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I dunno. 2.0 is simple and suggests big improvement over 1.0. It's not that important, but there was 2.0 release of SW, right?

This next version will be the best available ESB for quite a while. People from OT.com like to burn discs with their movies, but that's not really a trend anywhere else. A random guy who downloads this stuff off tehparadox would prefer MKV because of its simplicity and easy to use subtitles. Plus, additional bitrate probably wouldn't hurt.

Harmy said:

OK, although it makes me quite unhappy and I still disagree with most of the arguments against the corners, the backlash from so many people invested in this project makes me even unhappier, so I'm gonna get rid of the corners. It will be quite a lot of work though, so I expect it to push the release a bit.

 I want to thank you for that. I don't think doing that is absolutely necessary, but you're a cool guy.

The debate got so heated not because of this particular detail, but because of people so fiercely defending it. They weren't simply stating "I like these corners". If you replaced "Harmy" with "Lucas" in some of those posts, you'd think these guys were defending special editions. Also, the fact that the change is already done didn't really help in calming things down.

I'm fine with corners rounded or unrounded, but some people should really think about what they're saying.

Where can I find a copy?

Harmy's prints?

That would be asking for trouble.

http://youtu.be/3uoM5kfZIQ0?t=42s

It's been there for like half a year now.

There's like a thousand other download managers.

Why not

Went down again a few hours ago.

That hosting really sucks.

It wasn't available before?

timdiggerm said:

yoda-sama said:

Wait, easiest of the three, that must mean now we're NOT recreating the Jabba musical number verbatim with hand puppets?  Nobody tells me nothin...  Well, of course, it'll be a cakewalk to complete now...

 I think you've confused Ady & Harmy

 They're actually the same person.

Nice! Downloading.

1997 SE was technically based on Tech IB print, but is this how it really looked like? Are there any 35mm 1997 scans out there?

jdryyz said:

And now, a mention on the Bits:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/051914_0010

I’m speaking of Harmy’s infamous “despecialized” edition

There is no need for these tags, simply naming the files "ESB_cantonese" or "ESB_mandarin_traditional" is a better idea IMO.

"According to an interesting e-mail we’ve intercepted, and which purports to come from within Disney’s marketing department"

They didn't even show said e-mail. This can't possibly be legit. They probably read that article on Arstechnica and went for clicks.

Doctor M said:

Um, just rumor, but... http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/05/15/new-star-wars-rumors-include-original-trilogy-re-release-on-blu-rayvod-and-more/

Even if true, there is no way the audio mixes will be as diverse.

 This is so fake it's not even funny.

I might have something.

There's this thing called AARNet, uni students in Australia have access to it. Apparently they can upload files relatively fast, and have 100GB of storage with an option of paying monthly $30 per terabyte. I found a guy willing to help, he's uploading a test file to see how fast you guys in USA can get it.

Well, the mobo is obviously faulty, so they shouldn't make any problems.

I found some Australian dude who said that he's working in a large corporation with international connection, and they only get ~90 mbps on a very expensive link. Consumer grade connections are supposedly much worse than that, especially when uploading.

If he's saying the truth (and I really can't see the reason for him to lie), we're kind of screwed. I could probably get someone to upload, say, 25GB of a finished release, but if a single LD capture is something like 150GB or more, and 35mm reaching 17TB... That just can't be done.

There are two options: all the post-processing being done in Australia, or sending the hard drives back and forth.

poita said:

I get the feeling no-one really cares much about LD based stuff any more.

 Nah, I think it's one of the two:

1. Very few people on OT.com are from Australia

2. No one has a fast connection in Australia :D

I'll ask around, maybe something will come out of it.

They were scanned only in 2K.

No problem. I hope it'll get fixed soon.

That sucks. :/ What exactly happened?