are doing a very good job with this project,I admire you.

If you need something..any help.. i am here amigo :=) .

Take care.


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ebi amirhosseini

Bahram Jaan

by ebi amirhosseini on Sun Apr 25, 2010 06:12 AM PDT

Great.

Ebi aka Haaji


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Darius Kadivar

Great Initiative

by Darius Kadivar on Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:46 PM PDT

I often wondered if it was possible to do this for Iranian clips shot on TV in the 1970's given that much was filmed on Video and not film preserved on negative.

Good job !

And

VIVE LA RESTORATION !

;0)


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