joeyniji

since i posted earlier today ive been searching the forum for the answer of a “howto” guide for adding subtitles? as someone else mentioned earlier tise forum doesnt seem to have an internal search feature?

so do i just add it from the project threepio folder to TsMuxeralso at the same time i add the image file?

thanks, joey

joeyniji said:

now that i was finally able to burn my copies of the films i played them and noticed they did not have any subtitles?

was i suppose to add those files to TsMuxer myself? Are there any threads or guides to show me how to do this?

regards, joey

thanks stealthboy…i appreciate your input.

however ive been searching the last couple days and i cant find any downloads of the cover art? is there not a particular “pinned” area of the website for frequently asked for files? as someone else mentioned the forum doesnt seem to have an internal search feature?

thanks, joey

stealthboy said:

I would personally not print onto sticky labels that are then applied to the discs. They can peel off and cause unbalances in trying to play the disc. There are a couple printers (Canon MX922 is one) that are sub-$100 and can print directly onto an inkjet-ready disc (plain white surface).

now that i was finally able to burn (thanks to the kind help from this forum)! i was hoping to take it to the next step and print out the disc and cover art. so i have 2 questions…

is there an official thread or website to download the official Harmy DE artwork?

and is there a printer under $100 that someone recommends for printing to the CD? or is it better just to print it out onto the printer labels and put the labels on manually?

any help will be greatly appreciated.

regards, joey

Thank yous: A big thanks to Dhamage and everyone else as i was finally able to burn my first BD-R of the films. i think the main problem i was having was a had an old or bad copy of TsMuxer. because it seemed to work with no errors as soon as I downloaded it from the link pointed out by Dhamage.

Regards, joey

dahmage said:

That’s the file. Sorry, at this point you are past my personal experience, so all I can do is point you to the guides that I already shared.

If anyone has personal experience with the process, perhaps they can help you.

As I say, good luck ☺️

now that i was finally able to burn my copies of the films i played them and noticed they did not have any subtitles?

was i suppose to add those files to TsMuxer myself? Are there any threads or guides to show me how to do this?

regards, joey

This is so funny as i was just trying to look up info online about this very subject? but really couldnt find a definitive answer? so this brings up another question; with the re-release of SW in 1978 did they change or edit the opening crawl? also does anyone know if they already starting making any changes or alterations to the film at that point?

regards, joey

ps-i too also want to acknowledge the incredible work by Harmy and anyone else who assisted on the DE trilogy! thank you, thank you!
also hello towne32 , are you actually the legendary Harmy himself?

towne32 said:

BadCane said:

I just finished downloading the 2.5 version for ROTJ via tehparadox, but I find it odd that the Opening Crawl reads EPISODE VI. Is it the correct version?

Thank you very much, Harmy! Your work is incredible and I’m a huge fan. I’ve spread the word as much as I could here in Brasil.

Yes. Only Star Wars ever had a numberless version. When ESB came out, it was V, and they switched SW to IV.

ok thank you so much.

regards, joey

dahmage said:

That’s the file. Sorry, at this point you are past my personal experience, so all I can do is point you to the guides that I already shared.

If anyone has personal experience with the process, perhaps they can help you.

As I say, good luck ☺️

wow ! thank you so much again Dhamage for your help! and im so sorry because i too did that same search. i guess i just figured that was the same Tsmuxer exe that i had already downloaded? however now i still have a question…

which file or files do i add to tsmuxer or is just the one playable mkv file i have circled (please see link)?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iso73pn0qfl493f/swharmy1.jpg?dl=0

then once it finishes “muxing” then what are my next steps? do i also need to save meta file?

next step is Imgburn, right?
would it be “write image to disc”?
which file do i add to Imgburn?

as always i appreciate all your help,

regards, joey

Thanks again Dhamage…yes im running windows 10 home version? so im still struggling and its really frustrating because im at least somewhat tech savvy???

so heres my main goal…the only thing i want to do is be able to burn each of the 3 DE films to BD-R. and im still really back at step one and cant seem to progress. ive downloaded all the files from the links on Paradox, and the program i used to download them was Jdownloader2. So now that i hjave them downloaded what exactly should my next step be?

ps-when you say Tmuxer needs to be in the same directory ? do you mean the need to be in the same folder?

regards, joey

ok im still trying to burn the Despecialized Editions to BD-R but now im really getting frustrated!! I could really use some help…PLEASE!

so ive downloaded all the Harmy MKV files for each film ? what is my very next step?

i thought my next step was to open these files in TsMuxer? …https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ceu5dunbqvuzr0/de sw.jpg?dl=0

so im trying that and its says “tsmuxer not found”… https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdc0pjrh9cv7dz0/tsmuxer JPEG.jpg?dl=0

so i guess my question is, if its not these files then what files should i be opening in TS Muxer?
any help is greatly appreciated!

regards, joey

Fyi: ive also already downloaded TSMuxer and IMGburn

thanks so much Dahmage for all your help thus far. i guess im not exactly sure of what i need to do in order to extract the Rar files from Winrar and get them over into TsMuxer? i also went over to the Afterdawn link you gave me. I read the guide and unless im misssing something i really couldnt find what the proper steps should be???

IE: im starting with harmys DE ESB 2.0 (just because thats the one I had previously downloaded). so when i open Winrar i am able to find the folder called “MD5 1E34878403B05924F71354E961016FCE” where all 41 of the Rar files are located? but i guess i just dont know what the next step should be? do i extract them within Winrar or to my harddrive or do I extract them directly over to TsMuxer? any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards, joey

dahmage said:

joeyniji said:

hi thanks for your reply. i had originally started trying to do this project back in january 2016 (almost 1 year ago). but i never really got going back then. i got as far as buying an external pioneer Blu ray burner. the problem back then was simply that life happens. as i got sidetracked with a new job then got a new computer.

so now fast forward to today and im still struggling. heres what ive done so far…

ive downloaded all 3 of the OT films MKV files through jdownloader2.

i also downloaded tmuxer and have tried adding the files and it just keeps saying error…" tmuxer not found". so is there anyway you can tell what im doing wrong?

ps-i even went as far as the next step…i already downloaded and installed IMGburn

thanks for any help you may provide.

Regards, joey

dahmage said:

joeyniji said:

thanks for the reply. sorry for posting in the wrong area. im using “copyto 5” and when i go to set up the mkv files for burning it states the file is too large (approx 32gb)? does anyone recommend another open source or free burning software in order to burn the files to bd-r?

any help is greatly appreciated.

regards, joey

dahmage said:

they should fit just fine on 25GB or larger BD-R. What exactly are you running into issues with?

(Also, this should probably go in the How-To section of the site, where there are some topics that might have answers for you)

such as:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Burning-the-Despecialized-to-Blu-Ray/id/46433

JEDIT: and Merry Christmas to you too!

i don’t know copy to 5, but from a google search, it looks like you are trying to use software that is meant for burning do a 5gb dvd… not the same as BD (blu-ray disc). Pretty sure that is your problem.

Follow the link i gave you before, they talk you through using tsmuxer to create a blu-ray disk image (iso), and then you can burn that to a BD-R using standard image burning software, such as imgburn

have you tried following these steps: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_mkv_to_avchd_for_ps3_and_blu-ray.cfm

when you download tsmuxer, make sure you extract the entire rar, and run the program from that directory (With the other extracted files). It almost sounds like you just ‘opened’ the rar and double clicked on the exe, which would only extract that one file into a temporary directory and run it from there, so of course it can’t find the other files that are still in the rar archive :p

hi thanks for your reply. i had originally started trying to do this project back in january 2016 (almost 1 year ago). but i never really got going back then. i got as far as buying an external pioneer Blu ray burner. the problem back then was simply that life happens. as i got sidetracked with a new job then got a new computer.

so now fast forward to today and im still struggling. heres what ive done so far…

ive downloaded all 3 of the OT films MKV files through jdownloader2.

i also downloaded tmuxer and have tried adding the files and it just keeps saying error…" tmuxer not found". so is there anyway you can tell what im doing wrong?

ps-i even went as far as the next step…i already downloaded and installed IMGburn

thanks for any help you may provide.

Regards, joey

dahmage said:

joeyniji said:

thanks for the reply. sorry for posting in the wrong area. im using “copyto 5” and when i go to set up the mkv files for burning it states the file is too large (approx 32gb)? does anyone recommend another open source or free burning software in order to burn the files to bd-r?

any help is greatly appreciated.

regards, joey

dahmage said:

they should fit just fine on 25GB or larger BD-R. What exactly are you running into issues with?

(Also, this should probably go in the How-To section of the site, where there are some topics that might have answers for you)

such as:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Burning-the-Despecialized-to-Blu-Ray/id/46433

JEDIT: and Merry Christmas to you too!

i don’t know copy to 5, but from a google search, it looks like you are trying to use software that is meant for burning do a 5gb dvd… not the same as BD (blu-ray disc). Pretty sure that is your problem.

Follow the link i gave you before, they talk you through using tsmuxer to create a blu-ray disk image (iso), and then you can burn that to a BD-R using standard image burning software, such as imgburn

thanks for the reply. sorry for posting in the wrong area. im using “copyto 5” and when i go to set up the mkv files for burning it states the file is too large (approx 32gb)? does anyone recommend another open source or free burning software in order to burn the files to bd-r?

any help is greatly appreciated.

regards, joey

dahmage said:

they should fit just fine on 25GB or larger BD-R. What exactly are you running into issues with?

(Also, this should probably go in the How-To section of the site, where there are some topics that might have answers for you)

such as:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Burning-the-Despecialized-to-Blu-Ray/id/46433

JEDIT: and Merry Christmas to you too!

hello OT fans and merry Christmas!

im having trouble fitting harmys mkv version onto a single bd-r. are there any threads with instructions of how to get around this problem? any help is greatly appreciated. thanks for reading.

regards, joey

vmancini said:

Joey, Yoda-Sama is right on point.

1. download the .mkv file
2. run through tsmuxer (a free program) to create a blu-ray iso file
3. burn the iso file to a disk
4. enjoy

ok thanks vmancini and yoda-sama. it looks like thats the approach im going to take. with that said can anyone please point me to any instructions for how to use tsmuxer for the ds editions? btw is tsmuxer safe and adware free?

thanks for reading,
joey

TV’sFrink said:

How can Joey make the right choice if he’s distracted by all this technical nonsense?

THANKS AGAIN to everyone for all your feedback on this technical mumbo jumbo!!! but i must say WOW because this is a bit humbling having all this talk about “lil old me”!

So heres what ive been up to…

I went and obtained a blu ray burner. For the record my laptop is super old and doesnt work (doesnt have an hdmi out anyway). Regardless, my preference is to put it on an old skool DVD!

Ive been busy all weekend trying to get “harmys-AVCHD rotj v1.0” onto a dvd-dl or BD-R. but to no avail (wasted 4 discs)! I even went back and started the process from scratch by going to theparadox and downloading the files again. Now my blu ray player is pretty vintage (at least 6 or 7 years old) and probably just does not read the hi-def dvd-dl. But does anyone now why it wouldnt be able to play the bd-r? im using jdownloader2 and then loading into imageburn and then burning. is there a conversion step im missing? thanks for reading.

Regards, joey

towne32 said:

vmancini said:

Indeed. Plus, I’ve found enough other fanedits and preservations around here to burn to BD that it has been more than worth it, in my opinion. I only got the BD-R drive for OT/FE purposes.

(can you please define…of/fe purposes)

thanks…im gonna move towards getting that burner that towne32 mentioned on amazon. but i just have a couple more questions…

it was mentioned i could use i usb drive but it would have to be reformatted…can someone please point me to some instructions on how to reformat? also can someone recommend a blu ray player with a usb drive that would be able to play these files? my tv is a bit older and does not have a usb drive but does have plenty of free hdmi ports?

thanks again for all these great insights from everyone!

Regards, joey

towne32 said:

As far as burners go, if you wanted to do that, I got an external Samsung one for about $70 (at the time) that works great.

PS-can you please tell me which model you use?

thanks, joey

towne32 said:

No. I think it’s my fault for trying to discuss too many options in single posts.

What format do you want the movies in? We can go from there.

ok thanks for narrowing this down. plus i think i may be trying to learn too much too fast!

so here it does…

i would like to be able to burn the highest quality option on to a standard dvd with a standard dvd writer. regardless if i have to play on blu ray or standard player. please tell me which file i should use. thanks again to OT for all your help.

Regards, joey

Harmy said:

The formats I released are:
MKV - large 720p file with tons of audio options, some of them lossless, that can be losslessly turned into a Blu-Ray using TsMuxerGUI and burned to a BD25.

AVCHD - smaller 720p file with less audio options, all with lossy compression, and slightly less good video quality, which can however be burned to a DVD9 and played back on most Blu-Ray players.

Then Chewtobacca also turned the MKV version into an NTSC DVD5, which is good quality for DVD but pretty bad compared to the HD versions.

Versions 1.0 were only available in the AVCHD format, which is why ROTJ v1.0 is only available as such.
The workprint of ROTJ v2.0 was never meant to be a wide release, which is why it’s only a smaller MKV file, but the encoding is done in a way that it can be losslessly turned into an AVCHD with TsMuxerGUI and burned on a DVD9 and played back on most Blu-Ray players.

The final ROTJ v2.0 will again have the same formats as the other v2 versions - MKV, AVCHD, NTSC DVD5.

thank you for the clarification!

If you meant DVD format that plays in a DVD player (so, non-HD), Harmy’s versions are also available that way, but might be harder to find. There is at least one very poorly rendered version of his RoTJ out there in this format, but there should be a good one out there too.

ok thanks towne32…so let me see if i understand…

once i get the blu ray burner will i be able to burn all 3 Harmy DE onto a standard (not blu ray) dvd-dl in the avchd format? but avchd will only be able to play on my blu ray player not a standard dvd player, right?

Nearsighted Scrappile said:

Of course a shit-ton of overall quality would be lost, but ConvertXtoDVD will take an MKV then build a DVD structure and burn the DVD. This is NOT recommended for anyone wanting HD quality, but at least you’d have a DVD to watch until you can move up to BD.

thanks for the reply nearsighted…

however im still wondering and maybe im missing something here? why was i able to burn the first two harmy ds editions for sw and esb to regular dvd and not lose much quality. but in turn im not able to do it with rotj? also was there a reason that rotj 1.0 or 2.0wp was not made in the ntsc format to begin with?

is rotj just not avaialable in a format that can be burned without a blu ray writer? because i guess thats what this issue comes down to i just need to get a blu ray writer?

when i do get my blu ray burner and am able to burn all of them in avchd then will i be able to notice a difference in the quality?

thanks again for everyones help,

joey

towne32 said:

If the drive is big enough, you can just reformat it with your PC. This is all assuming you have a blu-ray drive or smart tv that will read the file format and drive format. There are also apparently instructions around here for splitting the mkv into smaller files.

thanks again for the response…

i do not have a blu ray drive yet? do you recommend a particular external blu ray writer ( i would need an external drive because i have no bays left on tower)?

ps-am i missing something or is rotj the only one thats not available in a format to burn to a dvd-r or dvd-r-dl? and if so what was the reason …just curious. remember im new here and am also not a techie but i want to try and learn.

regards, joey

TV’s Frink said:

It’s not a format your DVD player can recognize.

oh i see …thanks tvs frink

towne32 said:
FAT32 formatted drives (which your drive probably is) do not allow for files above 4 gigs.

thanks towne32. so then is it possible to just buy a different type of thumbdrive that is formatted for these type files? or perhaps “there is another”… way?

i cant thank you all enough for all the help so far! i dont think ive ever been so openly welcomed into a community when i was a “newbie”. most times i couldnt help but feel an air of superiority and pulling rank. i have felt NONE of that here! so thanks again im just really appreciative!

regards,
joey

Harmy said:

Here’s a tiny delayed Christmas present 😃

WOW WOW WOW thanks so much!!! that was an incredibly fast reply and that that instantly did the trick for me got me around the 1st hurdle!..

but now im running into a 2nd hurdle. i guess the rotj 2.0 WP is an mkv file and wont burn onto a standard dvd (side note: now this may be opening a whole other can of worms but based on the size why cant it burn onto a regular dvd?).

but i read the “read me” file and it says that it should work in my usb drive. however even though my usb drive has 14 gigs free space it wont fit for some reason? has anyone else seen this? and can someone please point me in the right direction.

Regards, joey

greetings to all here at OT.com. 1st off i want to take this opportunity to thank you all and of course harmy and everyone who has ever had anything to due with preserving these special films for us all!

with that said, i have just discovered you guys, so after all the prep work i was able to obtain harmys ds editions of sw and esb in NTSC DVD5. i prefer the NTSC DVD5 files because they work best with my limited hardware but ill take whatever i can get for rotj at this point.

and speaking of rotj ive run into a snag… after doing all the steps in jdownloader i got to the download point and hit the play button however, it comes back with an error stating “plugin error (out of date)”. so i first did a search for a fix to see if others had this same problem, but i couldnt really find a fix? so can anyone here PLEASE help with any tips.

any help is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
joey