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mikeveli20's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Man, that must have been frustrating after 12 hours of encoding for it not to work. Glad to hear you know a way around it. Are you using a different process for encoding than you did for the PDE?

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Well, I was hoping to encode an AVCHD straight from the source files but for some reason I just can't get that to work. So I'm going to encode a high bitrate MP4 and then use RipBot or multiAVCHD 2pass HQ conversion to make the AVCHD. The 2pass encoding is gonna take a really long time though.

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Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

mikeveli20's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Yeah, I know most (if not all) programs don't seem to have full AVCHD support yet. At least that's been my experience. I mostly use Final Cut to do my editing and even though it can't import AVCHD natively, you can sometimes import it by transcoding but even that is hit or miss. Then when I export I need to go to an intermediate codec like Apple Pro Res before then converting to AVCHD. Definitely a long process! I feel your pain :-)

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RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Harmy said:

Well, the test encode didn't go so well, it took almost 12 hrs and it doesn't work in anything else than VLC but I know how to get around it, only it will take like two days to encode. Also, I skimmed through it and found a few more things I want to fix, so the release is more likely to be sometime next week.

 It will be worth the wait Harmy.

hairy_hen's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Check out the power generator explosion--in the original it has bright orange flames; in the SE it is nearly black and white for some reason.  Did you do anything about this?

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Well, do you mean this one? :-)

 

Last edited on March 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM by Harmy

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Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

joshdv's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

i think he is refering to the shot before that.  It's the first shot of the generators being blown up.

"I will laugh my ass off a hundred years from now when the only version of STARWARS people remember are harmys despecialized editions.  They will project it on a 20' by 40' screen with perfect quality."

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Oh, I assumed he meant the one in the picture because that one was almost B&W in the 2004SE and there isn't much colour in the shot before in the GOUT either.

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Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

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RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

The Aluminum Falcon said:

A once colored explosion looks almost white at 39:54.

Harmy, speaking of explosions, did you ever change the explosion I mentioned before at 39:54. It seemed less colorful than the GOUT. I forgot to say that I actually did indeed go through the entire workprint and didn't notice anything beyond my observations in my earlier post. As I said before, the coloring was different from the GOUT (less pink, less blue sometimes), but I respect whatever coloring decisions you make, as the GOUT has color issues of its own. I didn't see any problems with the Cloud City sequences though I may not have as sharp eyes as others who have commented. Anyway, I can't wait for this release! :-)

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

I tried, but I'm not sure how well it worked out, you'll have to judge for yourself when it's done :-)

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Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

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RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

harmy you are the most valueable asset to this whole community, this sounds amazing.this is the closest we will come to having the movies in hd thanks to you   

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RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

dr pepper said:

harmy you are the most valueable asset to this whole community

I wholeheartedly agree, Thank you for all you do.

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RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Wow, thanks, guys. And especially DJ, because I think the exact same comment could go to you and your efforts :-)

Last edited on March 16, 2011 at 4:44 PM by Harmy

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

hairy_hen's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Thanks Harmy, that was the shot I was referring to.  Looks much better than the '04, which has nearly no colour at all.

I don't really know what the shot before that is supposed to look like--if I remember correctly it's pretty much a bright white in both versions.

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Yeah, it does have a bit more colour in the original but it's definitely no huge difference. BTW. h_h I sent you a message yesterday.

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Also, I just finished exporting from the editor and watched it end to end in one go and I must say that not only am I satisfied with the result, I fucking love it!!! Don't remember the last time I enjoyed Empire this much. 

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

joshdv's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

LINX PLEAZ!!!!  I am drooling in anticipation.

"I will laugh my ass off a hundred years from now when the only version of STARWARS people remember are harmys despecialized editions.  They will project it on a 20' by 40' screen with perfect quality."

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

I didn't even start the encoding the AVCHD yet and that will take a loooong time, so if everything goes well, I should be uploading at the weekend.

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

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RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Harmy said:

Also, I just finished exporting from the editor and watched it end to end in one go and I must say that not only am I satisfied with the result, I fucking love it!!! Don't remember the last time I enjoyed Empire this much. 

Im soooooooo looking forward to this.

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

OK, I just finished encoding and everything seems to work fine. Thanks to hairy_hen I've got his 5.1 mix and a 2.0 1993 mix at 320Kbps. I also added a low bitrate Czech dubbing as usual but the file encoded a bit smaller than I thought it would, so there's still space for at least one more sound mix depending on the bitrate. Could anyone help me get some?

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

mikeveli20's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

What about the mono mix you used on the PDE?

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

That was only STAR WARS, I need another soundmix for Empire, perhaps the theatrical stereo. 256Kbps would be ideal.

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

OmegaMattman's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

Harmy said:

That was only STAR WARS, I need another soundmix for Empire, perhaps the theatrical stereo. 256Kbps would be ideal.

If you can live with 224Kbps, there's a theatrical mix on my "Rebellion" set.  I just uploaded the AC3 for Lee Thorogood and would be happy to forward you the link.

Harmy's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

If it's for 23,976fps and not 24fps, I'd be extatic to get it, thanks :-)

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Mona Lisa Special Edition

Pennsylvania Jones said:

"Stick and Stones will break my bones but the Blu-Rays will never Harmy." 

Lucas: I am altering the film. Pray I don't alter it any further.

Fans: This film is getting worse all the time!

 

OmegaMattman's avatar
RE: Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD

To my knowledge, it should be synched to GOUT at 23.976 fps.  At least, I sure do hope so.  I was planning to recycle these sound mixes for my own 720p project and really don't want to redo the audio again :/

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