DVDylan ID: D1167.br
Recording type: Audience
City/Venue: Newark, New Jersey, USA/New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Date: Wednesday, 26th November 2014


Distance: 3 → 5 (8 → 14)
Audio: 5+ (15); Steadiness: 4+ (12)
Heads/Obstructions: 4+ (12); Focus/Color/Light: 5- (13)
Average 15-point rating: 13.00 (A-)
Upper right balcony 45˙
Total running time: 1:47:38:18
Blu-Ray Edition

CONTRAST WITH DUAL-LAYER EDITION:
-iMovie file not re-encoded in production
-better video and sound quality
-added a "Beginning Set 2" chapter
-final two chapters combined into a "Band Formation & Credits" chapter
-fine-tuned a/v sync and chapter markers in a few places
-added 30:20 still for off-target stretch of "Scarlet Town"
-two frames additional length

PERFORMANCE/HIGHLIGHTS/LOWLIGHTS/SPECIAL MOMENTS:
-lots of missing/off-target footage in need of stills, especially the 1st five songs
-Dylan starts with the wrong harp on "She Belongs To Me" but quickly switches
-Moving performances of "Workingman's Blues #2" and "Forgetful Heart"

DISTANCE/POSITION: 8 → 14 (filmed from upper right balcony; late arriving audience members were a problem; security was tight so camera had to come down between songs; not much panning, but effective zooming giving close-ups of Dylan

AUDIO: 15 (excellent Bt recording)

STEADINESS: 12 (see "Distance/Position" above)

HEADS/OBSTRUCTIONS: 12 (see "Distance/Position" above)

FOCUS/COLOR/LIGHT: 13 (focus quite good/colors excellent/lowly lit stage)

EDITING: incorporated stills for shaky/off-target parts (see setlist details)

Special thanks for the video to TOM P. & RAYGUN.
Additional thanks for the audio to BT.
Edited, sound upgraded & authored by YASSOU

VIDEO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Taper: Tom P.
Equipment: Sony HDR-CX160
Sony HDR-CX160 > sony card > AVCHD > BDMV > MTS files > hard drive > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > MP4 files > iMovie 6.0.3 > Toast Titanium 11.0.4 > bdmv folder > TMPGEnc-AW-5 > bdmv folder > you

AUDIO SOURCE & LINEAGE:
Taper: Bt
Position: 10 feet back to the left in front of speakers
Equipment: DPA 4061 microphones > Edirol by Roland R-09HR (24bit 44.1Khz)
LB rating: (none as of 7-Dec-2014)
DPA 4061 microphones > Edirol by Roland R-09HR (24bit 44.1Khz) >
deleted excess audio in Audacity, exported to wav ->
Wavelab, levels raised -> cdwave, tracking -> tagged, checksums added

BLU-RAY PRODUCTION PROCESS:
Editing and sound upgrade done on MacBook Pro w/iMovie 6.0.3. Authoring done on MacBook Pro (Bootcamp) w/TMPGEnc Authoring Works 5.
iMovie 6.0.3 (HD-1080i-30) > Toast 11.0.4 > bdmv folder > TMPGEnc-AW-5 > bdmv folder > you

Reviewed by yassou on 10th December 2014