thanks to wideload,
i have all the wookiegroomer , eps1-6 also...and will be converting them
HD DVD , to see how it goes...................... no color correction yet.....
it takes a long time to play with them, but i'll get around to it later,
and see how adywans turns out.....
later
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Anyone have Wookie's EPs 1-6 DVD9 versions? I need some help with them.
You will be compensated of course :).
I would like to ask if there is anywhere to get these HD versions anymore? I went to alt.binaries.starwars and I need to pay for an account to download them there, is there any way I can get these elsewhere?
Thanks,
LV
LordVader said:I would like to ask if there is anywhere to get these HD versions anymore? I went to alt.binaries.starwars and I need to pay for an account to download them there, is there any way I can get these elsewhere?
Thanks,
LV
you could try looking on torrent sites for HD versions of star wars, it depends on which
formats you want, and which series..
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negative1 said:LordVader said:I would like to ask if there is anywhere to get these HD versions anymore? I went to alt.binaries.starwars and I need to pay for an account to download them there, is there any way I can get these elsewhere?
Thanks,
LV
you could try looking on torrent sites for HD versions of star wars, it depends on which
formats you want, and which series..
later
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I just want Wookiegroomer's prequel Trilogy in HD. Or if you can point me to any other PT's in HD I would greatly appreciate it.
I managed to get my hands on Wookie Groomer's 1080p/13GB release of Episode IV: A New Hope*, but I've been having a hell of a time playing the video properly on my Mac (I can get either the video or the audio to play, but never both within the same player). Life is difficult. Those problems aside, I believe that my copy may be corrupt. I didn't find any SFV file for the RARs on Usenet, so I have no way of confirming that my download or unrar'd file is correct. Can anyone provide either md5sums or SFVs for both the RARs and the extracted video of Wookie Groomer's release? I pulled the 274 RAR files from Usenet via Giganews yesterday (the upload is about 220 days old). I am posting a list of the files and md5sums here: Post script: I have no idea why this post is white, and why I can't change it. This is the first time in 8 years of online forum activity that I've ever encountered something like this.
if it unpacked without errors then the file isn't corrupt. maybe its because its a wmv file and i'm not sure if the mac plays then (i don't have a mac but wmv is a microsoft codec). hopeful someone who has a mac will be able to tell you what player is best to use to play it.
I downloaded the par2 verification file from Usenet and checked all the RAR files using par2verify. The files passed the par2 check. Since RAR runs a CRC during file uncompression (as you mentioned), it's unlikely there was a problem in the un-rar process.
As of now, this is the state of affairs on my Mac (2.0GHz Core Duo, OS X 10.4):
-VLC 0.8.6: Plays nothing
-Quicktime: Plays audio, does not play video
-WMP for Mac: Plays audio, does not play video
-MPlayer: Plays video (poorly), does not play audio
-VLC 1.0.0: Plays video, does not play audio
If anyone has any pointers on how to play both WVC1 and WMA9 in a single player on OS X, I'm all ears. Thanks to Wookie Groomer for this release, and thank you, adywan, for the reply, and for all the work you've done for the community.
Use the free Flip4Mac plugin for QuickTime.
anyone notice that TPM has german subs in the scene where all the kids check out anakin's pod.
I just have a question about the WG release.
Is the Phantom Menace still very grainy. I have downloaded another mkv Phantom Menace and the quality is definitly lacking compared to the AOTC and ROTS releases. So, is this Phantom Menace more clear or is it still subpar to the other two?'
Thanks for the help!
MoBiUs: Umm, I thought wookiegroomer replaced all the scenes from the German HD broadcast that had German subtitles in them with the HD broadcast from England (where there would be only English subtitles when aliens speak, and no subtitles at any other time)?
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Nope,... I recently watched all 6 of WG's releases after picking them up from the last usenet repost, and the version I have of TPM has German subs in this scene as well. English crawl, German subs, hmmm.
WG 2.1 in the works?
I checked it and you're right. I'm surprised that this was overlooked. Do you guys know of any other places in the original trilogy or the prequels where there are any German subtitles that were accidentally left in the Wookiegroomer set?
That part in The Phantom Menace from this set will have to be replaced in order to have it be correct. So either Wookiegroomer or another fan with access to the highest quality recording available of the SKY HD broadcast will have to replace the video where the German subtitles are present with the proper English video, while blending in seamlessly with the German broadcast video that comes before and after. It's only a few seconds, so it shouldn't be that hard.
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Dunedain said:I checked it and you're right. I'm surprised that this was overlooked. Do you guys know of any other places in the original trilogy or the prequels where there are any German subtitles that were accidentally left in the Wookiegroomer set?
The TPM bit was the only "mistake". The rest is perfect :)
Also blitter, do you have the 12GB version or DVD9 one?.
MoBiUs said:Also blitter, do you have the 12GB version or DVD9 one?.
I have the WG 2.0 version, which is 12GB. The only DVD9 I have in addition to a full WG 2.0 set is WG's first edit of ANH.
Ok, coming in late. Are these torrents to be downloaded? Where can I find them? Thanks.
First post here and I need some help.
I downloaded torrents about a year and a half ago of all 6 episodes, they are the dvd9 1080p versions. I had thought these were the best available and after reading this thread I would like help in getting WG's:
1-6 in 12-13GB VC1
4-6 1080 SS V2
Addicted To Star Wars V2 Ultra Edition 19GB 1080P (FIXED)
With this many files, It might be easier for me to mail you a hard drive and have you copy the files to it than to put them on DL-DVD, as it would take around 15 of them I estimate lol. Any help is appreciated, PM me please.
docholiday said:I just have a question about the WG release.
Is the Phantom Menace still very grainy. I have downloaded another mkv Phantom Menace and the quality is definitly lacking compared to the AOTC and ROTS releases. So, is this Phantom Menace more clear or is it still subpar to the other two?'
Thanks for the help!
The Phantom Menace was only rendered in 2k resolution supposedly and episodes 2 and 3 were rendered in 4k.
Actually, The Phantom Menace has far more resolution than Episodes II and III. The Phantom Menace was shot on real film, which has enough detail to easily support a 4k scan, even tough they only scanned it in at 2k at the time. The other two prequels were shot on a HD camera with it's fixed resolution of only 1920x1080 (you can think of this as sort of the rough equivalent of what we might call a 1k scan), so they are stuck with that. You can try to upsample that, of course, but you can't add in resolution that wasn't filmed.
On the other hand, Lucas can go back any time and scan in The Phantom Menace master prints at 4k and double the res and detail of their scanned copy, which then is down-sampled for use on VHS, laserdisk, DVD, HD, etc. for home video. But Episodes II and III will always be stuck with the fact that they only have 1920x1080 worth of resolution in their source picture. This was a really dumb thing to do, but that's what Lucas decided to try. So, ironically, it's the first Star Wars prequel that will always look better than the latest two prequels. :)
The Star Wars trilogy. There can be only one.
Dunedain said:Actually, The Phantom Menace has far more resolution than Episodes II and III. The Phantom Menace was shot on real film, which has enough detail to easily support a 4k scan, even tough they only scanned it in at 2k at the time. The other two prequels were shot on a HD camera with it's fixed resolution of only 1920x1080 (you can think of this as sort of the rough equivalent of what we might call a 1k scan), so they are stuck with that. You can try to upsample that, of course, but you can't add in resolution that wasn't filmed.
On the other hand, Lucas can go back any time and scan in The Phantom Menace master prints at 4k and double the res and detail of their scanned copy, which then is down-sampled for use on VHS, laserdisk, DVD, HD, etc. for home video. But Episodes II and III will always be stuck with the fact that they only have 1920x1080 worth of resolution in their source picture. This was a really dumb thing to do, but that's what Lucas decided to try. So, ironically, it's the first Star Wars prequel that will always look better than the latest two prequels. :)
Didn't he also render the cg shots in 2k only? I know episodes 2 and 3 were shot in 1920x1080p but wasn't the cg done in 4k?
inurenegade said:Dunedain said:Actually, The Phantom Menace has far more resolution than Episodes II and III. The Phantom Menace was shot on real film, which has enough detail to easily support a 4k scan, even tough they only scanned it in at 2k at the time. The other two prequels were shot on a HD camera with it's fixed resolution of only 1920x1080 (you can think of this as sort of the rough equivalent of what we might call a 1k scan), so they are stuck with that. You can try to upsample that, of course, but you can't add in resolution that wasn't filmed.
On the other hand, Lucas can go back any time and scan in The Phantom Menace master prints at 4k and double the res and detail of their scanned copy, which then is down-sampled for use on VHS, laserdisk, DVD, HD, etc. for home video. But Episodes II and III will always be stuck with the fact that they only have 1920x1080 worth of resolution in their source picture. This was a really dumb thing to do, but that's what Lucas decided to try. So, ironically, it's the first Star Wars prequel that will always look better than the latest two prequels. :)Didn't he also render the cg shots in 2k only? I know episodes 2 and 3 were shot in 1920x1080p but wasn't the cg done in 4k?
If that is true then I guess II and III wont be that far behind I, I mean a good 97% of the movie is cg, so aside from the actors lacking we should be okay. :D
I'm not sure what res they did the CGI special effects stuff at for Episodes II and III, but the most important thing is that the movie itself is only 1k. Since The Phantom Menace was scanned in at 2k, they may well have done the CGI part of the special effects at that res, or they may have done it at 4k. Because when a Star Wars movie is shown at theaters you want as much detail as you can get in the special effects to match up with the inherent detail you get with real film in the movie.
LordVader: haha :) Yeah, Lucas did go overboard with the CGI stuff in Episodes II and III.
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Dunedain said:I'm not sure what res they did the CGI special effects stuff at for Episodes II and III, but the most important thing is that the movie itself is only 1k. Since The Phantom Menace was scanned in at 2k, they may well have done the CGI part of the special effects at that res, or they may have done it at 4k. Because when a Star Wars movie is shown at theaters you want as much detail as you can get in the special effects to match up with the inherent detail you get with real film in the movie.
LordVader: haha :) Yeah, Lucas did go overboard with the CGI stuff in Episodes II and III.
Actually I have a followup to my comment, I recently downloaded Episode III in 720p HD (my pc doesnt run well with 1080p) and I was just trying to be funny, but unfortunately its true. Compared to the enhanced HD cgi, the objects and people that were actually filmed look quite lackluster. Prime examples would be interactions between Grievous and human actors, and Yoda's fight with Palpatine. It almost looks to me like the human actors don't belong. By far the most impressive scene compared to the SD is the space battle in the beginning, looks just amazing, if only I could see what its like in 1080p.
Yeah, Lucas was crazy to use a digital camera instead of real 35mm film for Episodes II and III. In doing so, he cut the resolution of those two prequels to around 1/4 of what The Phantom Menace has (that's a massive loss), plus there are other image quality deficiencies with an HD camera compared to a 35mm film camera.
Sometimes I think Lucas does things like this just to be on the "cutting edge", even if it gives inferior results. The problem is that newer is not always better, in this case, it's definitely not better.
Other than someone who is making a small budget independent movie where he just can't afford to use 35mm, everyone should be using film. And even if the guy can't afford 35mm, apparently it would be better to use 16mm film than go down to a digital camera. Zombie could offer more details, he's knows all about that stuff. :)
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