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Author Topic: DTS Bad Reel? Erik Lallucci Film Handler Posts: 31 From: Webster, NY / USA Registered: Feb 2013 posted 09-17-2013 08:08 PM                     I have the print Meet the Parents and I notice that reel One displays REEL 13 for that reel and once it gets to the rest of the reels (2-ect) it is perfectly fine. Is this bad code on reel one? I am running a DTS6AD Thanks Erik  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-17-2013 08:25 PM                     Does the sound play in DTS? Is it in sync? If yes to both, don't worry about it. DTS occasionally had odd reel numbers on some discs for some unknown reason... (revised versions of that reel's track perhaps?)  |  IP: Logged Erik Lallucci Film Handler Posts: 31 From: Webster, NY / USA Registered: Feb 2013 posted 09-18-2013 06:12 AM                     There is no DTS playback from reel one. I have to use the analog stereo until it reaches reel 2. Also the DTS timecode light is a solid green (which looks normal). Thanks  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-18-2013 06:40 AM                        We had that happen a time or two. I think the problem is a poorly-printed time code on the reel in question.  |  IP: Logged Erik Lallucci Film Handler Posts: 31 From: Webster, NY / USA Registered: Feb 2013 posted 09-18-2013 09:04 AM                     That't what I was thinking. Thanks for the info.  |  IP: Logged Daniel Schulz Master Film Handler Posts: 387 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 09-18-2013 06:14 PM                        The usual reason for odd reel numbers is to accommodate alternate versions - often there are two versions of Reel 1, one for the domestic distributor and another for international with a different order to the opening studio logos. It may be that you have an international print but a domestic disc, or vice versa (normally we try to include all versions on the mass-produced discs, but sometimes the post schedules don't allow that).  |  IP: Logged Daniel Schulz Master Film Handler Posts: 387 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 09-19-2013 03:36 PM                        As I suspected - Reel 1 is the Universal domestic reel, Reel 13 was a DreamWorks Reel 1 for international distribution. You have a set of domestic discs that are missing the International Reel 1.  |  IP: Logged Erik Lallucci Film Handler Posts: 31 From: Webster, NY / USA Registered: Feb 2013 posted 09-20-2013 05:59 AM                     Thanks Daniel, That makes sense. It has the Dreamworks logo and another logo before the Dreamworks. I am curious to look at the leader see if it has any indication of a Domestic or international print. Also, what the logo is before the Dreamworks. It looks like I would need to find the international discs or a domestic copy of reel one? Thanks  |  IP: Logged

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