Infinity

crissrudd4554 said:

Given I’m still attached to DVD (nothing wrong with HD, just not mandatory to my viewing needs), I just recently got the 2007 Blade Runner Ultimate Collection DVD (just the DVD set, no carry case or whatever) and pretty happy with what it is. If the GOUT had been non-anamorphic widescreen I’d probably be content with that as well. That said I agree all cuts of Blade Runner should be included on all future formats (given the state of physical media at this point who knows if there will be) no more than all cuts of Star Wars should be.

GOUT was non-anamorphic widescreen.

Darth Mallwalker said:

Infinity said:

Thanks! Both copies on Paradox have different checksums, so I wouldn't recommend anyone download using those links.

The first source listed at tehP still matches Post_12854; I checked it just minutes ago.
(Didn't check the second source)

That's odd. I'm getting checksum of E444631E from Uloz and FE0D99D6 from Mega.

Darth Mallwalker said:

Infinity said:

Can someone post the checksum of SW 2.5 AVCHD ISO? On ESB 2.0 the checksum was listed in the readme file, but it's not on SW 2.5. Normally I wouldn't bother with the AVCHD, but I want to show it to a friend of mine and he doesn't have a way to play the MKV on his TV. There are two download sources on Paradox for SW 2.5 AVCHD, and both have different checksums...

Post 12854

Thanks! Both copies on Paradox have different checksums, so I wouldn't recommend anyone download using those links.

Can someone post the checksum of SW 2.5 AVCHD ISO? On ESB 2.0 the checksum was listed in the readme file, but it's not on SW 2.5. Normally I wouldn't bother with the AVCHD, but I want to show it to a friend of mine and he doesn't have a way to play the MKV on his TV. There are two download sources on Paradox for SW 2.5 AVCHD, and both have different checksums...

Will do. Sorry if that had already been reported. I was doing a good job at keeping up on here, but I haven't been on for a few months, so I'm not as up to date as I once was.

EDIT: Just watched the sample. Wow, what a difference! Can't wait for V2.0. 

I just watched ROTJ today with my 5 year old daughter (Jedi is her favorite Star Wars movie) and noticed something that seemed odd. At 0:29:05-0:29:10 the video seems slowed down and has choppy frame-rate, I'm guessing this was intentional to keep things in sync, but if not I wanted to let you know before you finish ROTJ v2.0. Thanks again for all your hard work, and congrats on the new job!

Just logged on for the first time in a few months to see the great news. Congratulations Harmy! I had a feeling with all the good press you've gotten over Despecialized that it could help you career wise, glad to see that's the case. 

Harmy said:

So, I just realized, that on the HDD, which died on me yesterday, there was a copy of the "These Amazing Shadows" documentary, some footage from which I was going to use for my DeEd docs :-( Any chance anyone's got it on BD (or at least DVD) and could help me out?

 PM sent

Thanks for the clarification on that scene. I think you did a fantastic job with it considering what material you had to correct it, and we have something (35mm scans) to look forward to with the next release. Thanks again for all the hours you put into this. 

CatBus said:

Beber said:

Harmy said:

Yes, I certainly could do that, which is why I have.

Really? So why is the definition quite less precise and the colors a tad different so that these shots stick out?

Because the 35mm prints he used had lower effective definition and different colors than the Blu-rays, so the matching was imperfect, I'd hazard to guess... and simply using different 35mm projection print scans from an alternate source, as you're suggesting, is unlikely to fix the issue (projection prints do vary, but in general, they have lower effective resolution than interpositives, negatives, and the sort of sources used for Blu-rays, and Negative1's 35mm scans are in no way more magical than other 35mm scans) .  Maybe better color matching and blurring up the Blu-ray parts would make it match the 35mm source he used in 2.0 better, but switching to a different 35mm scan will, at best, only marginally improve the edge detail.

EDIT: Sorry, just re-read and saw that you thought he was using GOUT footage. It should suffice to say he wasn't.  That's about as good as we're gonna get detail-wise without access to the Lucasfilm vault.

I thought he was using GOUT and 97SE to unzoom the cockpit scenes? I didn't think he had 35mm scans to work with unless he was willing to wait for ESB:R. At least that's what this post said:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-THE-EMPIRE-STRIKES-BACK-Despecialized-Edition-HD-MKV-and-AVCHD-v20-NOW-AVAILABLE/post/711316/#TopicPost711316

Fechin said:

What is the main video difference if any between AVCHD MKV (8GB) and the MKV that is 20GB? Thanks in advance! 

 AVCHD video bit rate is about half that of the MKV, but Harmy did say:

Harmy said:

Though the difference between the v2.0 AVCHD and MKV is actually super tiny - not that it's not there but you can only really see it in full-screen on a larger TV or monitor.

yoda-sama said:

Checked out a bit of the mkv this morning and saw one of those things you can't unsee, right before the Wampa pops up and knocks out Luke, you can see a boom mic reflection in the eye wear on top of his head.

LOL. I'm assuming you know this, but that was always there.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/goofs#boom_mic_visible

Octorox said:

There is no mono mix of Empire.

 Track 3 on the MKV of 2.0: 1.0   DTS-HD-MA   [English]        (1980 16mm mono mix)

More info on the mono mix is at: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Empire-Strikes-Back-mono-mix-GOUT-sync-Comparison-MP3-READ-1st-POST-FOR-INFO/post/657322/

Oh, OK. I must have missed that. Thanks!

Harmy said:

Yeah, the compact release is still on but it may take me a few days to get around to doing it.

Cool. I'm in no rush, just wanted to ask before running the large mkv through handbrake for a "portable version". Would you also be doing a compact release for Star Wars 2.5 or has that ship sailed? Thanks again my friend.

moviefreakedmind said:

If I put the .iso's for Star Wars and Empire on Dvd+r DL discs will they play in my ps3? 

Yes, be sure to select burn from image file in your burning program. Don't just burn the ISO as an individual file. I recommend using ImgBurn.

http://www.imgburn.com

Wow, thanks Harmy for reuploading to correct the missing title. Not necessary but greatly appreciated. Just curious, are you still planning on uploading a compact mkv/mp4 or did you decide against that? I wasn't sure if that was a definite or you just thinking out loud.

bouvines said:

Ah. So JDownloader evades the limit. Thanks for the intel. I've never installed that program because of the reputation for adware. 

Adware Free Installers 

Version 0.9 Stable: http://installer.jdownloader.org/JDownloaderSetup.exe

Version 2 Beta: http://board.jdownloader.org/showthread.php?t=54725

murfmurf said:

Harmy, Track 4 (2.0 1993 LD mix) seems to be broken in the mkv. It doesn't display the title, and it doesn't play on VLC or Plex?

Title doesn't show for me either, but I do get audio using Media Player Classic with k-lite codec pack.

bouvines said:

murfmurf said:

myspleen torrent up now. I stole your thunder, Zer0Squared >:D

 How did you download it so fast if uloz limits downloads to 300 KB/second? 

Use a download manager, such as jdownloader. Download the whole thing in about 1 hour.

Harmy said:

The v2.0 MKV is now available from tehparadox! Info added to the first post.

 Awesome! Thanks again!

Harmy said:

Yeah, it's supposed to be the TB 97SE.

Also, here's a completed comparison gallery:

https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/109609428403596349302/albums/6044645069501365185

 Amazing work as usual Harmy! Thanks again for all the time you spent.

mindlessv said:

davextreme said:

I'm going to run the film through Handbrake to watch on Apple TV.

Infinity said:

First off don't use Handbrake as that will compress the video yet another time (and possibly the audio depending on your settings). The best quality for your purposes would be from remuxing the video from the large MKV release and the DD 5.1 audio from the AVCHD release.

Unfortunately, AppleTV doesn't play well with h.264 sliced coding. It will play the video but may skip and heaven help you if you try to seek. While I fully agree that remuxing is generally a better choice, recompression is unavoidable in this case.

Don't rush to convert the v2.0 AVCHD, though; HandBrake trips over the video stream but we're looking into why.

I think my roku is having the same issue. I've tried several programs to remux the AVCHD of both SW 2.5 and ESB 2.0 and they all have issues when I try to fast forward on the Roku using the Plex app. What issues is handbrake having? I haven't converted it with handbrake, but I did open it with handbrake to see if it saw the video stream as another user said handbrake wouldn't even see the video stream - my copy, 0.9.9, had no problems seeing the stream.

The 2.0 of empire was just released this week.

davextreme said:

h_h, I'm going to run the film through Handbrake to watch on Apple TV. Apple TV (and Mac and iOS) don't support DTS-HD but Handbrake can convert them to AC3. Would I be better served using the soundtracks from the AVCHD since they're already Dolby Digital?

 I'm not h_h, but I can answer your question. First off don't use Handbrake as that will compress the video yet another time (and possibly the audio depending on your settings). The best quality for your purposes would be from remuxing the video from the large MKV release and the DD 5.1 audio from the AVCHD release.