Well good news. The new codec I tried out last night worked just fine, and the picture looks great! The new edit is all done, and being encoded as I type this. I worked 14 hours straight on this just to get it done. I felt if I was to stop, it would never get done.
We should be able to post the bare bones xvid of this "Special Longer Version" edit in under a week. Sorry to everyone who has been waiting for this for so long, but I'm sure you will be happy with what we have done. Remember, this "Special Longer Version" is just one third of the STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE MEGA SET". It will go along with two further fan edits of TMP done by FanFiltration (an improved Theatrical Cut, and my personal FanFiltration re-edit of the film). There will be a 3 disk duel-layer DVD release of All 3 edits with isolated score tracks, unique commenary tracks, rare interviews, press kit, publicity photos, tie-in product gallery, and lots more that will be released sometime in the near future.