Help with Adywan's Episode V Color Corrected 1080p DVD

Ok, so i downloaded Ady's Ep. 5 1080p dvd, and i put it in DVD shrink to compress it onto a 4.7 GB DVDR, just like I did with his ANH Revisited (I'm not worried about losing menus, all I need is quality and the movie itself, which I got perfectly last time with Revisited)

Now, when I try to put the file into DVD shrink, by doing Open Files or Open Disc Image, this message pops up:

Failed to open file "C:\Users\Dylan\Downloads\Star Wars EP V Colour Corrected Adywan AVCHD\VIDEO_TS.IFO

Now I'm no expert on computers, but I'm guessing I'm somehow missing the VIDEO_TS folder or file? All the files downloaded completely on the torrent so I don't know what the problem is.

Any help/suggestions?

There is no VIDEO_TS folder,that is NOT a DVD,it is an AVCHD(Bluray),you can not use DVDShrink to shrink it,just burn it to a DVD9 and watch it that way.

O, I see, well seeing as I have no DVD9's i might be screwed. Few diffferent questions then

1. Where can I get a blank DVD9 and how much do they cost?

2. Will I be able to watch it in a normal DVD player or Xbox 360? (only 2 that we got)

3. Does a normal DVD version exist?

Any answers? especially to number 2?

Docta Nick said:

O, I see, well seeing as I have no DVD9's i might be screwed. Few diffferent questions then

 

1. Where can I get a blank DVD9 and how much do they cost?

2. Will I be able to watch it in a normal DVD player or Xbox 360? (only 2 that we got)

3. Does a normal DVD version exist?

1. You can get blank Verbatim DVD9's at Best Buy.

2. This AVCHD Disc plays on Blu-ray players and PS3.

3. No

aw man, o well, we can't afford buying a Blu-Ray or PS3 just for this. hope Ep.5 Revisited won't be just Blu-Ray, thanks

this isn't "Episode V: Revisited" - this is a color corrected HD broadcast converted specifically to AVCHD.

Yeah, all the AVCHD ESB is is a restored 1997 theatrical SE made from a 1080p broadcast of the 2004 SE, but color-corrected like ESB: Revisited will be.

If you want to make a DVD of it, it would be more or less pointless unless you want the 1997 SE on DVD.  Though it's probably not 100% exactly like the 1997 SE - I believe there were some minor effects tweaks for the 2004 SE that weren't noticed or replaced by Adywan, but that's more or less negligible.  Even then, the 1997 SE had its own color issues that wouldn't be preserved since this is Adywan's personal color-correction, but that's really an improvement.

There are ways to convert it to DVD format, but I don't know how specifically.  By the same token, you should also be able to convert it to a 1080p video file that can be played in an Xbox 360, but again, I don't know how.

just need to convert it to a playable format on the 360.  h264+AC3 will not work on the 360 in any format (that i am aware of...) - you'll be converting either the video for 720p AVI or audio for 2.0 MP4 UNLESS you encode both for WMVHD.

The 360 doesn't support h.264/AC3?  Really?  That's kinda stupid of them ...

joebshmoe said:

this isn't "Episode V: Revisited" - this is a color corrected HD broadcast converted specifically to AVCHD.

 Ya i know I meant i hope Revisited won't be Blu-Ray only, and it seems likely that it'll be normal DVD also. Well if any1 can find a guide for converting this it'll be very appreciated. I'd do it now but I've been out all day and don't feel like it, I will later probably.

Thanks

you could convert this to 720p xvid plop it into an AVI while keeping the AC3 sound.

i do all that kinda stuff in avidemux on linux (and there is a windows version) - it uses ffmpeg libraries for decoding so it supports a wide range of input.

add the AVCHD m2ts file, change video codec to XviD, add a resize to 720p filter and encode at Q2 and you'll have a great looking AVI playable on xbox360 and ps3 - will probably be ~2GB.

Since none of you has put up the easy way of watching this movie, and I spent way too much time on the internet trying to figure how to play it, here is my guide (to play the movie on a Windows PC):

1. Get Deamon Tools (the lite version is free).

2. Mount the .ISO file and browse the directory.

3. Play the media file in the STREAM folder (00001.m2ts) with your media player of choice.

Please excuse me if this is common knowledge.

I can do AC3 (and DTS too) just fine on my 360 using Windows Media Center.