That’s what it’s all about. I’m pretty excited to show my as yet non-existent children Star Wars–someday!
I burn the AVCHD versions to DL-DVDs and am as happy as a clam. They look great on my 50" television. I use the DVD-5 version to create tablet rips with Handbrake. I should have been a little more patient, waited for the DVD-5 to hit the Spleen (no one is forcing me to use JDownloader, after all!) but ROTJ is my favorite Star Wars film. I’m excited, and I want every possible version of these preservations…
Also, thanks again for your help. It’ll be finished downloading shortly.
I agree - it was a great moment in their life (and mine to introduce them to the movies). My motivation for finding Harmy was showing them the 2004 SW - and my wife and I both cringing at the CGI and Han shooting second. From that moment on I was on a mission - little did I know I lived under a rock. LOL. I still laugh at my daughter being disappointed that Leia chose Han…we had to have that talk about brother and sister relationships. It was too cute. You will be there someday too. I just have the benefit of taking them to the new ones in the theaters too!
Can you explain to me a little more what you are doing with the DVD5 versions - you’re creating files for you iPhpne? How does that work? I’ve got the iPhone 6S Plus.
Sure! I open the VIDEO_TS folders in Handbrake, and then create versions that can, A) be played via USB on my Sony BD player, and B) load on my iPhone 6.
I utilize the following settings:
[VIDEO OPTIONS]
MP4 File
Average Bitrate (kbps): 2800
2-Pass Encoding
Paste this in additional options: cabac=0:ref=2:me=umh:bframes=0:weightp=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0😒ubq=6
(That code string apparently helps to quell the issues with how reds bloom more when compressed, or some such thing! But use it, it does improve the picture I believe.)
[AUDIO OPTIONS]
You will have two tracks; the first will be what allows the file to play with audio on an iPhone, the second is a 5.1 pass-through (totally optional, but I like even my movies played through USB to have surround audio)
TRACK 1
Codec: AAC Core Audio - Mixdown: Dolby Pro Logic II - Sample Rate: Auto - Bitrate: 160
TRACK 2
Codec: AC3 - Mixdown: 5.1 Channels - Sample Rate: Auto - Bitrate: 640 (or 448, whatevs.)
And name the chapters if you’re feeling crazy–they appear when the file is played on the iPhone, which is fun.
That’s the long and short of it. This method yields files that look great (as great as up-converted DVDs can) on my 50" television. I actually watched my rip of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. last night, and it looked great.
Let me know if you have questions!