LukeHB

Based on photos, yes definitely wore the same clothes, so very likely theatrical release will be a combination of both shows. If I had to guess, given that the full concert from yesterday was already released in full on Brazilian TV, and is doing the rounds. I would imagine that night 1 becomes the "template" for the theatrical release, with night 2 used for pick-up shots, small vocal corrections, etc. That said, I can perhaps "Points of Authority", "Friendly Fire" and/or "A Place for My Head" added in as an extra bonus track(s) too (those were the only differences in the set list, that I can see). I can't really see them removing any of the songs they did yesterday, simply because the concert video is already in the wild. Only potential problem I can see from an editing/continuity perspective for the this is that the hood on Colin's hoodie was up and down all night, which is kind of noticeable. While you can do a little bit of cutting back and forth between the different nights, one or the other of them is likely to dominate the edit. And honestly, while the audio was a mess, for a live concert, they did a really good job in the editing truck, and I think you could release that version of it on DVD/Blu Ray with only minimal pickup shots needed. Audio definitely needs a better mix, but video production was pretty great, in my opinion. Of course, with all that said the theatrical release teased things like 4D and ultra wide panoramic presentations, so very possibly that version will have to be a totally different cut, and all of this will be irrelevant.

Here's the best version I've been able to assemble. https://www.mediafire.com/file/kywkfcxtyfkduvt/Linkin_Park_From_Zero_World_Tour_Live_in_Sa%CC%83o_Paulo_-__Allianz_Park_%2815-11-2024%29_.mov/file It's a combination of several sources. It includes part of the official YT Livestream, MetalNacional's incomplete rip from GloboPlay/MultiShow, and very small snippets of crowd audio from Papercut and Faint uploaded by rfsk_bass (https://www.youtube.com/@rfsk_bass). It also uses a very small snippet of the studio recording of Resolution Intro A. What I've done: Adjusted and levelled audio as well as I can, on a per-track basis. I can't recover audio that was lost due to stream compression, or bad levelling, but it should be a little more consistent throughout. Synced audio. Cropped to a native 21:9 resolution -- no hard-coded black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. Cut out and replaced cutaway segments where the Brazilian host Titi Müller speaks over the concert. Removing the talking segments was probably the decision I went back and forth on most. First, I know some people will want to archive it as broadcast (but we have those already) or will disagree for other reasons, but I think this gives us as close to a "DVD release" experience as we're going to get this video of the theatrical release. However, full transparency, It required use of a small segment of the studio recording of Resolution Intro A, overlayed on top of authentic crowd audio from rfsk_bass, which is low in the mix. I chose this over just using the rfsk_bass audio, as it gives a much more seamless and consistent result, and I don't feel this compromises the integrity of the show, since even in the stadium, they are just playing the same prerecorded audio at this point. It also results in the loss of about 30 seconds of footage between the end of act 4 and the encore where the camera cut to her full frame. I've also used some looped crowd audio from elsewhere in the broadcast, and one short recycled aerial shot during this segment, and during the band leaving after the encore, but I think this captures the feel of being there, even if it's not 100% as live. What's still to do? No guarantees at this point but, if I get the chance, I would still like to: Incorporate any audio or video from berd's rip, if it is better. Seems like the stream may have dynamically changed up the bitrate of the audio and video on different people's rips at different times, so this may help improve the audio further. Do a proper mastering of the audio, not just levelling, if at all possible, potentially even adding some crowd audio from other fan uploads low in the mix to try and bring things to life a little more. Remove the Ao Vivo text in the top left corner, and the small remnants of the purple "track title" lower third graphic that comes up from time to time along the bottom. I tried a quick ai "object removal" in DaVinci resolve, but the clip is way too long, the tracking got messy, and the results were more distracting than just leaving it. I'd have to do a more manual mask and removal, or chop it up into smaller clips for the ai object removal to work well, which was a bigger job than I had time for. Do a shot by shot upscale and clean up using Topaz Video AI -- but again, more time than I had. Export in ProRes and do the H.265 conversion in Handbrake, as Davinci Resolve's H.265 encoder is notoriously bad, and I'm already working with pretty compressed footage to begin with. Re-encoding already compressed footage always results in a loss of quality. It's fine, but I'm pretty sure HandBrake would have given a smaller file, and better quality. But I didn't have enough space to finish the ProRes export on my laptop, and my video editing desktop is in my basement, which I can't get to due to a foot injury. No promises on if, or when those things happen. But if they do, I can share here.

Audio may just be bad! Certainly, no recording is going to be "lossless". My recording didn't work at all sadly, and seems to be corrupted beyond repair, but even watching it live, VLC only reported that the stream was only 128kbps which is very lossy. And watching live on my TV via the app, audio was all over the place. Balancing and mix was not great, and levels were really inconsistent, and the audio right off the board was very harsh sometimes. I'm very glad I watched it, but some of the issues with the current upload feel like issues that were also present live, so there is no guarantee the version this other user has will be that much better, unfortunately. Still worth uploading, because the current version does look like a screen recording, which is definitely going to lose even more quality, but truthfully, if you're hoping for a DVD quality recording, this isn't it.

My direct rip of the stream didn’t seem to work out. I’m trying to see if I can save. However, with a subscription, you can rewind live TV, so worst case, even if I can’t find another way to rip the audio and video direct, I can dig out my HDMI capture card, and record it that way, if another rip doesn’t get archived before then.

Worth remembering, they already showed the full show on Multi Show (a cable channel on Brazilian TV). A full recording of this show already exists. Barring one or two odd camera cuts, the live edit is almost DVD ready. The audio will for sure need to be mixed. Levels were kind of all over the place, and the mix was weird — turntables/recorded bits were really forward in the mix, some of the audio right off the board was pretty harsh sounding at times, etc. — and there was some sync issues but that’s par for the course for music broadcast live. However, since the full show is already out there (in a sub-optimal format), and will do the rounds before then I really can’t imagine them editing it down or cutting anything significant out. The worst I can see is we get the show, as it was broadcast, in 4K, and with a better audio mix. Probably with some pick up shots and angles from both tonight, and the second night. Maybe even an extra song (if they change up the set for night 2). But I really don’t expect less than what we already got.