I’ll consider some of these suggestions (a few have been discussed already).
In the meantime:
We’ve had an influx of new members signing up to request fan project links within project threads and then disappearing without participating further.
From now on, unless the owner of the project has explicitly instructed members to post requests for project links within their project thread, any link begging posts will be deleted without notice.
Yes, we know you can’t access PMs as a new member. That’s kind of the point. Think about it. However, we’ll make modifications soon to allow new members to read PMs sent to them by other members. That way, project owners can contact new members if they desire.
Repeated violations of link begging will result in a ban.
I think we need some new rules around these hit-and-run accounts that sign up to request a link and are never heard from again.
It’s a bug (the code runs at the start of the user’s session, but there’s a hole in the logic that causes it not to run at login). Will post a fix in the next few days.
I see those of you I didn’t manually upgrade have transitioned to the Members group, so it worked as intended regardless.
oojason isn’t wrong though; joining a community as a new member, only posting link requests, and then expressing frustration and demanding support because you can’t get immediate satisfaction on a free forum is bad form.
I understand these restrictions are an inconvenience, but they’re in place for valid reasons—mostly spam prevention.
You also might consider signing up just to PM project owners and ask for links isn’t in the spirit of the community.
The restrictions are all sensible and justified (and welcome in the case of spam prevention) but I’m currently looking at my 9-day old account that still cannot access the PM that was sent to me last week (clicking on it brings me to a “FORBIDDEN” screen). Is there something else that needs to be checked off before that can happen? Clearly the 7-day unlock isn’t working correctly. I log-in manually daily so logout/login also doesn’t solve it. On my profile it still says I’m in the “new members” group so I guess users don’t currently migrate out of that group after 7 days automatically?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
You’ve been upgraded to full membership. I’ll take a look into this bug.
I understand these restrictions are an inconvenience, but they’re in place for valid reasons—mostly spam prevention.
You also might consider signing up just to PM project owners and ask for links isn’t in the spirit of the community.
Hello i cant access my DM, it says FORBIDDEN.
Also I can’t DM anyone it says To help prevent spam, new members aren’t allowed to start private topics for the first 7 days after signing up.
But my account has been created 1 month ago and I had DMs with a few people.
I resetted my password I think it created a bug in your system and it thinks my account is new.
Please help, thanks
You’re in the Members group, so you should have PM access. Try logging out and back in again.
I think I’ve identified a bug that might’ve caused this, so I’ll look into it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
New members have restricted permissions, partly to combat spam/bots…but other reasons also.
Do you know how long until the new member status gets removed? I sent someone a message and I went back to check it today and it just says “forbidden”. Once I lose the new member status I should be able to see any responses, right?
You’ll have full permissions 7 days after signing up.
New members have restricted permissions, partly to combat spam/bots…but other reasons also.
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/How-the-Original-Trilogy-Changed-Filmmaking-Forever/id/127285 - url ‘news’ spam
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Windows-10-and-impending-end-to-Win7/id/66503/page/1#1590792
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Amazing how the 4K disc manages to have less fine detail than the Blu-ray—and this is considered one of the better Cameron 4K discs.
I appreciate fan projects that use AI (tastefully) to squeeze the most out of an SD or HD source while remaining faithful to the original film, especially with the excellent results your projects have demonstrated, but selling a decade-old, AI-upscaled 2K master as 4K is fraud.
All these Cameron films are big-budget blockbusters and certainly justify new 4K masters. I know he’d still tinker with them because he wants all his movies to look like Avatar, but at least he’d be starting with a high-quality source.
I got an e-mail saying my automatic donation has been cancelled. I don’t mind that I’m saving a bit of money now, but is everything okay with the site? Do you guys no longer need donations?
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np, glad you figured it out 👍
I’ll try again, I remember when I did, the title was greyed out… 😉 Tx
Let me know if you encounter this again. It shouldn’t be greyed out as long as you’re the OP.
Click the edit button in the toolbar under the first post of the thread (next to reply, subscribe, etc.).
What about Private messages from people with no post history asking for a file or link its happened like 2 or 3 times, generally i try to be polite but its pissing me off. I just leave the chat. Resilio keys aren’t to be given out period.
I’ve noticed an uptick in this behavior and I’m working on a solution to this. New users will be roped off into their own user group (based on time served, post count, etc.) and you’ll have the ability to block PMs from that group.
The updates have been completed.
If you encounter any issues, please report them in the Feedback Forum.
The forum will be offline for maintenance this Saturday. Exact time TBD, but it shouldn’t be for more than a few hours.
The forum was offline for several days due to an error that crashed the app server. I have a monitoring service in place to notify me about these outages since I don’t participate in the forum discussions on a daily basis, but the monitoring service failed for unknown reasons. I’m evaluating new, redundant monitoring services to prevent this issue from recurring.
There is also a script to restart the site in the event of crashes, which has always worked reliably in the past (it’s been triggered numerous times, and it works so quickly no one even knows there was an outage). I’m investigating that as well.
The moderators also contacted me via e-mail, but my inbox is a nightmare at the moment and I’m days behind on responding to messages, so that’s my fault. I became too comfortable with the systems I have in place to handle these issues. I will monitor my OT inbox more closely in the future.
No data was lost and I see no evidence of a security breach. Just a cascade of dumb failures—both electronic and human (me)—leading to a bad outcome.
I apologize for the inconvenience and any concern this may have caused. We’re not going anywhere 😃
The rendering is taking a little longer than expected, but we’re getting there. In the mean time here are five 4K sample frames:
Outstanding. Easily the best-looking version of the EE, including the official 4K release.
Looks outstanding, even before the upscale.
I know the EE Blu-ray has its issues, but in terms of detail, natural grain, and compression, it’s superior to the theatrical release in my opinion (and if memory serves, the audio on the theatrical Blu-ray was the same overcooked track from the DVD). With your color corrections, which look great, I think I can deal with a bit of black crush to get all the other benefits of the EE upscaled to 4K (assuming you’re not taking a stab at addressing the black crush also).
Really looking forward to this.
Oh hell yeah.
Compelling results across all three films, especially in the scenes that suffer the most from DNR in the 4K release. It’s sad we see superior results from a compressed 1080p source upscaled with AI compared to what the creator and studio produced with access to the best available materials.
I also like the new HDR grades overall (TTT not so much, doesn’t fit the tone), just sad about the scrubbed detail.