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THE STAR WARS SAGA - 1080P AVCHD DVD-9 for PS3 & Blu-Ray players - Episodes 1, 4 & 5 available now — Page 26

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I scanned through the EP-V release and am quite pleased with the color accuracy. However, the digital artifacts from the low bitrate used to squeeze it onto a DVD9 severaly cripples this otherwise excellent release. The running length at DVD9 bitrates would have been better at 720p resulting in a clean artifact free presentation. Is there anything that can be done to share the higher bitrate edtition with those of us with larger HD displays? I can help with bandwidth if that's the problem.

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Wookie Groomer said:

I scanned through the EP-V release and am quite pleased with the color accuracy. However, the digital artifacts from the low bitrate used to squeeze it onto a DVD9 severaly cripples this otherwise excellent release. The running length at DVD9 bitrates would have been better at 720p resulting in a clean artifact free presentation. Is there anything that can be done to share the higher bitrate edtition with those of us with larger HD displays? I can help with bandwidth if that's the problem.

 

well hopefully it will start to appear this weekend. unfortunately it doesn't matter what resolution or bitrate is used because the artefacts are still there as they are on the original lossless avi. Its actually video noise which is a by-product of the colour correction i had to do to remove the horrible cyan colour cast. It was something that was totally unavoidable but i would prefer the artefacts over the horrible 2004 colours any day. here's a sample of the 14gb x264 version. you can see the artefacts are still present

http://rapidshare.com/files/191008312/esb_hd_14gb_sample.ts 

 

As for the rest of the saga, ESB:R is taking up hell of a lot of time, not to mention hard drive space so god knows when they'll be released. I'm not too sure about AOTC at the moment. I use to have the bootleg cinema filmed (the centropy version) and the bootleg Telecine that i could have used to recreate the theatrical version but they have long since gone and unless anyone still has copies of these recreating the Theatrical version will be impossible. If anyone does have a copy , or knows someone who has them, i would be eternally grateful if a copy became available so i can finish this saga.

 

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Hi Adywan,

Just wanted to report my findings when using the DVD9 of Ep. 4 with my Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray player.  Not sure if anybody's reported anything similar (26 pages of postings is a LOT to read through, LOL). 

Anyway, I obtained the iso/mds files from BitTorrent, and burned the image onto a Verbatim DVD+R DL using the latest version of ImgBurn (2.4.2.0).  I placed the disc into my S350 and it correctly identified it as a DVD+R AVCHD disc.  The movie started, although it took a few seconds for the main DD 5.1 track to kick in.  A few seconds later, (the 20th Century Fox fanfare hadn't even finished playing), the sound suddenly cut out.  The video kept going, and after another couple of seconds the sound came back in, a little ahead of the Star Wars "stacked" title.  The video suddenly jumped ahead to catch up, but was jerky.  I ejected the disc and reinserted, but the same thing happened again.  Then I switched the audio to the 3rd track (ie. the fan commentary) and restarted the film.  This time, the sound didn't cut out, and the video didn't need to catch up or become jerky.  Weird... I wonder if the Sony unit has an issue with decoding 5.1 sound on an AVCHD disc.  Anyway, the video played mostly okay (the S350 recognized that it was true 24fps playback) but every so often (maybe once every 30 seconds?) the video would "jump" a frame.  This was noticable during the opening scroll, and then again when the Star Destroyer flew by.  Not sure if this is a problem with the Sony trying to interpret the 24fps playback, or just the player itself trying to "keep up" with this special AVCHD disc.  I suppose I can try downloading Ep. 5 (which you didn't encode in true 24 fps) and see if anything improves.

Regards,
Visor

 

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Hi Adywan

Great release. Thank you for your awesome work.
I recoded BR-ISO-image to mkv, but unfortunately the subtitles are coded in SUP format and mkv don't support them. Do you have subtitles for EpisodeIV & V also in other formats (srt/ssa/ass) so that I'm able to put them into mkv-file?

Thanks!

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Mr. Adywan, sir, I am a very large fan of yours.

Is there any possibility of editing out the dance number in Jedi for the eventual release? Obviously, you're a very busy man, but this stops the narrative cold in its tracks and, hopefully, be less work for you.

Just an idea.

Thank you for taking things in your own hands.

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Oh respectfully, please let the dance number in the AVCHD release of Jedi.

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An update on my jerky playback issues... I took the advice from the other posters here and burned Ep. 4 again but with Nero this time: still the same issues.  I obtained Ep. 5 today and burned it with Nero, and voila, it worked perfectly.  That leads me to believe that the problem with Ep. 4 is that my Sony player can't properly handle pure 24 fps video.  Incidentally, my player recognized Ep. 5 as "True 24 fps" even though it was encoded at 23.976 fps.  I'm glad you've decided to encode the rest of the movies this way (and hopefully go back to fix Ep. 4 one day?)

Is there any possibility of editing out the dance number in Jedi for the eventual release?

BandedJustice, I think the issue here is that Adywan has to use what's available in high-def.  He can't go back to the old "Lapti Nek" version of the song because that version of the film has never been aired on HDTV.  He can't just edit out the full song and go straight to the slave girl being dropped into the Rancor's dungeon either, because that would just be plain wrong.  If you really want "Jedi Rocks" gone, you'll have to look at standard def options. 

Oh respectfully, please let the dance number in the AVCHD release of Jedi.

Oldschooljedi, I think you're missing a word in your above statement... I can't quite tell if you're saying you want the "Jedi Rocks" dance number left in Jedi or if you don't want it, LOL.

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Oldschooljedi, I think you're missing a word in your above statement... I can't quite tell if you're saying you want the "Jedi Rocks" dance number left in Jedi or if you don't want it, LOL.

Sorry, I meant to say: please do not edit the dance scene out of the AVCHD-release, please.

 

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An update on my jerky playback issues... I took the advice from the other posters here and burned Ep. 4 again but with Nero this time: still the same issues.  I obtained Ep. 5 today and burned it with Nero, and voila, it worked perfectly.  That leads me to believe that the problem with Ep. 4 is that my Sony player can't properly handle pure 24 fps video.  Incidentally, my player recognized Ep. 5 as "True 24 fps" even though it was encoded at 23.976 fps.  I'm glad you've decided to encode the rest of the movies this way (and hopefully go back to fix Ep. 4 one day?)

 

Is there any possibility of editing out the dance number in Jedi for the eventual release?

 

BandedJustice, I think the issue here is that Adywan has to use what's available in high-def.  He can't go back to the old "Lapti Nek" version of the song because that version of the film has never been aired on HDTV.  He can't just edit out the full song and go straight to the slave girl being dropped into the Rancor's dungeon either, because that would just be plain wrong.  If you really want "Jedi Rocks" gone, you'll have to look at standard def options. 

 

Oh respectfully, please let the dance number in the AVCHD release of Jedi.

 

Oldschooljedi, I think you're missing a word in your above statement... I can't quite tell if you're saying you want the "Jedi Rocks" dance number left in Jedi or if you don't want it, LOL.

sorry to here about the issues you are having. I do have an idea how to fix this for you.

Download TSMuxer. Load the .m2ts file into it. untick the main video file and select demux to demux all the audio tracks. Once this is done retick the video file and remove all the other tracks (subs too i'm afraid). keep TSMuxer open.

Now you'll need Besweet to import the audio tracks into to convert them to 23.976fps. load each audio file into besweet individually and select ac3 as the output. Now for the 5.1 track you need to click on the "ac3 & ogg" tab. change the bitrate to 640 and click back on the besweet tab. now tick "change framerate" and input 24000 into the first box and 23976 into the second. now output your 5.1 audio track. now for the 2 other audio tracks do the same as above but change the bitrate to 192.

Now you have your new audio tracks import them all back into TSMuxer. Make sure that the 5.1 track is the first audio track in the list below the video file. Now click on the video stream to highlight it. Tick the "change fps" box and change the value to "24000/1001". This will just change the header in the video to play at 23.976fps and doesn't add or remove any frames. Now select "create bluray" as the output and create your folders. Once this is done open imgburn and import both the BDMV & Certificate folders and change the udf file system to 2.50 and burn. everything else should be done automatically by Imgburn.

Hope this helps

BandedJustice said:

Mr. Adywan, sir, I am a very large fan of yours.

Is there any possibility of editing out the dance number in Jedi for the eventual release? Obviously, you're a very busy man, but this stops the narrative cold in its tracks and, hopefully, be less work for you.

Just an idea.

Thank you for taking things in your own hands.

Well these are restorations of the Theatrical release versions of the saga (SE & PT) so i won't be editing out any thing that was in the movie in 1997

 

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visor unfotunately its a problem with the disc and the sony s-350 i used to have a samsung 1500 and it played perfectly i have 100+ avchd movies that all play fine but ep 4 and the sony dont like each other! my friend has an older sony player and it does it on that one too

gonna give ady's fix a try thanks ady! ep5 works a treat

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Well just managed to get hold of IV and V and must say I'm mighty impressed. Lovely upgrade over anything available on DVD - it was almost like watching the films for the first time all over again! Thanks a lot for making these available Ady!

I just have one question though: ep v was pretty much perfect but I noticed with ep iv that for quite a lot of the film I was seeing a sort of flickering. It was almost like the detail was being lost for a fraction of a second and then restored. As I noticed this when using DXVA through media player classic and also when using software decoding with coreavc I'm confident that it's an issue with the files themselves rather than my setup. Just wondered what the cause was for this, or indeed if anyone else had noticed such an issue. I couldn't see anything reported about this in the thread so I'm a little concerned it's a problem with the copy I've obtained!  

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Has anyone created any disc art for EpV? 

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adywan said:

sorry to here about the issues you are having. I do have an idea how to fix this for you.

Download TSMuxer. Load the .m2ts file into it. untick the main video file and select demux to demux all the audio tracks. Once this is done retick the video file and remove all the other tracks (subs too i'm afraid). keep TSMuxer open.

Now you'll need Besweet to import the audio tracks into to convert them to 23.976fps. load each audio file into besweet individually and select ac3 as the output. Now for the 5.1 track you need to click on the "ac3 & ogg" tab. change the bitrate to 640 and click back on the besweet tab. now tick "change framerate" and input 24000 into the first box and 23976 into the second. now output your 5.1 audio track. now for the 2 other audio tracks do the same as above but change the bitrate to 192.

Now you have your new audio tracks import them all back into TSMuxer. Make sure that the 5.1 track is the first audio track in the list below the video file. Now click on the video stream to highlight it. Tick the "change fps" box and change the value to "24000/1001". This will just change the header in the video to play at 23.976fps and doesn't add or remove any frames. Now select "create bluray" as the output and create your folders. Once this is done open imgburn and import both the BDMV & Certificate folders and change the udf file system to 2.50 and burn. everything else should be done automatically by Imgburn.

Hope this helps

Hi Adywan,

I finally found some time to go through your steps.  One thing you forgot to mention was to check-off "Create 5.1 AC3" in BeSweet for the main track.  No worries; I caught this before I burned my next disc.   However, despite following your steps to the T, the disc I burned had a problem with very quiet sound, and the sound jumped at the same spot right after the Lucasfilm logo and the Star Wars logo had to jump to catch up.

I checked the AC3 files and they played back fine on the PC (no low-volume issue).  They were about 6 seconds longer than the originals, which would take into account the 0.024% slowdown.  No issues with muxing in TSMuxer, and I made sure IMGBurn used UDF 2.5 (the only other thing I did in IMGBurn was give the disc a label: 'Star Wars IV AVCHD').  Any ideas about what could've happened?  Was there a step somewhere that may have been missed, like the "Create 5.1 AC3" checkbox in BeSweet?

Thanks,

Visor

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sorry visor i'm fresh out of ideas. EP's 4 & 5 were created using the same profile in megui, same method of creating the audio and same way of creating the AVCHD. Trebius i have checked the video for EPIV and you are correct there is  a strange flickering effect. i have no idea what could have caused that. I wonder if that is having any affect on what visor is experiencing.

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Sorry if this has been asked already but is Jedi up next?  Will that come out after Empire Revisted?

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adywan said:

sorry visor i'm fresh out of ideas. EP's 4 & 5 were created using the same profile in megui, same method of creating the audio and same way of creating the AVCHD. Trebius i have checked the video for EPIV and you are correct there is  a strange flickering effect. i have no idea what could have caused that. I wonder if that is having any affect on what visor is experiencing.

 

Hi Adywan,

I'm not seeing any flicker; just a jumpy picture at times and quiet sound.

Question for you: in TSMuxer when it comes to demuxing the video, there are the choices "Add picture timing info" and "Continually insert SPS/PPS".  These were both checked by default when I demuxed the video.  Would it make any difference if I unchecked one or both of them?

Thanks,

Visor

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You can also try using eac3to to convert to 23.976.  It will do everything for you.  Just use a format like this:

 

eac3to c:\sourceblurayfolder c:\newfile.mkv -slowdown -640 (for 640k AC3)

 

Then use tsmuxer to create the blu-ray folder from the mkv.

 

Hope this helps.

Mike

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Hey guys

I'm new here and i've got some questions:

- Are these 2 versions color corrected by Adywan?  Because I'll just download them only for that.
- Where are these versions from?  The 1997 or the 2004 DVD? Or just a totally other one?
- Can I still download them via alt.binaries (I guess they are over 100 days, so that would be a problem xD )
- If not, can you give me a torrent link?

Thx, I hope you can help me

Chestnut

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They are still there, and if you have giganews you can get them (see newzleech.com and search for adywan).

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thorr said:

They are still there, and if you have giganews you can get them (see newzleech.com and search for adywan).

 

 No, they aren't for me, download is not working, they are too old.

And:
- Are these 2 versions color corrected by Adywan?  Because I'll just download them only for that.  I've seen other HD versions, are they the same?
- Where are these versions from?  The 1997 or the 2004 DVD?  Or just an other one?

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thorr said:

They are still there, and if you have giganews you can get them (see newzleech.com and search for adywan).

 

 No, they aren't for me, download is not working, they are too old.

And:
- Are these 2 versions color corrected by Adywan?  Because I'll just download them only for that.  I've seen other HD versions, are they the same?
- Where are these versions from?  The 1997 or the 2004 DVD?  Or just an other one?

You should be able to get these if you're on Astraweb or Giganews.  Alternatively there are torrents available for both on Demonoid and TPB.

Yes they're both colour corrected by Adywan (a mighty fine job too).  Also they have corrected 5.1 audio.  In my opinion these are the definitve HD versions of the Original Trilogy, just waiting for ROTJ now.

All Adywan's HD stuff is sourced from the German Premier HD versions, don't worry though, they are in English.

 

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You should be able to get these if you're on Astraweb or Giganews.  Alternatively there are torrents available for both on Demonoid and TPB.

Yes they're both colour corrected by Adywan (a mighty fine job too).  Also they have corrected 5.1 audio.  In my opinion these are the definitve HD versions of the Original Trilogy, just waiting for ROTJ now.

All Adywan's HD stuff is sourced from the German Premier HD versions, don't worry though, they are in English.

 

That should be good! But in 2004, there were some mistakes.  Example:
Saber

 These mistakes aren't here in these versions?

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thorr said:

They are still there, and if you have giganews you can get them (see newzleech.com and search for adywan).

 

 No, they aren't for me, download is not working, they are too old.

And:
- Are these 2 versions color corrected by Adywan?  Because I'll just download them only for that.  I've seen other HD versions, are they the same?
- Where are these versions from?  The 1997 or the 2004 DVD?  Or just an other one?

yes they are both colour corrected by me. ANH is the 2004 version but Han is the only one that shoots and it contains the 1997 theatrical 5.1 audio mix taken from the laserdiscs. ESB is the 1997 SE theatrical version with the original Emperor & the 1997 theatrical 5.1 audio mix.

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That should be good! But in 2004, there were some mistakes.  Example:
Saber

 These mistakes aren't here in these versions?

I haven't done ROTJ yet but the colour correction mistakes will be corrected in my version

 

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Can anyone help me?  These inspired me to go out and get a PS3(I wanted one anyway, I swear) and I still cant get a version worth watching.  

My IMAC G5 has failed mid-burn with 4 DL discs so I gave up on that (I was just burning the ISO right to the disc and burning like a data disc).  I then put the ISO right on my external hard drive and of course the PS3 wouldnt recognize anything on that (I guess I would need to reformat...Fats or something...whatever) so then I spent 40 bucks on a converter program (AVCWare Mac Video Converter) in an attempt to convert it to a DVD format so I could at least Burn it as a standard DVD on popcorn.  Well 10 hours later I converted it to DVD format but it only created a VOB, not the Video_TS folder that I had anticipated.  Popcorn wont recognize the VOB so I stalled on that.  I then just tried to put the VOB file on the PS3 because I read they can play those but the movie stutters and is cropped (not full wide screen).....I think I abused the green too much in my 20s cuz as much I try to research these things I just end up clueless and frustrated.   What generous soul can offer some advice?

Stace