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DragoonClawNZ

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#668586
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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DVD Architect has something like that. It has a feature where you can make playlists for titles previously imported, but it plays it as one constant title (like if there were three 20 minute titles, it would show up as a single 1 hour title) instead of several played one after the other (though DVD mode on there can't).

So if you wanted to, you could just cut the crawls (as long as it has the same amount of audio/subtitle tracks) and make them seperate from the main film and make two seperate playlists for a '77 and '81 version.

Though as I mentioned before, the program can't simply just take pre-encoded material and use it, which I had to use another program for finalising, and it has a limit of 8 audio and 32 subtitle tracks, so it's not ideal if you want everything.

DVD-Lab Pro has a feature for branching too, though sadly they haven't made a Blu-ray equilivant yet.

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#666740
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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deho said:

I finally found a nice authoring tool, that is capable of handling all the audio tracks with proper menus. It's called Blu-Disc Studio MX. You can request the key to a full working 30 days trial version on their website.

Here are the menus I made:

 

 

 

 

They aren't animated but all have seamless background audio/video and with the popup menu (last picture) you are able to switch between the audio & subtitle tracks while the movie is playing.

I can really recommend the program, the full version costs 500 USD though...

 

Does the 30 day trial have any limitations, like watermark logos or the amount of clips you have?

Because when I used the 30 day trial for DoStudio Authoring, it always put a short clip saying:

"This Blu-ray Disc was created using the trial version of DoStudio Authoring Edition by Sony Creation Software"

before the main menu and it didn't seem to handle more than 3-4 clips, though I wasn't sure if it was a limitation as I couldn't find any info on it.

Though considering the price difference (I think DoStudio was $5000), it shouldn't have them.

Also, I like your menus, they're looking great. Though my only nitpick is that for Audio Options, the tracks listed go beyond the safe area (so it'd be cropped out on certain TVs). Could they be squeezed in a bit more?

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#665207
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Damn, I was wrong about the amount of audio/sub tracks it allowed. DVD Architect can only support 8 audio and 32 subtitle tracks. I could probably add in the rest with BDFix as I've done it with subbing anime releases, but without a menu link, they would only be accessible via remote function.

Guess I'll have to remove what I don't need for mine then.

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#665199
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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I've decided to go with the route of using DVD Architect and inserting everything via BDFix.

I'm still building the menus which are basic but are straight to the point.

For the main menu, it'll play the animation that Harmy did a while ago, then to a still frame at the end with the options added on.

Here's what I've done so far:

I mentioned before that I intended to add in the bonus features from the earlier releases also.

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#664725
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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MultiAVCHD does have support for a pop-up menus, though you have no control or preview (from what I've seen) on how it looks.

For mine, I intended on creating the shell within DVD Architect using placeholders and replacing them with the real sources using BDFix.

Also because I wanted to add in the trailers/tv spots from the 2004 Bonus DVD and the Deleted/Extended scenes & Featurettes from the Complete Saga BD set.

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#664390
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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CatBus said:

DragoonClawNZ said:

I also tried remuxing the MKV using MKVExtractGUI2 and mkvmerge and they both didn't go right too.

So has anyone else managed to remux it?

Yep, I actually used MVVExtractGUI2 too, and it worked fine, on the second MKV release.  The first (buggy) MKV blew up just as you stated.  Are you sure you have the right 2.5 release?

Also, I was remuxing using tsmuxer instead of mkvmerge so there's a possible difference there.

It was the first MKV, though I wasn't aware it was reuploaded. Thanks.

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#664383
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Not sure if anyone else got problems with this, but I tried authoring an AVCHD-USB version of v2.5 to play on my PS3 and because of the error where that glitch occurs, TSMuxer.exe crashes and it was unable to do it.

I also tried remuxing the MKV using MKVExtractGUI2 and mkvmerge and they both didn't go right too.

So has anyone else managed to remux it?

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#660785
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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I've used DVD Architect many times though I haven't added in more than 8 audio tracks yet, but I remember doing more than 8 for subtitle tracks, so I'm pretty sure it can do it.

Though my only nitpick with DVD Architect is that with authoring Blu-ray, you have to recompress everything and you can't load premade subtitles, so you wouldn't be able to take whatever has already been prepared and just mux it in. It's weird because you're able to do import pre-encoded videos if you're authoring to DVD.

So whenever I used DVD Architect, I added in placeholders (short 10-30 sec videos) instead with the amount of audio/sub tracks required, and just replaced them after using other programs.

So I wouldn't really recommend it.

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#657627
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Before Harmy planned to make a Blu-ray release also, I was going to make my own using the 2.0 MKV when it came out and port over the Deleted/Extended scenes, 'Making of' featurettes from the 'Complete Saga' set and Trailers/TV spots from the 2004 Bonus DVD, and modified the covers by replacing 'AVCHD' with 'Blu-ray' and adding the extra features on the back (same font).

Here's what I did:

 

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#657446
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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CaptFunNugz said:

Where can I find the disc art for these editions? I have the bluray covers but i have  been unsuccessful in trying to find the disc art files.

The old megaupload link does not work.

I still have them so I can reupload them if you want.

EDIT: Here they are: https://mega.co.nz/#!nVh2XZDD!J22WF2ZwbICtue5X2stZfzbtmNRSEuPx0LUci_Q2PK8