Will an MKV of v1.5 (non-branching '77 crawl, of course) be in order, since the subtitle sync in the BD structure is the only issue with the release?
Making an MKV from the BD is straightforward. You can use mkvtoolnix-gui or makemkv beta. Both are “drag and drop” operations.
I have no doubt as to the simplicity of the operation. I was just curious if an official MKV was to be released, because I’m sure that many people alongside myself would end up putting it in an MKV anyway, for muxing different audio tracks, etc. I just thought I’d ask if it was in the plans. 😄
Nope, this will be it for official releases. We’ll give you the highest quality, most fully featured version we can, but it’s up to you guys to create a BD 25, an mkv, a DVD9, a DVD5, an mp4 or even that VCD version you’ve been secretly wanting. Creating the blu-ray was a lot of work - seriously - weeks and weeks, but as RU.08 points out, generating other formats from that is really quite straightforward.
A note for those who will actually be re-encoding the video: gme4 pointed out earlier in the thread that the black bars actually have a little blue in them (0,0,13) from about 31 seconds in. Unfortunately, I had already completed the 2 day re-encode required to correct the reel change cue marks at the end of the 3rd reel when this was pointed out, so it did not get fixed. However, if you are re-encoding anyway, you can fix it by simply cropping out the old (not quite) black bars and adding new ones if you need them…
Nevermind, there was an ugly visual glitch that requires a full re-encode, so I’ll fix this too at the same time.