For my curiosity, are you guys burning 4K-UHD spec onto a BD-50, or are these data discs?
Just a BD-50. Bigger than that I hear is trouble, so I’ve never tried.
I do believe it’s 4K-UHD spec, just with the data rate at a level that’ll fit on a BD-50 disc.
50GB BD-R will work, but you’ll probably want to scale back the audio tracks, or you’ll risk going over the total bitrate limit for 4K Blu-ray players. I did just one lossless track and several lossy, and that was fine. You could probably be less conservative.
I assumed that only the active audio track contributed to the total bitrate limit. Am I wrong about that?
Still searching for the other two 😉
Check out the D+77 and D+80 versions from user oohteedee over at forums.thestarwarstrilogy.com, probably your best options right now.
I downloaded and muxed the latest 1080p versions of the OTD’s original trilogy and then burned them to BD-R 50GB discs. I’ve burned other versions to discs before successfully - 4K77/83 and the Despecialized editions.
But, when I try playing OTD’s trilogy on my Sony Blu-ray player they have major issues: D+77 plays but freezes a few minutes in - I burned two copies and they both freeze at the exact same time. D+80 does the same. OTD83 doesn’t play at all and causes my Blu-ray player to become unresponsive (tried two discs and they behave the same).
But, the discs all play fine on my computer in VLC.
Could it be the cheaper media I’m using (Smartbuy brand) or something else? Is it possible the files weren’t encoded to be fully BD Compliant? I’m inclined to buy higher quality blank media and try again, but I’m also wary of “burning” through more money.
Any ideas?
Just a quick update. ROTJ v3.1 is all finished. I’m just waiting for the encode, which is being done by a professional company and they’re testing all kinds different settings to make sure we get the best possible compression quality. And since they’re doing it after hours in their free time, it’s taking a while but should be worth it in the end, as I wasn’t very happy with how the ROTJ v3.0 turned out in this regard.
Love it! Will there be a Blu-ray compatible HD encode?
I’m burning a set of blu-rays and am planning on putting them in a 3-disc case. The blu-ray case inserts I’m seeing are for the individual movies. Does anyone know if anyone’s made a single case insert for the whole trilogy?
Why is access denied on the BD50/25 links when i can get the BD25 links just fine from the google drive link ?
I think all the links are broken anyways, so having the BD50 links probably wouldn’t do you any good.
I finally made it here months (or years?) late. Does anyone still have links for the BD25 or BD50 files?
Is this legal?
From a certain point of view…
PSimpso said:
Harmy said:
Yes, it just needs to be burned in UDF2.5 file format. If you use IMGBurn, it will set everything automatically for you.
Alright, giving it a try on the Mac (using the app called Burn), it gives me the option to burn as UDF but doesn't specify UDF2.5.
The burn worked on the Mac. All set to go.
Darth Mallwalker said:
Since when did a single command become "super complicated" ?
Kids these days... :)
Anyway, when I posted that I hadn't bothered to check and see the original RAR parts are apparently still uloz-able.
That's even easier.
Thanks for the help, I'll circle back around if this current burn doesn't work.
Harmy said:
Yes, it just needs to be burned in UDF2.5 file format. If you use IMGBurn, it will set everything automatically for you.
Alright, giving it a try on the Mac (using the app called Burn), it gives me the option to burn as UDF but doesn't specify UDF2.5.
Oh, I just found a BMDV download, not sure why I wasn't seeing that before. So, I can just burn those straight to a DL DVD and it'll play just fine?
Harmy said:
Why on Earth don't you just burn it to disc like it is? Or if you need an ISO, why not just make an ISO from the files? This seems super complicated.
Sorry for the dumb question, but how do I burn it to disc so it'll be playable on a blu ray player? Does it need the proper file structure so it'll be recognized as a AVCHD disc?
Yes, that makes sense. I guess I'm still a little confused at why v2 is so available while 2.1 is not.
I'd like to give that a try with the files you provide. Thanks.
As far as making v2.1 into a burnable ISO, can I download the v2.0 ISO, replace the .m2ts with the v2.1 .mst2 and burn that modified ISO?
Darth Mallwalker said:
PSimpso said:
I can't find the v2.1 ISO to download anywhere, just the extracted AVCHD (the .m2ts file). Any ideas?
Yes, I'll supply header and footer files to concatenate with your m2ts.
IIRC Harmy didn't offer SHA1 nor MD5 hash for that version,
but we've got the CRC from the original RAR's header for a sanity check.
I don't understand this. I'm finding the ISO for v2 but not v2.1.
I can't find the v2.1 ISO to download anywhere, just the extracted AVCHD (the .m2ts file). Any ideas?
Yes, this makes complete sense (I'm a video editor by trade). I don't really want the time and hassle of re-encoding the file.
I'm curious, is there an ACVHD Disc ISO available for v2.5? I don't have access to a BD burner but I'd love to have a playable disc.
At least it's not a 2015 release.
All of this is great, and I'm loving keeping up with the progress.
It would be great if there was a way to only get notifications about significant progress or updates. As in, an e-mail when ver. 2.1 is done, when the blu-ray menus are ready, etc.
It can be a little time consuming to have to check back through the forums to find the significant updates. Is there a way to do this?