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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released) — Page 431

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I think he's more concerned that he's been providing people with the unfixed version.

Nearsighted Scrappile, the myspleen version is fine, and there are no duplicates.  There were checksums posted a few pages back.

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Leonardo said:

Don't worry about it, Frink's an old man.

True.  In my day, Showtime was a premium cable channel and SMB was Super Mario Bros.

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Harmy, can you setup a timetable for any upcoming versions, including the AVCHD of v2.5?

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Yeah, something about the VOB burn engine (which is enabled by default) can result in these unnecessarily long burn times.

In the case of another user experience I read about, it even said that his burn completed without errors, but he was unable to play his disc. At least it wasn't a total waste for me.

 

Harmy said:

Wow, 5 hours? It never took me more than half an hour to burn a BD25.

 

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When I burned my Verbatim BD25 at 2x, it took about 40 minutes. I did use ImageBurn and I ran a verify pass to look for errors.

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Thanks, now I know what to expect.

waspattck said:

When I burned my Verbatim BD25 at 2x, it took about 40 minutes. I did use ImageBurn and I ran a verify pass to look for errors.

 

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Yeah, with verifying it will take around 40 minutes. I only ever had one bad BD burn with imgburn and that was my fault, because I didn't notice a fingerprint on the blank disc and the burner didn't write in that area.

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Hi all, been following this thread for some time. Congrats on the release. Still downloading here.

Harmy/hairy_hen:
Just a friendly heads-up: The mono flac file that was posted is slightly clipped in a few spots. I doubt it's audible, but if an EQ is used during playback there may be further peaking.

Anyway, I did a gentle restoration here which resulted in peak levels of +0.9dB, after which I reduced the entire audio by -1.0dB for a fairly standard peak level of -0.1dB. So, smoothed the peaks and compensated the final level.

Of course, nothing is better than working from original sources, so perhaps a slight correction could be added to the to-do list for future revisions. It would seem that an extra 1dB of headroom should be sufficient.

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Just popped in to say a huge THANK YOU! to Harmy (and Hairy Hen and everyone else who had anything to do with this) for your continued valiant efforts and persistence in fighting the good fight. Thanks to you, my kids can enjoy the same Star Wars I grew up with in excellent quality.

The only thing I thought it was missing was an isolated score audio track, but then again it was easy enough to splice it in myself (and of course it was never part of the original theatrical experience anyway ;)

The Force will be with you, always!

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Bobocop said:

The only thing I thought it was missing was an isolated score audio track, but then again it was easy enough to splice it in myself (and of course it was never part of the original theatrical experience anyway ;)

 

Which version do you have?  2.5 actually does have an isolated score track included.

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Farid said:

Harmy, can you setup a timetable for any upcoming versions, including the AVCHD of v2.5?

Well a lot of people here would like to see a release in time for the holiday season, which would put it out right around the time Adywan releases Empire Revisited so that would be a nice treat if it all comes together then. So far however it appears that we might not see a release until early 2014, the main obstacle at the moment being finding the right Blu-ray authoring program that is both affordable and does not have audio track limits and other such limitations. Some member of the forums have offered support for the Blu-ray authoring but it is not clear how that will turn out. Another obstacle is that there seems to be some issues with the 2.5 that Harmy released, whether the issue is on Harmy's end or on the user end remains to be fully sussed out. The special features are also still in the making, some old archival videos will need to be collected, Harmy needs to produce some original documentary content and some members have offered their voices for the docs as well.

I would say that although a holiday release would be ideal if we want to be realistic I would say to wait until 2014 before we get any concrete estimates.

I don't mind waiting Harmy has done more for the Star Wars community than we could have ever dreamed of, I look forward to the time when Harmy's name will appear in history books talking about the preservation efforts of late 20th/ early 21st century films :)

 

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Cobra Kai said:

Bobocop said:

The only thing I thought it was missing was an isolated score audio track, but then again it was easy enough to splice it in myself (and of course it was never part of the original theatrical experience anyway ;)

 

Which version do you have?  2.5 actually does have an isolated score track included.

I love the isolated score it gives the film a very different feel to it I love it. I hope that hairy_hen will do an IS for Empire and Jedi that would be awesome

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Cobra Kai said:

Bobocop said:

The only thing I thought it was missing was an isolated score audio track, but then again it was easy enough to splice it in myself (and of course it was never part of the original theatrical experience anyway ;)

 

Which version do you have?  2.5 actually does have an isolated score track included.

Eh...... yeah. V2.5

"TRACK 20) 2.0 Dolby Digital [Isolated Score] (Compiled by hairy_hen)"

Excuse me while I clean the egg off my face...

(See? This is what happens when I try to do this sort of thing while 3 kids are terrorizing the house all around me)

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michaelkirschner said:

Another obstacle is that there seems to be some issues with the 2.5 that Harmy released, whether the issue is on Harmy's end or on the user end remains to be fully sussed out.

On the off chance this is partially referring to my comment about the mono audio track, be assured that 325 total lightly clipped audio samples out of 48,000 per second is more of an issue on paper than in practice. I still would like to see that fixed, but it doesn't qualify as tarnish on the release, in my opinion. More of an FYI, audio nerd to audio nerd.

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The flac, which was posted here is not what's in the released mkv. Have you checked that out yet?

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Maybe I misread; I took it as being a lossless version of the DTS-HD MA mono track. I have not checked the levels on that, no, but I am watching as we speak and it's really great. ;)

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If there is clipping in the mono track, it certainly wasn't caused by me.  It looks like a very mild limiter was used to prevent it from exceeding digital maximum, but perhaps it didn't fully prevent it on every single sample.  In any case, it's so brief that some software may not even report it as clipping to begin with, and anyone who says they can hear it is probably a liar.

The DTS version in the mkv should read a peak level of -3.2, since that's how much I lowered it to level-match with the other audio tracks.  Proper dithering was used to ensure that no quantization distortion was introduced by the gain change (POW-R with noise shape setting number 1, in case that makes any difference).

I'm glad to hear the isolated score is being enjoyed . . . I'm rather pleased with it myself.  ;)  It isn't lossless here but it probably will be for the eventual Bluray version (dark_jedi already has it this way for Project Blu), though at 320 kbps you'd be hard-pressed to tell it apart from a WAV most of the time.

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Indeed, I agree that if it's audible then we're talking to Superman. The DTS version being -3.2dB, there's no risk of additional clipping by a digital EQ, so we're golden. Thanks for attention to the audio, it certainly matters!

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hairy_hen said:

If there is clipping in the mono track, it certainly wasn't caused by me.  It looks like a very mild limiter was used to prevent it from exceeding digital maximum, but perhaps it didn't fully prevent it on every single sample.  In any case, it's so brief that some software may not even report it as clipping to begin with, and anyone who says they can hear it is probably a liar.

To be clear, are you talking about the original Belbucus restored mono here?

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hairy_hen said:

It isn't lossless here but it probably will be for the eventual Bluray version (dark_jedi already has it this way for Project Blu), though at 320 kbps you'd be hard-pressed to tell it apart from a WAV most of the time.

All of the time, if you ask me ...

... and if I'm being contentious.

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Chewtobacca said:

I think he's more concerned that he's been providing people with the unfixed version.

Nearsighted Scrappile, the myspleen version is fine, and there are no duplicates.  There were checksums posted a few pages back.

Thanks mate and yes you are right about my concern. I'll make sure to get the corrected one shared and the old one nixed once I get it from the Spleen. I find it ironic that someone who likes a band called The Strokes asked me if I freak out much, LOL.

It’s really sad when the “creative minds” behind something we hold dear are also guilty of its destruction.

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Are you sure you have the wrong version?

Nearsighted Scrappile said:                                October 7, 2013
2:48 PM

Yep, the 45:37 glitch happens for me as well. I am pulling my torrent.

 

 

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Nearsighted Scrappile said:

Chewtobacca said:

I think he's more concerned that he's been providing people with the unfixed version.

Nearsighted Scrappile, the myspleen version is fine, and there are no duplicates.  There were checksums posted a few pages back.

Thanks mate and yes you are right about my concern. I'll make sure to get the corrected one shared and the old one nixed once I get it from the Spleen. I find it ironic that someone who likes a band called The Strokes asked me if I freak out much, LOL.

I checked the MD5 on your work here and it matches. No glitch that I can perceive at the specified time.

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File size different but the MD5 matches?
What are the odds?

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