First I'd like to say, it is just amazing that this exists, and thank you for archiving this as well as the other Harmony gold transfers.



The audio in episode 1 has been transfered well enough and is enjoyable to listen to, but a bad audio transfer makes it extremely hard to listen to episodes 2, 3, 4, and 5, and I cannot enjoy them and can't listen to them at all. Episodes 2-5 were transfered in a way that the audio output of the VCR was boosted to the point of being way over 0 dB and way into the red at probably +10 dB more.



Audio should be recorded at 0 dB or less by looking at the meter for the audio output on the VCR and adjusting the audio output level so the loudest part of the episode is at 0 dB, and the rest of the episode will be well below that. If the levels show in color, make sure the meter is in the green but just before the yellow at the loudest point of the entire audio. The red is were the audio clips and sounds like distortion. There is no way to undo that other than recording the transfer from VHS over again.



This may be the only recording in existence. So it would be really great if the person who owns the VHS tape could redo the recordings for episodes 2-5, or maybe it would be better to send the VHS tape to a company that does VHS transfers professionally and have all 5 episodes redone since the transfer of the video for all 5 episodes has a framing problem. This also deserves to be in DVD quality (VOB files) considering how rare it is. It would also be nice to have the audio recorded as PCM wave and maybe converted to FLAC.



If you have any way of getting in contact with the person who transfered these from VHS, please ask if they can redo the transfer for episodes 2-5 and adjust the audio output level on the VCR to show 0 dB at the loudest part of the episode while watching the dB meter during the whole episode, and then rewind and start the recording, and redo the dB level for each episode before recording again.



I am not an expert for VHS transfers, and maybe even a lower dB level may be required. I suggest to contact someone for help or advice who knows what they are doing with VHS transfers and knows the correct dB levels and how to make sure the audio doesn't clip but is also at a good level.

- April 13, 2020Episodes 2-5 Bad transfer of audio