DVD - Akira Remix
Year - 1988
Director - Katsuhiro Otomo
Length - 125 Min.
Language - ORIGINAL ENGLISH DUB RIPPED FROM VHS
Subs - None
Video - 16x9 VIDEO RIPPED FROM PIONEER SPECIAL EDITION DVD
Format - NTSC


In short, here's what I did:

1)Ripped the original Akira DVD (Pioneer Special Edition) to the HDD using VideoReDo.

2)Converted the VOB files to a high quality MPEG-2 file using VideoReDo.

3)Split the audio and video into elementary streams using TMPGenc.

4)Ripped the VHS to the HDD using a Dazzle DVC-100 Capture Card.

5)Converted the VOB files to a MPEG-2 file using VideoReDo.

6)MANUALLY cut and synched the DVD video file to the VHS file by splicing out non-key frames of audio from the VHS.

7)Split the VHS file into audio and video elementary streams.

8)Cut the audio for the credits from the DVD and merged it with the VHS audio to make the audio file the same length as the DVD file using Goldwave, implementing a noise reduction, normalizing, and pop/hiss filter for a cleaner sound.

9)Converted the newly formed VHS WAV file to an MP2 file at 384 kbps (For some stupid reason, WAV files can't be remuxed). 

10)Muxed the DVD Video file with the VHS audio file.

11)Created logical chapter stops using Nero Vision 4, compressed to fit DVD-5 ISO Standard (don't worry; it wasn't much difference).

12)Burned to DVD

13)Verified DVD integrity, squealed like a schoolgirl. ;)

14)Created image using ImgBurn.

15)Shared my creation with the world. No menus, No frills - If anyone wants to add that stuff, they're on their own. Personally, I'll probably remix the VHS WAV file into a 5 channel ac-3 file when I have the time, add a menu, probably the Akira production report and burn it to a dual layer dvd. Once I do that (If I do that; this took long enough!), I'll upload it. Until then, cheers!