Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released) — Page 551

iamsometal said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

And every time there's a new release...there's a new article about Harmy...

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/star-wars-original-trilogy-blu-ray-coming-its-your-duty-pirate-them-instead-464423

 These kinds of articles really piss me off.  Crap like this that encourages piracy outright is really damaging to the public image of people like Harmy who make no money from their incredible efforts and stress their policy of all downloaders buying the officially licensed material before downloading fan-edits and preservations. 

Thanks. Burned a few brain cells on the comment section there.  

Comments were blocked at work so I wasn't even tempted.  That bad, huh?

iamsometal said:

Comments were blocked at work so I wasn't even tempted.  That bad, huh?

 Oh, just an armchair lawyer yelling that the writer of that article should (and can legally) be jailed for inciting a crime.

Hey. So, I'm kind of a Star Wars newbie. I first watched the original trilogy in May and loved them. (Had more mixed feelings about the prequels but whatever) But it occurred to me that some of the special effects were really out of place (ANH in particular), I found out that Han should have shot first, and I also thought that that weird as heck song in ROTJ was CLEARLY not the original, and obvously Hayden Christensen shouldn't have been the Force ghost at the end. When I found out that George Lucas had made all these somewhat unnecessary changes, I was... perplexed, to say the least.

I REALLY want to see the original cuts of these films. I found out that there IS a DVD you can buy, a limited edition from around the mid 00's, that has the original versions. But apparently the quality on them is absolutely abysmal.

BUT! Then I heard about these Despecialised Editions! And I got so excited! But I have no idea how to get them. I know it's a download and it involves burning some discs. But how, exactly? I don't know the first thing about burning things onto discs.

I've heard of some people pirating these, but I really don't want to steal something that has had so much time and love put into it. So...what do I do?

Oh, and is this disc-burning thing just for Blu-Ray? Or could it be played on DVD? I don't have a Blu-Ray player.

Leonardo said:

As for you last question, short answer, you can watch it on your computer. It won't work on a regular dvd player, wrong format.

 There are DVD5 versions of all three films as well.

Leonardo said:

Hello and welcome! You're in the right place. Nice username.

I've heard of some people pirating these, but I really don't want to steal something that has had so much time and love put into it. So...what do I do?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. You mean you want to watch the Despecialized but you don't wanna "pirate" it? 

 I'm pretty sure he means just getting these in the most legal way possible. Harmy's recommendation is to purchase the Blu Rays (and maybe the official DVDs, but I'm not sure). That way you own the bulk of the sources that he used that are available. After that, you can torrent these. If you Google well enough, you can find the torrents very easily.

Wazzles said:

Leonardo said:

Hello and welcome! You're in the right place. Nice username.

I've heard of some people pirating these, but I really don't want to steal something that has had so much time and love put into it. So...what do I do?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. You mean you want to watch the Despecialized but you don't wanna "pirate" it? 

 I'm pretty sure he means just getting these in the most legal way possible. Harmy's recommendation is to purchase the Blu Rays (and maybe the official DVDs, but I'm not sure). That way you own the bulk of the sources that he used that are available. After that, you can torrent these. If you Google well enough, you can find the torrents very easily.

This is what I meant, but I heard that since that this was classified as a fan-edit, putting it up for sale in exchange for money was illegal. And I watched a video on YouTube explaining how to do this (via MySpleen.org, but the explanation doesn't seem feasible anymore) - and the guy said that pirating it would also be illegal. Honestly, I've never done this sort of thing before, so I don't really have a freaking clue what I'm doing.

Oh, and is there a version available for DVD if I were to burn it to a disc? Unfortunately we don't own a Blu-Ray player and I haven't been able to convince my family to get one thus far.

beyourowndensity said:

Wazzles said:

Leonardo said:

Hello and welcome! You're in the right place. Nice username.

I've heard of some people pirating these, but I really don't want to steal something that has had so much time and love put into it. So...what do I do?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. You mean you want to watch the Despecialized but you don't wanna "pirate" it? 

 I'm pretty sure he means just getting these in the most legal way possible. Harmy's recommendation is to purchase the Blu Rays (and maybe the official DVDs, but I'm not sure). That way you own the bulk of the sources that he used that are available. After that, you can torrent these. If you Google well enough, you can find the torrents very easily.

This is what I meant, but I heard that since that this was classified as a fan-edit, putting it up for sale in exchange for money was illegal. And I watched a video on YouTube explaining how to do this (via MySpleen.org, but the explanation doesn't seem feasible anymore) - and the guy said that pirating it would also be illegal. Honestly, I've never done this sort of thing before, so I don't really have a freaking clue what I'm doing.

Oh, and is there a version available for DVD if I were to burn it to a disc? Unfortunately we don't own a Blu-Ray player and I haven't been able to convince my family to get one thus far.

 "You must do what you feel is right."

Harmy wants people to own the Blurays because he wants to make sure his work isn't causing a loss of sales for Lucasfilm. If you don't even own a blu-ray player, I personally would see no moral problem with you buying the DVDs instead. Especially if you end up burning the film to DVD. In fact, I believe fanedit.org's policy (not Harmy, but similar standards) is that you own at least the resolution of the fanedit. So, do what you feel is right, and if it's not exactly what others do, but some variation, just keep it to yourself. No one goes around quizzing people on their official discs here. But there are some people who go as far as proudly brag about how they never have or never will buy anything official, but love this or that fanedit. We tend to grab our pitchforks and relentlessly chew them out.

There is no perfectly legal way of doing this. But there are indeed DVD versions on torrent sites that you can burn to a standard DVD-R.

towne32 said:

beyourowndensity said:

Wazzles said:

Leonardo said:

Hello and welcome! You're in the right place. Nice username.

I've heard of some people pirating these, but I really don't want to steal something that has had so much time and love put into it. So...what do I do?

I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. You mean you want to watch the Despecialized but you don't wanna "pirate" it? 

 I'm pretty sure he means just getting these in the most legal way possible. Harmy's recommendation is to purchase the Blu Rays (and maybe the official DVDs, but I'm not sure). That way you own the bulk of the sources that he used that are available. After that, you can torrent these. If you Google well enough, you can find the torrents very easily.

This is what I meant, but I heard that since that this was classified as a fan-edit, putting it up for sale in exchange for money was illegal. And I watched a video on YouTube explaining how to do this (via MySpleen.org, but the explanation doesn't seem feasible anymore) - and the guy said that pirating it would also be illegal. Honestly, I've never done this sort of thing before, so I don't really have a freaking clue what I'm doing.

Oh, and is there a version available for DVD if I were to burn it to a disc? Unfortunately we don't own a Blu-Ray player and I haven't been able to convince my family to get one thus far.

 "You must do what you feel is right."

Harmy wants people to own the Blurays because he wants to make sure his work isn't causing a loss of sales for Lucasfilm. If you don't even own a blu-ray player, I personally would see no moral problem with you buying the DVDs instead. Especially if you end up burning the film to DVD. In fact, I believe fanedit.org's policy (not Harmy, but similar standards) is that you own at least the resolution of the fanedit. So, do what you feel is right, and if it's not exactly what others do, but some variation, just keep it to yourself. No one goes around quizzing people on their official discs here. But there are some people who go as far as proudly brag about how they never have or never will buy anything official, but love this or that fanedit. We tend to grab our pitchforks and relentlessly chew them out.

There is no perfectly legal way of doing this. But there are indeed DVD versions on torrent sites that you can burn to a standard DVD-R.

Okay. Okay, that sort of clears it up for me. Thank you. What remains a mystery to me now is this: where do I get the Despecialised Editions for DVD, and how do I burn them to discs? What kind of discs do I need, as well as equipment/programmes? Some help from any of the experts on here would be most appreciated, because I have NEVER done something like this before.

"No one goes around quizzing people on their official discs here."

We should start. Everyone upload a picture of your official discs next to your fan edits next to your local newspaper with today's date! 

After purchasing the retail versions of the films:

Download the .iso files from wherever you can find them.  You'll need to burn them to Verbatim DVD+R DL discs.  There's a helpful video on youtube that will walk you through the process.  Just search "How to get Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray."  Ignore the blu-ray in the title, this video will explain how to burn to DVD+R DL discs.

iamsometal said:

After purchasing the retail versions of the films:

Download the .iso files from wherever you can find them.  You'll need to burn them to Verbatim DVD+R DL discs.  There's a helpful video on youtube that will walk you through the process.  Just search "How to get Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray."  Ignore the blu-ray in the title, this video will explain how to burn to DVD+R DL discs.

 I'm not super familiar with the DVDs, so density can ignore me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DVD-DL an AVCHD? And wouldn't that be of no use to him without a blu-ray player?

I thought the only native DVD versions were DVD5s, but I could certainly be wrong. Anyway, the main point of this is good. Density, you can google to find torrents of the DVD versions of despecialized. And google how to use torrents if you're not familiar. Once downloaded, use imgburn to burn it to a blank DVD (the above discussion was whether or not you need a single or double layer DVD - I'm not sure). You might find a ".iso" file as described above, or it might be a folder full of files. I've only seen the latter for the DVD5 Harmy releases. Either way, imgburn can do it and google has anything that we might be leaving out of these posts. 

towne32 said:

iamsometal said:

After purchasing the retail versions of the films:

Download the .iso files from wherever you can find them.  You'll need to burn them to Verbatim DVD+R DL discs.  There's a helpful video on youtube that will walk you through the process.  Just search "How to get Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray."  Ignore the blu-ray in the title, this video will explain how to burn to DVD+R DL discs.

 I'm not super familiar with the DVDs, so density can ignore me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DVD-DL an AVCHD? And wouldn't that be of no use to him without a blu-ray player?

I thought the only native DVD versions were DVD5s, but I could certainly be wrong. Anyway, the main point of this is good. Density, you can google to find torrents of the DVD versions of despecialized. And google how to use torrents if you're not familiar. Once downloaded, use imgburn to burn it to a blank DVD (the above discussion was whether or not you need a single or double layer DVD - I'm not sure). You might find a ".iso" file as described above, or it might be a folder full of files. I've only seen the latter for the DVD5 Harmy releases. Either way, imgburn can do it and google has anything that we might be leaving out of these posts. 

 Wait, what is meant by "after purchasing the retail versions of the films"? I already have the Special Editions, are the retail movies required for me to download the Despecialised versions? And are there certain types of discs I can use to make the DVDs higher quality without making them unusable on a DVD player? (to add further confusion to the "which disc" argument)

I'm a girl, by the way. Just putting that out there. XD

beyourowndensity said:

towne32 said:

iamsometal said:

After purchasing the retail versions of the films:

Download the .iso files from wherever you can find them.  You'll need to burn them to Verbatim DVD+R DL discs.  There's a helpful video on youtube that will walk you through the process.  Just search "How to get Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray."  Ignore the blu-ray in the title, this video will explain how to burn to DVD+R DL discs.

 I'm not super familiar with the DVDs, so density can ignore me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DVD-DL an AVCHD? And wouldn't that be of no use to him without a blu-ray player?

I thought the only native DVD versions were DVD5s, but I could certainly be wrong. Anyway, the main point of this is good. Density, you can google to find torrents of the DVD versions of despecialized. And google how to use torrents if you're not familiar. Once downloaded, use imgburn to burn it to a blank DVD (the above discussion was whether or not you need a single or double layer DVD - I'm not sure). You might find a ".iso" file as described above, or it might be a folder full of files. I've only seen the latter for the DVD5 Harmy releases. Either way, imgburn can do it and google has anything that we might be leaving out of these posts. 

 Wait, what is meant by "after purchasing the retail versions of the films"? I already have the Special Editions, are the retail movies required for me to download the Despecialised versions? And are there certain types of discs I can use to make the DVDs higher quality without making them unusable on a DVD player? (to add further confusion to the "which disc" argument)

I'm a girl, by the way. Just putting that out there. XD

 Sorry, I think I overlooked the fact that you had the Special Editions. We just like to make sure that new members understand that purchasing official versions is important. They are not needed in a technical manner in any way for this.

As far as types of discs, it all depends. Dr. Dinkins is right that a blu-ray player is ideal, but oh well. Does your computer happen to have an HDMI out port? If so, that's a very easy way to watch a high quality version on a TV and avoid discs. DVDs will obviously be standard definition. Quality of media actually matters a lot, especially for crappier lasers. Verbatim discs are the ideal way to go for DVD-R. I prefer DVD-R over +R, but either should work. Unless someone corrects my previous post, you actually want single layer discs if you don't have a blu-ray player. 

Obviously, make sure you have a DVD burner and not just a read-only drive.

beyourowndensity said:

towne32 said:

iamsometal said:

After purchasing the retail versions of the films:

Download the .iso files from wherever you can find them.  You'll need to burn them to Verbatim DVD+R DL discs.  There's a helpful video on youtube that will walk you through the process.  Just search "How to get Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray."  Ignore the blu-ray in the title, this video will explain how to burn to DVD+R DL discs.

 I'm not super familiar with the DVDs, so density can ignore me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DVD-DL an AVCHD? And wouldn't that be of no use to him without a blu-ray player?

I thought the only native DVD versions were DVD5s, but I could certainly be wrong. Anyway, the main point of this is good. Density, you can google to find torrents of the DVD versions of despecialized. And google how to use torrents if you're not familiar. Once downloaded, use imgburn to burn it to a blank DVD (the above discussion was whether or not you need a single or double layer DVD - I'm not sure). You might find a ".iso" file as described above, or it might be a folder full of files. I've only seen the latter for the DVD5 Harmy releases. Either way, imgburn can do it and google has anything that we might be leaving out of these posts. 

 Wait, what is meant by "after purchasing the retail versions of the films"? I already have the Special Editions, are the retail movies required for me to download the Despecialised versions? And are there certain types of discs I can use to make the DVDs higher quality without making them unusable on a DVD player? (to add further confusion to the "which disc" argument)

I'm a girl, by the way. Just putting that out there. XD

 Yeah, the purchasing retail versions first is just our honor system.  The only available retail versions are the special editions, so if you own those, you're all set.

And you will need a blu-ray disc player that is AVCHD compatible to play the discs.  A PS3 will play AVCHD on both on disc or from a thumbdrive, for example.

The specific disc you'll need is Verbatim's DVD+DL, since it is the highest capacity blank burnable DVD media available, the Despecialized Trilogy discs are formatted to fit on those discs.  

If you own a Playstation 3, you can watch a higher quality version by downloading the MKV 17gb files and following the formatting instructions on page 1 of this thread, convert that file to an AVCHD and just transfer it to a thumbdrive.  The PS3 will then stream it directly from the thumbdrive.  It's a near-blu-ray experience, with fantastic 720p video and DTS-HD MA lossless audio track.

Stinky-Dinkins said:

iamsometal said:

beyourowndensity said:

towne32 said:

iamsometal said:

After purchasing the retail versions of the films:

Download the .iso files from wherever you can find them.  You'll need to burn them to Verbatim DVD+R DL discs.  There's a helpful video on youtube that will walk you through the process.  Just search "How to get Original Unaltered Star Wars Trilogy on Blu-ray."  Ignore the blu-ray in the title, this video will explain how to burn to DVD+R DL discs.

 I'm not super familiar with the DVDs, so density can ignore me if I'm wrong, but isn't the DVD-DL an AVCHD? And wouldn't that be of no use to him without a blu-ray player?

I thought the only native DVD versions were DVD5s, but I could certainly be wrong. Anyway, the main point of this is good. Density, you can google to find torrents of the DVD versions of despecialized. And google how to use torrents if you're not familiar. Once downloaded, use imgburn to burn it to a blank DVD (the above discussion was whether or not you need a single or double layer DVD - I'm not sure). You might find a ".iso" file as described above, or it might be a folder full of files. I've only seen the latter for the DVD5 Harmy releases. Either way, imgburn can do it and google has anything that we might be leaving out of these posts. 

 Wait, what is meant by "after purchasing the retail versions of the films"? I already have the Special Editions, are the retail movies required for me to download the Despecialised versions? And are there certain types of discs I can use to make the DVDs higher quality without making them unusable on a DVD player? (to add further confusion to the "which disc" argument)

I'm a girl, by the way. Just putting that out there. XD

 Yeah, the purchasing retail versions first is just our honor system.  The only available retail versions are the special editions, so if you own those, you're all set.

And you will need a blu-ray disc player that is AVCHD compatible to play the discs.  A PS3 will play AVCHD on both on disc or from a thumbdrive, for example.

The specific disc you'll need is Verbatim's DVD+DL, since it is the highest capacity blank burnable DVD media available, the Despecialized Trilogy discs are formatted to fit on those discs.  

If you own a Playstation 3, you can watch a higher quality version by downloading the MKV 17gb files and following the formatting instructions on page 1 of this thread, convert that file to an AVCHD and just transfer it to a thumbdrive.  The PS3 will then stream it directly from the thumbdrive.  It's a near-blu-ray experience, with fantastic 720p video and DTS-HD MA lossless audio track.

 I think she's looking for the DVD5 version for playback on a DVD player, not the AVCHD version (which requires a BD player). No need for DL discs with a DVD5 version.

 Right. I think our metal friend missed the note about no Blu-ray player (and therefore no PS3 we can assume, though that is solid advice for PS3 owners).

Density: Dinkin's link to DVD+Rs on amazon should be the way to go assuming you do have a burner. 

AVCHDs are burned on DVD9 (dual layer DVD) and require a Blu-ray player to watch, but you will also find SD edits that are meant to be burned on a DVD9 and played on a standard DVD player.

The defining trait of the DVD9 is that it can hold more data than a DVD5 (single layer).  Roughly 8gb vs 4 gb.

Step 1: Acquire Ded 2.5 DVD5 versions from website of choice (if you don't know how to torrent, download something like qbittorrent, then download the torrent file). We're not going to tell you the exact site to get it from because that is considered piracy. They are, however, extremely easy to find if you Google them.

Step 2: Use imgburn to burn the files (or ISO) to these discs: http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Branded-Recordable-25-Disc-95033/dp/B0003QIXBY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439409517&sr=8-1&keywords=Verbatim+4.7+GB+up+to+16x+Branded+Recordable+Disc+DVD%2BR+25-Disc+Spindle+95033

Step 3: Insert DVD into player and enjoy!

My tongue is your prize.