Harmy

The latter, I think.

Merry Christmas to all 😃
I didn’t quite make it to a Christmas release but the final v3.1 master is rendered and uploaded to Poita, who generously offered to do proffessional grade encoding on it. He’s a busy guy, so it may take a little while but we’re almost there 😃

I just found out about this project and I couldn’t be more excited 😃 Finally somebody is doing what I thought might be the best chance to finally get the best of all worlds in terms of the LOTR, especially FOTR, official releases - each HD version of FOTR has it’s own flaws and it always annoyed me that whichever release I chose to watch, I had to choose between bad colors (EE BD), bad DNR (Theatrical BD, 4K BD), and/or bad resolution (Theatrical BD) - this project seems to be aiming to fix all of that and that’s amazing.

Any links?

I think it maybe would have but it’s probably too late now. Not to mention,I don’t think you can rename a fb page anyway.

So, facebook is sending me some mixed messages.

First I got this notification:

When I disputed I got this email:

A while later I got this notification:

Yet, I can still access the page and the “page quality” tab says this:

But the page is clearly inaccessible to people, so I guess that’s it for Despecialized on FB.

DvdPlayerHacker said:

If you get a chance, have a look at 00:40:34. Is it just me or does the grain from the UHD has some weird artifacts around yoda?

The UHD Blu-ray is unfortunately plagued with frozen grain all over the place, so there’s no chance of really fixing that short of scrubbing whatever grain is left and regraining and that would destroy even more fine detail.

CatBus said:

I lied about not seeing anything else.

In 3.0, I noticed a mid-wipe grading shift at 1:21:38. Not sure if theatrical or not.

Also, did you take a look at the Boba Fett flyby? I know it’s supposed to look janky, just want to be sure none of that is due to source problems.

The mid-wipe grade shifts are definitely part of the original - they are very obvious in all the 35mm versions, including the raw scan I have. I did try to make them a little less distracting but I don’t want to go as far as masking elements and such.

EDIT: Actually, for this specific one, you’re right, it doesn’t come from the 35mm! Thanks for pointing it out!

The Boba shot is also definitely supposed to look like that.

The things I fixed already:

A bit of further cleanup of the 35mm footage in some places.
Color of the tie-fighters during the initial flyover sequence.
Added the missing “There will be no bargain” Jabba subtitle.
Replaced the shot at 00:13:55 with 35mm, because it looks like ass on the UHD Blu-Ray.
Fixed flashing of lights behind Vader at 01:48:13.

And I’ll use the correct 5.1 audio track this time around.

Am I missing anything else?

Here’s a little update:
https://youtu.be/D08rMBVTtSU

Oh, that’s really sad news. I had no idea, I even included him in the private topic for the Despecialized workprint.

I will dedicate the next release to his memory. 😦

RIP? 😮

The UHD version is h265, I meant I had never encoded h265 before this release and I must have used the wrong settings, hence the compression artifacts.

The 1080p version is BD compatible h264.

Again, if it was a problem with the upload itself, I’d expect tons more people to report the same problem and the only person I know reported a similar problem said it was with part 5 of the UHD.

I’m going to a secret 35mm screening of Return of the Jedi tomorrow. It will be the Special Edition but I can still maybe get some inspiration for 3.1.

Is your hdd full, maybe?

Harmy said:

Someone is sending people a torrent file on the fb group. I wonder if it is legit or if I should ban the guy.

OK, the guy seems legit, so I added the link to the guide.

No, I’m fine with that - it’s a good way for people to get them.

This is what I get for part5:
E4896667DF78C362B61C3FD44E423AE9
9BC8D65D9752126AB59BA3F4CF6862DD237C93B8

Can anyone confirm, if they got the files from ulozto and it worked? I feel like if the problem was with the upload, more people would be reporting the same problem.

Someone is sending people a torrent file on the fb group. I wonder if it is legit or if I should ban the guy.

I will. The problem with this one was I was working towards a deadline, so the whole process was a little rushed at the end. I should have honestly made the announcement on the anniversary and just push the release a week back, so that I could have more time to get things right.

Thanks!
I’ve put all the links I have online, so unfortunately, I can’t provide any alternative at the moment.

That guy with no name said:

Harmy said:

That would be great.

Just send me a DM when you finish v3.1 unless you want 3.0 on there aswell.

People are still having trouble downloading v3.0, so I guess it would be good.

Check if it’s the same file size as the others.

I can provide subless version of the Jabba scenes for the German (and other foreign langue) version, if there is interest.

That would be great.