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Ripplin
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Star Wars: Renascent *** NOW AVAILABLE!!! ***
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Date created
2-Apr-2010, 6:08 PM

Well, I've finished watching, and...

Good news: The bonus features disc is just fine.

Bad news: Neither the DL or .AVI of the movie can be released right now for technical reasons. (see my very last sentence, though, as it may help explain what I'm about to get into now... :p)

Basically, almost the entirety of the AOTC footage 'stutters.' It's as if 1 or 2 out of every 24 frames (can't tell exactly just looking at it) is being skipped, which isn't too noticeable when there is little movement, but as soon as things start moving (people walking, ships flying, etc...), it sticks out like a sore thumb. Very jerky.

Examples of how often this appears and how much time is involved:

0:01:40 to 0:03:44
0:28:12 to 0:39:46
0:54:35 to 1:08:30
1:17:48 to 1:18:21
1:19:05 to 1:19:19
1:20:05 to 1:21:03
1:38:06 to 1:44:20
2:02:02 to 2:03:26
2:12:43 to 2:20:47
2:25:33 to 2:27:11
2:51:08 to 2:52:58

(times approximate, as some scenes, like the first half of the arena fight, seemed ok, but stuff was moving so chaotically it was hard to tell)

This problem doesn't appear in the TPM or ANH:R footage, which tells me it's not a burn problem. I checked this 'stuttering' issue on my PS2, PS3 and computer, and it showed up on both the DL and .AVI versions in all instances. I watched this on a CRT TV and CRT monitor, but I don't think it makes a difference, especially as there was no problem with the ANH:R footage. Since this edit relies so heavily on AOTC, it's gonna have to be re-encoded or...something. (I dunno the technical stuff) I don't think it's a progressive scan issue or whatever (again, I dunno the technical stuff), but maybe you should check this out for yourself, Asteroid-Man, and see if you can see what I saw.

Sorry about this bad news, and I hope it can be fixed easily enough. If I haven't explained something right, or if you know specifically what's going on, let us know!