Long time lurker here. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their efforts in this project,,especially you Harmy - amazing job.
I have a few myspleen invites, if somebody is interested.
Hey Harmy,
Is there a breakdown of all the changes you made to your remastered version of Star Wars? I remember you had originally released a powerpoint presentation along with the initial release of the despecialized edition, but didn't see one for this remastered version. Thanks.
Mike
What do I have to do to get the AVCHD on disc, having a Mac (my main goal being to create an .ISO)?
It already is ISO.
EDIT: I'm a foolish man. Found it; burning now. Harmy, this is stunning.
Hurm... When I un-rarred everything, a BDMV folder was created. I was a little confused, too, when it wasn't an .ISO (as I recall you making that known to us all.)
Whats this thing called on uloz.to? I can't find it there.
Harmy,
I assume that audio will be fixed for the Blu-ray release?
Any idea when we can expect that version?
Thanks!! :)
I was going to ask for the AVCHD SHA-1, but that's moot now. But, whenever the fixed audio version is uploaded, it would be cool if you can also post the SHA-1 hash here. Thanks!
Anyone know if the stereo version of Hairy_Hen's audio is affected by this problem?
Hal 9000 said:
Anyone know if the stereo version of Hairy_Hen's audio is affected by this problem?
The audio options include all three 1977 mixes; the original 70mm six-track was recreated by hairy_hen, the original stereo
mix was captured from LaserDisc and the original mono mix was restored by Belbucus.
Thank you! I thought it was a re-downmix of his surround mix.
Actually, most of h_h's work was done in stereo using the 93 mix PCM, then that got a release and then it was upmixed and the LFE chanel was in the upmix was replaced with one that h_h made. OPr at least that's what I understand. Anyway, the stereo soundtrack listed there isn't h_h's mix at all, it's the original stereo captured from LD. I am afraid it may have been affected as well, becuase the problem apparently happened during AC3 encoding and I got the 77 stereo and mono mixes AC3 from h_h as well.
Okay, I think I figured out what the problem was. My AC3 encoder has adjustable settings for dealing with the high frequency cutoff point, and I seem to have inadvertently done this wrongly. The AC3 format's lossy compression throws away the most detail in the highs, I believe, and the range is dependent on the bitrate used, so that's probably why it was so noticeable in the 448 but the 640 came through mostly unscathed.
I've encoded the mix over again at both bitrates, this time with correct settings, and the sound quality is much better as it should be. I'll be uploading them shortly, and the links will be posted in my thread—I highly recommend that anyone who downloaded the faulty tracks delete them and replace them with the new ones once they're up. I'm not sure if the stereo and mono I provided were also affected, but just to be safe I'll do them over as well.
Again, really sorry about this error. I can't even begin to describe how embarrassed I was when I noticed it, but I guess that's what I get for not listening closely enough. My classes were starting up, and I was trying to finish everything before that happened, but . . . oh well. At least it was something relatively easy to fix, anyway.
So the MKV is fine and does not need to have any audio fixes (aside from the sync that was resolved), and this only effects the AVCHD?
It’s really sad when the “creative minds” behind something we hold dear are also guilty of its destruction.
I hope to see that lossless 5.1 uploaded as well hairy_hen.
I don't know if it's related, but the 5.1 sound on my DVD-5 would occasionally make a weird static blurp (always in the same places; it did it twice during the opening crawl)... so I muxed in the mix I had from Dark Jedi's v3 and that seemed to work fine. But at the same time my DVD player has been acting strange lately (all my Samsung products seem to be turning against me) so I'm not sure if it's some compatibility issue or my player being an ass, or if it was actually in the mix. But since it's being re-encoded anyway I'll try it again with the new file and see what happens.
Quick ? even though I have the GOUT(2006 DVD) and not the Blu-ray can I still download the remastered version?
One day we will have properly restored versions of the Original Unaltered Trilogy (OUT); or 1977, 1980, 1983 Theatrical released versions (Like 4K77,4K80 and 4K83); including Prequels. So that future generations can enjoy these historic films that changed cinema forever.
Yoda: Try not, do or do not, there is no try.
No.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Notes-on-Piracy-Please-Read/forum/17/topic/13347/
TV's Frink said:
No.
Harmy, I watched the AVCHD from start to finish last night. The encode quality is incredible. Really impressive that you've squeezed so much detail into 1/2 the file size. At first I thought I'd wait until the blu-ray to burn copies for friends, but now I think the AVCHD will more than suffice.
You are aware there is a problem with the audio, right? Just wanted to check before you burnt copies for your friends... :)
Hairy_hen, I'm pretty sure the stereo track was indeed affected. Check your pm's.
Off topic: Canofhumdingers, did you notice that your signature glitch was missing from this release? :D
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