The Great Restoration Project!

richard · 2021-12-20 04:23:55

Back in the day - 2004 - nobody really had the bandwidth to download high quality videos, let alone the space to store them. To keep BA manageable, we were editing all the videos to just a few minutes in length, and downsizing them to as small as 240 pixels. Some were also cropped, for various reasons. We increased the size over time and as you know, we're now presenting Agony in full HD.

We've decided to pull out all those old tapes (yes tapes!) and start recapturing and re-editing many of the early videos. You'll be seeing footage you've never seen before - and in glorious HD, thanks to some pretty amazing upscaling software. And in most cases, uncropped. The sound will be reworked from the original files too.

We have stats on which are the most played and downloaded videos, so we'll start with those. Like the original Gala video, where she ejaculates on her own face - a submission that led us to inviting her to Australia to shoot for Ifeelmyself, a move she found so life changing, she now lives here. You may also recall her from the Pentagony series.
And of course Ms 0457, 0087, just to name a few.

If you have any requests, and they're seconded, we'll dig them out - if we can. Prepare for some disappointments due to lost or damaged tapes. Be patient also, it'll take a while to get the system turning over.

ridermanx · 2021-12-20 08:32:21

Can you bring back 3946 and 2369?

richard · 2021-12-20 09:36:24

ridermanx wrote:

Can you bring back 3946 and 2369?

This thread is about restoring old low-res videos.

ashmedi1 · 2021-12-20 12:10:45

Sounds great, there must be hundreds of the old ones I would love to see with better size and audio...
My old favorites were always the ones with good audio tracks, and that would include panting, gasping, breathing hard, moaning, groaning, beseeching their god for release... I just wanted something so my ears could enjoy the vids as much as my eyes did...

Stuart432 · 2021-12-20 14:38:43

Could you restore friends 185 and 187 please?

joker85 · 2021-12-20 15:48:09

Is there any chance to restore 0019, 0044, 0046, 0080 and 0164 revivial

Artist_5319 · 2021-12-20 23:08:45

What a top-notcher superb initiative/idea.
I'm so looking forward for the fruits of this epic digging!

oooooooo · 2021-12-21 00:13:37

Love it!

Here are my top requests:
0030, 0033, 0098, 0192, 0288, 0615, 0984, 1497, 1804, 2182

ridermanx · 2021-12-21 00:41:17

richard wrote:

ridermanx wrote:
Can you bring back 3946 and 2369?
This thread is about restoring old low-res videos.

My bad I got confused by the "restore" part.

Tuxedo101 · 2021-12-21 00:42:38

I'll think up some requests. What Agony number range are we looking at?

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Agony_Admin · 2021-12-21 05:20:13

Here is a side by side of the new Restoration video (left) next to the original video (right with watermark) by A0087 from 2004. Pretty wild, huh?

Last edited by Agony_Admin (2021-12-21 23:54:00)

Tuxedo101 · 2021-12-21 05:47:35

Holy crap! What software is that? I've heard of upscaling but that's really impressive!

richard · 2021-12-21 06:59:54

Tuxedo101 wrote:

Holy crap! What software is that? I've heard of upscaling but that's really impressive!

It's by Topaz Labs. Not perfect, but remarkable - but takes a lot of processing time. Each video takes 2-3 hours to process.

ridermanx · 2021-12-21 07:48:25

My requests are 2119, 2370, 1278, 0054, 0177, 0132/0844 and 1586.

Last edited by ridermanx (2021-12-27 00:26:57)

sliecs · 2021-12-21 10:43:42

Some of my favorites I would like to see restored are
0288, 0525, 0666 (especially #2), 0746, 1725, 1828 (Viva! :-))

(Sorry if some of them were already mentioned...)

And thanks for all the work!

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titanX · 2021-12-21 14:52:53

Would be great to see any of the following remastered: #1840, #1799, #0502, #0507, #2122, #0516, #0443, #1674, #0186

Hope I haven't gone overboard there, so many great ones it's hard.

oooooooo · 2021-12-21 15:29:12

sliecs wrote:

(Sorry if some of them were already mentioned...)

I think mentioning multiple times is kind of the point, right?

richard wrote:

If you have any requests, and they're seconded, we'll dig them out - if we can.

ad80ad80ad80 · 2021-12-22 00:13:45

352, 488, 633

Aceter200i · 2021-12-22 00:29:43

I would love to see Ms. 0085 !!!!

Tuxedo101 · 2021-12-22 02:54:34

Oh boy, lots of requests I see. I'll try to keep mine to a core group that I'll request as I know all of this is a lot of work. I had kept mine to under #1000. I guess I'll expand that a wee bit.

0082
0228 A1 and A2
0828 A2
0993 A2
1027 A1 and A2
1301 A1
1407 A1
1646
1676 A1
2230 A1
2387 A1 and A2

11 contributors, 14 videos. Many thanks for all the hard work behind the scenes.

Last edited by Tuxedo101 (2021-12-22 03:30:14)

Cigany · 2021-12-22 09:42:42

In order of preference. A number range as a suggested guideline might not be a bad idea here.

0960 A1
1310 A1 & A2
1203 A1
0196 A1 & A2

Tuxedo101 · 2021-12-22 20:22:19

Cigany wrote:

In order of preference. A number range as a suggested guideline might not be a bad idea here.
0960 A1
1310 A1 & A2
1203 A1
0196 A1 & A2

1203 is another fave of mine that I thought about suggesting. 960 is great too. I like many of the "mature" agonies.

Last edited by Tuxedo101 (2021-12-22 20:22:58)

corned · 2021-12-22 23:23:56

Just looking through 1-1500 for some that might be nice:
0030, 0044, 0055, 0057, 0075, 0092, 0098, 0149, 0201, 0249, 0253, 0308, 0488, 0560, 0686, 0810, 0899, 0978, 1289, 1354, 1466

jacktaylor3047 · 2021-12-23 01:26:08

These are some of my absolute favorite old Agonies I'd love to see restored!
0004, 0201, 0288, 0398, and 0560

orangemoose · 2021-12-23 01:48:42

Would definitely love 677, can't remember if A1 and A2 were different somehow but she is definitely my all time favourite.

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