Stevie Nicks Live at US Fest '83 (Snivlle Remastered Edition) Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernadino, CA May 30, 1983 - 6:20 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Wild Heart Tour Source: Video - Pro Shot DVD Video Quality/Production Info: A (9/10) Format: NTSC VIDEO QUALITY: (9/10) Digitally remastered picture. Clear imagery and greatly improved color, contrast, black levels, and white-balance. Analog VHS video noise has been significantly reduced without losing picture clarity. AUDIO QUALTIY: (8.65/10) Greatly improved dual MONO soundtrack. Fidelity and dynamics have been increased by no less than 30 percent. Volume is increased and normalised to -2 db. Analog VHS hiss & noise have been significantly reduced while leaving the wanted audio signal intact. VIDEO BITRATE: 6800 KB/s Upper Field First (Encoded with CCE SP2) AUDIO BITRATE: 320 kbps Dolby 2.0 (Encoded with Surcode Encoder) MENU: Yes (motion menus w/ audio) CHAPTERS: Yes, by song LINEAGE: 1st Gen VHS -> PC Video Capture -> DVD-R -> DVD Decrypter -> Elementary Streams -> Professional NLE and Video Editing/Remastering software -> Frame-served to CCE SP2 -> DVD Chaptered/Authored SNIVLLE'S PRODUCTION NOTES: ** Includes an 11 second legal disclaimer at the beginning of the show, before the band comes on stage. ** This project has special meaning for me. I became quite an avid fan of Stevie Nicks as a solo artist shortly after getting married back in '94. My Mrs. loved the "Bella Donna" album. A few years ago, I got enthralled with the US Festival and the various artists performances over the course of the 3 days festival. It is an unfortunate fact of "video-geek" life that there are only 240 lines of resolution inherent in VHS recordings. This number can obviously not compare to the more the 540 lines of resolution seen in commercial DVDs. The motivation behind all "Snivlle Remastered Edition" DVDs is not to compete with commercial DVD quality; rather, it is to get older VHS footage as close as possible to the quality of SVHS or Laser Disc. I will never claim t be a guru, but every effort is made to maximize quality without inducing unwanted "over-processed" ill effects. [Video Noise Reduction] The original m2v elementary streams were extracted from the source disc. The streams were then imported into Pro-grade NLE (Non Linear Editing) Video/DVD production software. Various video noise samples were captured and analyzed from the original footage. Careful video temporal de-noising was applied to remove a substantial amount of analog VHS noise and mpeg-2 artifacts. This portion of the video processing was carefully calculated to ensure that maximum results would be achieved WITHOUT disturbing the integrity of the original picture. I use the "NeatVideo" noise reduction plug-in in Highest quality/High resolution mode. [Color & Contrast Correction] The lack of color vibrancy and contrast depth is one of the most noticeable unwanted effects readily seen in the previously circulated versions of this show. This is no longer the case. Using one of the industry's most formidable color correction NLE plug-ins, I was able to increase the color depth by more than 50 percent! White balance correction and black level correction were also applied. This color and contrast correction was performed without the use of built-in NLE color correction tools. In most NLE's, the built-in color/contrast tools utilize less accurate math-rounding calculations. The color/contrast correction plug-in used for this project is a true 32-bit floating point color corrector, not just "floating point capable". The color and contrast quality is now vibrant, rich and consistent throughout the 81 minutes of footage. Stage lights, skin tones, chrome reflection, etc., are now much more appealing and natural looking. [Video Encoding] Snivlle Remastered Editions are never mpeg-2 transcoded! All of my DVD projects are frame-served and encoded with Cinema Craft Encoder SP. The Cinema Craft Encoder is recognized within the DVD Production industry as the leader in high quality mpeg encoding. In order to maintain compatibility with a broad range of SA DVD players, bitrates are kept at 8000 KB/s or lower. I use standard GOP settings (N=3/M=5), higher than average quantization settings, and tweaked picture quality parameters within the encoder itself. [Audio Remastering] The original LPCM files were level-normalized and converted to 32 bit PCM files with Syntrillium's CoolEdit Pro 2.1. All audio editing and remastering was performed using 32 bit samples as opposed to standard 16 bit files. Audio noise samples were captured and hiss reduction applied using Waves Z-noise plug-in. Audio fidelity and frequency range was improved with DFX Aureal enhancement to increase harmonic structure without resorting to traditional analog EQ methods. Sub sonic frequencies below 26 hz. were removed and that frequency energy was applied to the more necessary 40 - 220 hz. range. The resulting audio is now much better balanced with increased fidelity and a tight, full bottom end. The 32 bit PCM files were then encoded with the SurCode Dolby encoder as Dolby 2.0: 320 KB/s, 48, 000 Khz., 16 bit. SETLIST: 1 Gold Dust Woman 2 Outside The Rain 3 Dreams 4 Gold And Braid 5 I Need To Know 6 Gypsy 7 Angel 8 Leather And Lace 9 Stand Back 10 Band Intros 11 How Still My Love 12 Stop Draggin' My Heart Around 13 Edge Of Seventeen 14 Rhiannon Big thanx to darthtodd @ TTD for supplying the source disc. ** SNIVLLE'S REQUEST: ** If you share or upload this DVD, please keep the original information intact and unaltered. If you want to alter or convert this concert to a different format (eg. DivX/Xvid), please DO NOT advertise it as the "Snivlle Remastered Edition". This DVD is unauthorized by the artist and is considered to be a historical video document only. It is illegal to buy or sell this DVD. The sale of this DVD may result in severe fines or imprisonment. If you bought this DVD unaware of the legalities involved, please report it.