Assuming all my archived project settings load in as they were, then if I correct and re-export the AC3 file, it should only have a few changed bytes in it. If I then re-mux the movie according to its original settings, again only a few bytes should be different. The big "if" is if the recompression down to single layer will go exactly the same. If it does, then I'd have a set of VOB files that are almost identical, except by a few bytes.
From there, if the tracker will allow Rik to re-upload only the fixed portions (much how it handles resumed downloads), then the fix could be up quickly.
Assuming all those ifs are true, then it would be quite quick and easy for everybody to jump on, seed their copies, and download the fixed bytes in the process.
I know t0rrent!ng allows this, as I've been able to seed a copy that didn't have Riks .nfo files, for example. Just the missing data gets downloaded and the seeding begins.
I'm already restoring all of my WAV data in hopes I can rebuild the project from my project files. The WAVs were entirely too much to archive, so I merely kept the project files, knowing I could go back to the original source for the audio. Makes restoring a b-otch but then again I didn't actually think I'd be doing this. *sigh*
Stay tuned.