THE STAR WARS SAGA - 1080P AVCHD DVD-9 for PS3 & Blu-Ray players - Episodes 1, 4 & 5 available now — Page 3

Rock_ps3avchd said:

Well since this is a thread about the 1080p AVCHD versions, lets drop the dead format discussion. Currently, all 6 eps have been posted in avchd format, just search for the ps3avchd.presents.star.wars in your favorite ng program. I think many of you will be happy with the quality, all mastered from Wookies 12gb versions.

 

To Adywan, I have personally grabbed many of your releases and you do great work, just take a look at these before you release yours. The ps3avchd crew does great work.

mine will be totally different than the Wookiegroomer versions. The OT will be colour corrected, Han shoots first (same as your wookiegroomer version), Boba's original & new voice (selectable), maybe re-rotoscoped lightsabers (still deciding), commentaries, original ESB Emperor restored, Hayden force ghost replaced with original Sebastian Shaw version and maybe some other tweaks. Although, apart from commentaries, the PT will be pretty much the same so i may not bother with those now.

digitalfreaknyc said:

what about those of us who don't "do" newsgroups?

don't worry about that,

i only do torrents...(unless, someone wants go the rapidshare route)..

later

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negative1 said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

what about those of us who don't "do" newsgroups?

 

don't worry about that,

i only do torrents...(unless, someone wants go the rapidshare route)..

later

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Or trades, which I love to do. :)

Ady, I know you mentioned that several of your mates have dead 360s, but does anyone happen to have one working with the HD-DVD player? If they don't have the player, it's dirt cheap now. Might be a good option for testing in the future.

digitalfreaknyc said:

negative1 said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

what about those of us who don't "do" newsgroups?

 

don't worry about that,

i only do torrents...(unless, someone wants go the rapidshare route)..

later

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I'm not looking for HD DVD versions.  I want blu-ray versions.

better look for a trade, but you know what, maybe someone else on this board will put out those versions for you?

later

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just a quick update here..

i've been messing around with HD DVD encoding, and the results are very good,

i've converted three trailers from the SE trilogy over to HD DVD -> burned to DVD-5,

and it worked perfectly, surround sound and all.....(took a while to encode)..

i'm pretty sure i can encode ADYWANs sample.......

and i'm now in the process of encoding Episode IV SE -> HD DVD -> DVD-R 5 first,

and then to HD DVD -> DVR-R DL 9 next.........

i'm learning how to edit the menus, chapters, music etc...........its pretty similar

to doing the menus for DVD's............bluray menus / features have a HUGE learning curve...

later

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digitalfreaknyc said:

What are you using as your master?

i still don't have the wookiegroomer versions yet..

there's 3 other hdtv versions i have....

but i chose this one :

for ep 4 se

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 File     :  7.81 GB (3.81 GB),  duration: 1:59:36,  type: ASF,  1 audio stream(s),  quality: 100 %
 Video :  561 MB,  10233 Kbps,  25 fps,  1920*816 (2.21:1),  WVC1 = Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile,    Supported
 Audio :  335 MB,  392 Kbps,  48000 Hz,  6 channels,  0x162 = Windows Media Audio 10 Professional,    Supported

for one trailer - ep 4 se

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 File     :  68 MB (68 MB),  duration: 0:01:01,  type: ASF,  1 audio stream(s),  quality: 100 %
 Video :  74 MB,  10233 Kbps,  25 fps,  1920*816 (2.21:1),  WVC1 = Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile,    Supported
 Audio :  2.87 MB,  392 Kbps,  48000 Hz,  6 channels,  0x162 = Windows Media Audio 10 Professional,    Supported
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i'm pretty sure they came from .h264 -> .mkv 1080p versions, and were converted over...

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ok, i got a better video analyzer..

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[ About file ]

Name: Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope [Sample].wmv
Date: 20/07/2008 21:42:13
Size: 72,117,043 bytes (68.776 MB)

[ Generic infos ]

Play duration: 00:01:00 (60.242 s)
Container type: ASF/WMV
Creation time: 6/07/2008 08:03:57 UTC
Encrypted: No
Number of streams: 2
Type of stream nr. 1: Audio Media (0x162 (Windows Media Audio 9 Professional))
Type of stream nr. 2: Video Media (WVC1)
Audio streams: 1

[ Relevant data ]

Resolution: 1920 x 816
Width: multiple of 32
Height: multiple of 16

[ Video track ]

FourCC: WVC1
Resolution: 1920 x 816
Framerate: 25 fps
Bitrate: 10233.08 kbps

[ Audio track ]

Audio tag: 0x162 (Windows Media Audio 9 Professional)
Bitrate: 392.14 kbps
Channels: 6
Sample rate: 48000 Hz

[ Profile compliancy ]

Profile to check: MTK PAL 6000
Resolution: 1920 x 816 > 720 x 576
Framerate: Ok

This report was created by AVInaptic (18-11-2007) on 26 lug 2008, h 15:22:37

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once i get the wookie groomer versions, i can do a full test, and see what happens

especially bitrate wise, as i'm sure it will have to be reduced in order to fit on a dvd-9...

later

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Wow, you're saying there are at least 4 HDTV version out there? Were they all on different channels or were they taken from a couple and re-encoded by other people?

Ripplin said:

Wow, you're saying there are at least 4 HDTV version out there? Were they all on different channels or were they taken from a couple and re-encoded by other people?

i have no idea,

this is all new to me..

1) was some version that averaged 11-13 gigs per movie : format  : .mkv encoding : h264

2) another smaller version that was around 8 gigs per movie : format : .mkv encoding: h264

3) this version i have is 8 gigs per movie : format : WMV -> format for streaming to XBOX 360

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i'm sure they all came from the original wookiegroomer versions...which came from ? ask them.......

i've also heard there was german HDTV source (adywan) mentioned it earlier  - that had good quality also...

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future - > adywans 1080p bluray versions..................(corrected)

-> adywans esb:revisited  (bluray)

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i'm making my own private HD DVD versions of the 8gig -> mpg2 DVD DL , so i can test it on the x-box -> se versions

and i'll make HD DVD versions of whatever adywan puts out, along with (probably) higher quality .mkv digital versions..

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finally, i'll take a stab at converting the wookiegroomer versions -> 2xHD DVD, once i get a good idea if it is worth it or not,

(since mostly likely the 15 gig final version will have to be split across 2 DVD-R DL discs)...

later

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I'm confused, what was this thread about again?

Agreed. Getting back on topic... Ady, how's the progress coming along?

MoveAlong said:

Agreed. Getting back on topic... Ady, how's the progress coming along?

Slowly. Hard drive space is a huge factor with this along with rendering times. I've almost finished the fist pass colour correction on ESB. I started with that one first because of my revisited project. Rendering times are horrendous even with a quad core. Its taking 17mins per 1 minute of footage on average. But thats down to the amount of colour filters i'm using. Now the resulting size is a major issue too. almost 300gb per render which is eating up any space i had. So i have to use 1 uncorrected layer, 1st pass colour corrected layer, colour correction mask layers, final colour corrected layer then output to the final render with all editing done. So thats around 1.5TB needed just for the main video layers alone. On top of that there are all the minor tweaks to some shots after tha correction passes are done. So it all mounts up. I just haven't got enough space at the moment so i'm trying to free up some, if i can, or i'll have to get more storage space.

vbangle said:

I'm confused, what was this thread about again?

I was actually starting to think the same thing. lol. I'm pretty sure this project was a AVCHD for PS3 & Blu-ray players and not a HD-DVD thread. Negative1, if you are going to be doing your own seperate HD-DVD prtoject then maybe you could start a seperate thread about that. It would be more beneficial to people with HD-DVD players as they may not check this thread because its for Blu-Ray.

adywan said:

I was actually starting to think the same thing. lol. I'm pretty sure this project was a AVCHD for PS3 & Blu-ray players and not a HD-DVD thread. Negative1, if you are going to be doing your own seperate HD-DVD prtoject then maybe you could start a seperate thread about that. It would be more beneficial to people with HD-DVD players as they may not check this thread because its for Blu-Ray.

sure, no problem, once you're done, i'll post a separate thread..

later

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pjvader said:

hi ady long time admirer first time caller!

 

i couldnt download your test file is there any chance you could reup it please?

what error are you getting?

i just checked it, and the rapidshare file is fine...

later

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pjvader said:

wow i think im gonna delete the saga from my sky HD box and replace it with these! cant believe you got the commentary too i had trouble just fitting the movie on a DL!

your bitrate was too high when you encoded it.....you need to take into account the filesize for the audio,

and adjust the encoding rate.....also it depends on what codec it uses? vc-1/.h264? mpg2 doesn't compress

as well of course...........but is easier to edit, or play around with depending on what tools you have......

i know a lot of people like streaming files to their xbox360, or ps3, but i'd rather have something physical

for high def movies, in case my hard drives die out..............................

later

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pjvader said:

ady if its of any use to you i can confirm the sample worked on a samsung BD-p1500 uk blu ray player and a US ps3 with todays latest fw patch 30/7/08

 

Thats great news, thanks. I'm getting more HD storage next week so Ep4 should only be a couple of weeks away if i'm lucky