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Reviewer: ohgoodiegoodieiamontheinternetarchive - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 17, 2020

Subject: greatest thing ever YES - July 17, 2020greatest thing ever

Reviewer: m-acrylic - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 29, 2020

Subject: good outstanding work my friend - April 29, 2020good

Reviewer: Glenn1953 - - November 11, 2019

Subject: 22.2G Download Failed The 22.2G download keeps failing after about a third of the way through the download. My desktop has plenty of room for the file, so I don't understand why it keeps failing. Help! - November 11, 201922.2G Download Failed

Reviewer: ak1984 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 11, 2019

Subject: Thanks! Thanks for the amazing upload! - September 11, 2019Thanks!

Reviewer: Swampfoxmondo - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 25, 2019

Subject: Wow....just ...wow!!! Thank you so much. Up until recently I've only been able to some 7th gen copies of VHS or Betamax dubs....this is great work. Disney and the world is to P.C. lately...you have done a good deed for true Disney generation. - June 25, 2019Wow....just ...wow!!!

Reviewer: Brazilianferalcat000 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 21, 2019

Subject: Thank you so much! I love Song of the South (1946)! Song of the South (1946) is one of the Golden Age of Disney Movies, along with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942).

Song of the South (1946) is one of my all time favorite movies! Also, Song of the South (1946) is one of my all time favorite Disney movies! - May 21, 2019Thank you so much!

Reviewer: archivefan - favorite - March 28, 2019

Subject: Please re-encode in 4:2:0 subsampling instead of 4:4:4



This is because the Blu-ray standard does not support



If the orignal archiver of this 35-mm transcode of SONG OF THE SOUTH may kindly re-encode it at 1080p at



I suggest doing this and releasing a v. 3.0 of the title.



Until then, sadly, I and many other people will not be able to play this content on our standalone players on our 1080p displays.



This simple expedient will enable us to view this film in MUCH higher quality than it has ever been seen in the last 50 years. Please consider doing this re-encode. Thank you for making this long "lost" (or, rather -- intentionally buried and forgotten) Disney title available.



My rating will increase to 5 if the re-encode in proper As the previous reviews have indicated, I tried to play this mkv in my Blu-ray player and only got sound with no picture.This is because the Blu-ray standard does not support 4:4:4 color subsampling, but only 4:2:0 color subsampling at 8-bit.If the orignal archiver of this 35-mm transcode of SONG OF THE SOUTH may kindly re-encode it at 1080p at 4:2:0 color subsampling using the h.264 codec (AVC), it will play in all standalone Blu-ray players.I suggest doing this and releasing a v. 3.0 of the title.Until then, sadly, I and many other people will not be able to play this content on our standalone players on our 1080p displays.This simple expedient will enable us to view this film in MUCH higher quality than it has ever been seen in the last 50 years. Please consider doing this re-encode. Thank you for making this long "lost" (or, rather -- intentionally buried and forgotten) Disney title available.My rating will increase to 5 if the re-encode in proper 4:2:0 color subsampling will be uploaded! - March 28, 2019Please re-encode in 4:2:0 subsampling instead of 4:4:4

Reviewer: flglavin - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 22, 2019

Subject: Update At the time of my first review, I was ignorant of the fact that some DVD players can play video files as well as DVS's. I have successfully transcoded Notelu's gorgeous restoration to a nearly 3 Gb Mp4 file of high quality (using Handbrake and the HQ 1080p30 setting for output format). This file will burn as a data file to a standard DVD which can then be loaded onto a DVD player, and the movie watched in high quality on your TV. Or, the file can be copied to a USB stick of suitable size and played directly from the DVD player.

I plan to obtain a large capacity USB stick , copy the original 23 Gb mkv file to it, and see if this file is readable with my DVD player. It should be. My DVD player is a recent model Samsung Blu ray DVD player. I cannot say that this version by Notelu is better that the BBC version available on this site as an .iso file, but it is beautifully done and worth the trouble to make it playable on your big screen TV.



Update:

I copied the original mkv file to a 32 Gb USB drive formatted with NTSF, inserted the drive into my Samsung Blu ray DVD player, selected the drive as video input, and attempted to play the file. It did not work. All I got was lousy sound and a static screen of vertical colored lines. The best I have been able to do with this setup is to transcode the original 23 Gb mkv file with Handbrake, using the superHQ1080p30 setting which results in a 7 Gb plus file, which then transfers to an NTSF-formatted USB drive, which when inserted into the Samsung Blu ray DVD player, allows playback on the big screen in superb color and resolution. Thanks again to Notelu for a great job! If anyone else has suggestions on playing back the mkv file on the big screen, please share. - March 22, 2019Update

Reviewer: SullivanTravels - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 14, 2019

Subject: Song of the South Extras The film restoration is stunning. Thank you. The extras are fun but is the ERNEST GOES TO SPLASH MOUNTAIN supposed to be audio only? I saw no image. - February 14, 2019Song of the South Extras

Reviewer: NJSailor - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 27, 2018

Subject: Great effort.. just one question Hi Notelu,

I was able to download the v2 of the mkv file. Have you been able to take the mkv file and create a iso or Blu-ray burnable folder successfully? I have tried using the two (free) packages out there, tsmuxer and the other one slips my mind. I get errors with both and the resulting iso will not work once the disc is burned.

Any help would be great!



Thanks again for your hard work and devotion to this classic! - August 27, 2018Great effort.. just one question

Reviewer: redbone75 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 14, 2018

Subject: Perfection! Great job and thank you for the re-upload - August 14, 2018Perfection!

Reviewer: Elton Canuto - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 31, 2018

Subject: Applause to you! :D ;) Congratulations e thank you very much for share this amazing work! I just want to observ that the European Portuguese language is actually in Brazillian Portuguese. During many years Portugal used the Brazillian language for your viewrs and in home video releases. In Brazil we have two different versions of the Brazillian language. That yours was the version used here only on the VHS release. The second one is exclusive for TV broadcast. - July 31, 2018Applause to you! :D ;)