Feallan

I meant until they get distribution rights dispute settled. :) Which may never happen, but I'd bet money that Disney will at least try to release originals after episode VII comes out. Even if the new movie will suck, all of us can be easily bribed with restored OT.

Mike Verta doesn't have access to original negatives (right?), and I'm kinda worried that they may not even exist in ten years or so.

jdryyz said:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/05/could-disney-finally-give-us-the-remastered-unedited-star-wars-we-want/

Could Disney, in theory, clean up OT negatives, scan them in 4K, 8K or whatever and then just put it in storage for foreseeable future?

About that, Catbus used Team negative1's capture to create new version of mono SW track, PM him about it.

"Forget Star Wars preservations, children in Africa are starving!"

That logic

I agree, twenty requests for invites a day in every popular thread are annoying. But that's not even the fault of these guys, registering on OT.com and then asking for myspleen invite in the only way to get certain edits/preservations. They are just some dudes, who get excited about certain project, and start asking for directions when they can't find it on TPB. The one you replied to probably just wants to get the movie before the weekend.

As for hit'n'running, it's not even an issue on Myspleen. All popular torrents are stocked with of high speed seeders. I rarely even get to seed anything, someone who gets the release can leave his client for a week and not send a single megabyte.

The Shade said:

I've registered and posted on their boards 2 days ago asking for an invite. So far, no answer. Do they normally take this long?

P.S. Not that I'm impatient, but I've been waiting for over a year for this project. Cannot wait to see it and bask in its awesomeness.

PM me if you still need an invite.

No, it was bought by someone else. But it didn't have deleted scenes anyway, so it could be worse.

You log in and click "Torrents" button. :)

Well, Myspleen torrent list. Or do you, by "link", mean an invite?

The links are right there, at the top of the list...

Yes, but Harmy is currently working on 2.0, which be much better. He posted comparison shots recently.

schorman13 said:

Edit: I can post these to Myspleen if it's ok with you, Dark_Jedi.

 Please do. :)

Does that include a backup copy? Hard drives can't be trustworthy after 2-3 years unfortunately.

Good call, rabies is contagious.

Definitely going to grab it. Thanks!

Yeah, that's probably region B. Too bad. :(

Sure, thanks. :) I know that there are at least two Polish voiceovers, one by Gudowski and one by Szydlowski. I think I prefer the first one, but the translation is very similar in both of them.

Tego sie nie spodziewalem. o.O

Jerryshadoe, could you PM me links to Polish subtitle and audio? I know at least one official sub is fucked up.

I wonder how well would it do with Arabic. If as good as with Thai, you might want to reconsider your "No graphical-only subs" plan...

Actually, the BD not only has Icelandic subs, but Arabic as well. I have no idea why haven't we think of it sooner. It may be the same subtitle we have, but complete.

Anyone willing to help? Extracting subtitles is easy.

Well, let's just hope Harmy will get access to professional software.

michaeldc said:

Feallan said: Exactly, Blu-ray format means limitations. With MKV number of audio tracks is not an issue. Unless Harmy gets access to better software, I think MKV is the best bet for next release.

Wait, 2.5 was only released on MKV, as far as I know that is the final version. Harmy wants to release a full bd disc with menus and whatnot on it, that's what I'm discussing. Download the MKV for 2.5 and you're all set.

YanniD had it right.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-V25-MKV-IS-OUT-NOW/post/701196/#TopicPost701196

Besides, Blu-ray players work with MKV's burned on discs, right?

michaeldc said:

Feallan said:

Blu-ray release is supposed to be "deluxe", and you want to cut stuff out?

I thought I was clear that no, I do not want that, I do however want to try and find a way to make things work given the tools we have available to us and their limitations.

Exactly, Blu-ray format means limitations. With MKV number of audio tracks is not an issue. Unless Harmy gets access to better software, I think MKV is the best bet for next release.

Blu-ray release is supposed to be "deluxe", and you want to cut stuff out?  If we really can't have BD with all audio tracks (someone has said that Adywan has the right software. I think?), I say new version should also be released as MKV.