Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released) — Page 100

And Happy 100th Page, Harmy!

You check into whether it is still under warranty?  (Not that I'd wait for that whole process to get a backup drive, but you could end up with an extra one for quite cheap...)

I can see your point, the freezing thing is really only a desperate measure for if there's something you really want to retrieve.  If this is purely a backup drive and you're not missing anything, I'd say eat the cost of a new hard drive for your immediate needs while you process the warranty (for what will end up an extra drive).  Granted, you might want to try deleting whatever data the drive will let you before sending it back, as you don't know what they'll do with your original platters (yes a zero wipe would be preferable, but any amount of deleting is better than nothing).

When you get a new HDD, buy two and send one loaded with backup files to someone you trust. ;)

Harmy said:

Well, I can't really afford a new HDD right now, but I think I should be able to backup the most essential DeEd files on the remaining HDD I already have - the lossless renders, if nothing else.

Depending on the manufacturer, sometimes they'll offer a cross-ship option on drives under warranty. You basically give them a credit card number, and they send you a new drive right away. Then you have something like 30 days to get the old drive back to them, and they only charge your card if you don't send it back in that time frame. I know I've done that with Western Digital drives before.

Sorry to hear about the HDD problems.

I just watched 2.0 with my gf and I couldn't even think about checking for errors, it was so mesmerizing. Thank you so much Harmy (again)! 

cain spaans said:

only one problem with the 5.1 audio track at the beggining on Hoth it sounded like the track was reverberating and I wonder if that mistake can be fixed.

 What in the world does this mean??

hairy_hen, actually, while "reverberating" is not the word I'd use, I thought I did pick up (on the 5.1 track) some clipping and distortion during parts of the Hoth battle and in particular during the Luke/Vader duel. I hadn't mentioned it before now, mainly out of laziness b/c I thought someone else would.  

In any event, I could be be wrong, but I have a pretty decent 5.1 system, and I'm pretty sure there was something going on there at the higher end during some laster blasts/explosions and lightsaber clashes I hadn't heard before (it was only on a few occassions). Then again, it may be nothing. I'll try to check it out tonight and get back to you with some exact timestamps.

Thanks for your amazing work on these tracks, BTW. To me these audio restorations are at least as valuable as the video, and I've been blown away by how good they sound.

To save some heartache, perhaps anyone reporting audio problems on a certain track should compare against the other mixes first (and mention this).  If it exists across the board, then it probably is supposed to be that way, and not worth h_h having to track down, but if it does seem unique to a track, exact timestamps would be helpful, as Nick66 said.

And while there's also talk about colors, brightness, contrast, etc., it does come to mind that during the duel, most notably around when Luke is herded into the carbon freezing chamber, Vader's features were a bit more difficult to make out than I expected.  Overall I liked the feel of the whole scene, but have to wonder if the blacks ended up a bit more crushed than they needed to be.  I've only watched that scene on one display, so I may have judged hastily, but that was my impression.

Willing to contribute if it will help get you what you need Harmy. Just saying.

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Watched it. It looks superb man, top notch work as usual.

 C'mon, you can't come back to the forum with such a boring post.

Danfun128 said:

too much information.....

 "I could stand to hear more" -- Jayne Cobb