A replay from the original concert which took place one day ago in Paris, France.

http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/live/musique/musique-classique/concert-hommage-a-john-williams-au-grand-rex-238619

I don't know how to capture this vid, so, if anyone wants to try....

thanks for this ... i hope someone can do it

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even just an audio rip ..!!

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anyone know the best way to rip this concert ?

Grabbing the master.m3u8 URL from http://sivideo.webservices.francetelevisions.fr/tools/getInfosOeuvre/v2/?idDiffusion=EV_103159&catalogue=Culture&callback=_jsonp_loader_callback_request_0 and feeding it to JDownloader2 seems to find downloadable mp4 files at various bitrates, but I'm kind of stumbling around in the dark so there must be an easier way.

well i used to use video grabber online ...

reuploads pleases !

i've got it. Please stand by for info and an upload.

Edit: Right, got the whole thing - picture is 720p H264, audio is coded 192kbps AAC, but is only in mono, it's recorded very low, and the quality is not good at all. (And the orchestra is bloody awful.)

Additional: There are also ear-splittingly loud and sudden sounds like bombs going off at random intervals. Shocking. Utterly shocking. And about half an hour of silence and a still "ENTRACTE" card interspersed with random snippets of audio from TV shows in French. This production is completely incompetent.

Nonetheless, uploading the complete 2.2gb file now. Please stand by. :)

HD (har har) video - MKV (2.2gb at Mega) https://mega.nz/#!EhBk1DrK!q0LhEC4FghQl7o45pv5KDGdlFuOJiFisOH6n11jEuI0

AUDIO ONLY (extracted directly from stream without re-encoding - AAC ~192kbps mono) - M4A (225mb at Mega) https://mega.nz/#!J4hEzZwJ!VQt6GI2ja6YrMVC1xVYKlb9FvZzvx7rdpm_o_2Q-nls

I will do a proper audio version later, ie splitting into tracks and sorting out the exploding bomb noises.

many thanks Tangotreats ... .why would you broadcast in mono ... dear oh dear ....

merci beaucoup

De rien. :)

Is that some kind of conservatory / student orchestra? That explains their awfulness :)
Well, unfortunately, you cannot always have LSO playing Williams...

Thanks a lot Tangotreats!

wow, thanks.

I still cant believe this was broadcast in mono especially as it was broadcast in HD bizarre

Again thanks Tangotreats for doing this.

J'y �tais samedi 15h c'�tait magnifique et cette surprise � la fin!!!

Maybe it was broadcast in stereo but this website is only offering it in mono?

It's not TOO bad, apart from the noises. The Grand Rex is acoustically unsuitable for orchestral concerts. Notice how every instrument has a close-up microphone attached? Not a recipe for great sound, and a technique that un-naturally amplifies every single imperfection in ensemble. The orchestra's still terrible - the crumbling ensemble and all-too-frequent brass cracks can't be blamed on recording technology but I suspect it is a factor in the overall naff sound.

Hearing them scrape and croak through the glorious opening of Temple Of Doom and the following "Anything Goes" is depressing; the soundtrack is performed by a red-hot contract orchestra of some of the world's very best players, recorded on LA's premiere scoring stage, and engineered by Bruce Botnick... so making a comparison is probably unfair, but, y'know... it's pretty bad. ;)

Very true tangotreats ... i felt that the Indiana jones stuff was bad , but some of the pieces are performed ok and it could be the acoustics . Are you going to be splitting the tracks up ? ill have to use my amp to make it sound quasi stereo !!!

Yeah, I'll do it - it's my birthday today so I'm with my folks but should do it tomorrow. :)

Yeah, I'll do it - it's my birthday today so I'm with my folks but should do it tomorrow. :)

Happy birthday ... have a good one!!

thanks tango

Thank you very much Tango.

thank you

Thanks ! :)

Oh thanks a bunch !

Thanks