Les enfants de dune Information?

[Exist2Inspire]

Hello,

I've been looking for Children of Dune for a while, and I found a release on Amazon.fr. Now I have a few questions, and hopefully some people can answer it for me.

1) It is a Sony release, so is it safe to assume that it's region free?

2) Video / Audio Specs and Opinions?

3) English Audio?

4) Removable Subtitles?

Thank you!

[Exist2Inspire]

Well my copy arrived today, and here are the results:

Video: 1080i/50
Audio: French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Stereo 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Dolby Stereo 2.0
Subtitles: French when English Audio is selected, you can turn it off with the remote only. All text that is displayed on the screen is in French (planet names)

Picture Quality is okay, I'll post some screen shots in a minute.

Warning: BDinfo Confirms that there are PAL extra's and a PAL Studio Intro, so the disc won't play on the PS3. Otherwise, the disc is Region Free, but the episodes are encoded in 1080i/50hz

[Exist2Inspire]

Here is the BDInfo for one episode:

                                                                                                                Total   Video                                             
Title                                                           Codec   Length  Movie Size      Disc Size       Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track                          Secondary Audio Track
-----                                                           ------  ------- --------------  --------------  ------- ------- ------------------                        ---------------------
00005.MPLS                                                      VC-1    1:23:48 11,945,078,784  38,497,076,716  19.01   13.10   DTS-HD Master 5.1 2024Kbps (48kHz/16-bit)

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     LESENFANTSDEDUNE
Disc Size:      38,497,076,716 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        No
BDInfo:         0.5.3

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00005.MPLS
Length:                 1:23:48 (h:m:s)
Size:                   11,945,078,784 bytes
Total Bitrate:          19.01 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
VC-1 Video              13102 kbps          1080i / 25 fps / 16:9 / Advanced Profile 3

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             English         2024 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 2024 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio             French          2064 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 2064 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio             English         192 kbps        2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB
Dolby Digital Audio             French          192 kbps        2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           French          29.049 kbps                     

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00005.M2TS      0:00:00.000     1:23:48.040     11,945,078,784  19,006          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
1               0:00:00.000     0:10:24.760     11,648 kbps     26,851 kbps     00:05:28.680    20,939 kbps     00:05:25.839    18,138 kbps     00:08:21.640    58,237 bytes    322,962 bytes   00:05:28.120    
2               0:10:24.760     0:10:53.079     13,744 kbps     31,800 kbps     00:10:42.200    26,533 kbps     00:10:39.320    22,025 kbps     00:11:28.600    68,719 bytes    286,018 bytes   00:10:25.640    
3               0:21:17.840     0:09:09.000     15,109 kbps     23,038 kbps     00:24:23.160    21,340 kbps     00:24:20.280    20,895 kbps     00:24:15.480    75,544 bytes    290,885 bytes   00:21:31.640    
4               0:30:26.840     0:09:29.880     11,511 kbps     19,596 kbps     00:35:33.800    18,810 kbps     00:39:03.720    18,523 kbps     00:39:02.399    57,555 bytes    304,059 bytes   00:39:12.080    
5               0:39:56.720     0:11:32.439     13,753 kbps     21,153 kbps     00:50:10.439    19,334 kbps     00:50:09.840    17,818 kbps     00:51:13.720    68,766 bytes    207,109 bytes   00:49:33.680    
6               0:51:29.160     0:11:17.800     13,052 kbps     32,417 kbps     00:58:50.400    26,542 kbps     00:57:35.840    26,192 kbps     00:57:35.840    65,261 bytes    395,266 bytes   00:52:08.880    
7               1:02:46.960     0:08:35.040     13,070 kbps     20,559 kbps     01:10:44.640    18,398 kbps     01:08:32.480    18,090 kbps     01:08:33.040    65,349 bytes    674,503 bytes   01:10:26.600    
8               1:11:22.000     0:12:26.040     12,959 kbps     25,243 kbps     01:11:30.120    22,239 kbps     01:11:28.600    18,847 kbps     01:12:38.000    64,800 bytes    384,254 bytes   01:15:25.080    

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File            PID             Type            Codec           Language                Seconds                 Bitrate                 Bytes           Packets         
----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00005.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0xEA            VC-1                                    5027.960                13,102                  8,234,685,341   44,831,167      
00005.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       fra (French)            5027.960                2,064                   1,297,361,552   7,840,555       
00005.M2TS      4353 (0x1101)   0x81            AC3             fra (French)            5027.960                192                     120,673,536     785,635         
00005.M2TS      4354 (0x1102)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       eng (English)           5027.960                2,024                   1,272,241,276   7,697,461       
00005.M2TS      4355 (0x1103)   0x81            AC3             eng (English)           5027.960                192                     120,673,536     785,635         
00005.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             fra (French)            5027.960                29                      18,257,214      105,037

Video bit-rate seems low, even for a 1080i. Pictures to follow in next post.