This was a 2013 project to transfer the 1995 'Entertainment In Video' UK VHS version of Dawn Of The Dead to DVD. Based in the Romero theatrical version, this VHS release was censored by the BBFC and is missing around four minutes of footage. I remember it fondly as it was the first version I saw as a teenager hired from a local video store, and it had a big effect on me, so I thought it worth giving a proper DVD preservation.

Other than being censored, there is nothing particularly special about this version, with the possible exception of its title card instead of the on-screen titling of the theatrical version. This was purely a nostalgic project. To transfer the tape, I used a JVC HR-S7600EK S-VHS PAL VCR, connected to a PC with an ASUS ES2-750 'My Cinema' TV Tuner card via an S-Video cable and Left & Right audio phono leads. The full tape was captured to an AVI file using VirtualDub 0.9.6 with the Huffyuv 2.1.1 video codec and uncompressed WAV audio. From that I used Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 to edit the video (leaving the hard interlace as it was originally captured) using the packaged MainConcept MPEG-2 Encoder for the MPEG2 M2V encode, and Wav To AC3 Encoder 5.0 for the AC3 audio. The M2V & AC3 files were then multiplexed together with ImagoMPEG-Muxer 1.1 giving the final MPEG2 file. I used GIMP 2.8.8 to design the DVD cover & disc artwork, both were edited from the original 'Entertainment In Video' release artwork. The VHS tape label was re-worked into the DVD disc artwork, which you can see above and below, and the VHS cover reworked into the DVD cover. No menus were created, as I intended that the movie simply play from start to finish as per the source VHS tape. Adobe Encore DVD 1.5.1 was used to author and assemble the final DVD. High quality scans of both the original tape and cover were added into a DVD-ROM folder on the disc too. If you're interested in any of my fanmade projects, you can contact me via email at , or through the Rob's Nostalgia Projects Facebook page. Check out & 'like' that Facebook page to see the latest in-progress updates to any current projects, and check out my Wants List to see if you can assist me with any future projects or upgrades.