Wilbert9

johnlocke2342 said:

Chewtobacca's version is available on myspleen. If you need an invite, PM me. If your DVD player supports 720p, can you check on the package if it also supports AVCHD? Maybe it does, as I see no point in supporting 720p, unless there's a USB port on it. In that case, I'd just not bother and convert it with Handbrake using the "high profile" preset to keep the 720p format.

I was mistaken.  It doesn't seem to support 720p.  Sent you a PM.

johnlocke2342 said:

If English is your native language and/or you plan to watch Star Wars ONLY in that language, just grab Chewtobacca's DVD 5 of the DeEd. I don't think you can get better than DVD quality with a DVD player.

As I said, you can also watch it on your computer if you have an HD monitor with VLC.

Indeed.  I am American, and obviously we Americans mostly only know English :P  However, my DVD player DOES support 720p, so I definitely could get better quality than Chewtobacca's standard definition conversion.  There are many guides online on  how to convert AVCHD to DVD, such as this one http://www.wondershare.com/dvd-burner/convert-avchd-to-dvd.html.  I'm not sure if they apply to this scenario though.

If you still think I should go with Chewtobacca's conversion, I suppose I will.  But I must ask, where can I find Chewtobacca's SD version?  I've searched and cannot seem to find a download link anywhere.

Thank you for all your help so far!!

I see...Does converting it to any of these DVD compatible files hinder quality?  I obviously want to convert to whatever DVD compatible file that preserves the most quality.  Seems like Mpeg2 would be the best choice, since practically every DVD player is made to support that.  Do you guys think I can and should convert the avchd .iso to an mpeg2 and then burn it to the dvd?

EDIT: well, maybe not.  It seems people are saying that .mp4 will preserve the most quality...This one guy said just import the .iso into a DVD burning program and just have it convert it to a DVD format from there.  What do you guys think?  Sorry for my ignorance in this topic.  I've actually never burned any movies to a DVD before, so I've really got no idea what I'm doing.

I assume I need to convert the .iso that I extracted from the 41 .rar files, correct? 

Thanks for the help so far guys.  Still can't wait to watch this :)  I just hope that I don't mess up in any way and only have to use one DVD :)

johnlocke2342 said:

Harmy's Despecialized Editions are AVCHD discs, which can't be played in a standard DVD player. You'll need either a Blu-ray player for playing on a TV, or a standard DVD-DL reader and a software like VLC to play them on a computer. See, AVCHDs are, by their structure, Blu-rays that hold on a DL-DVD, that's why a standard DVD player can't read them.

 

If you want to select the language, you'll have to press the "Language" button on your remote until you find it (as there's no menus, except on the 2.5 Blu-ray Harmy is about to release), but you'll have to add it first in Mkvmerge (aka Mkvtoolnix) and mux it to an AVCHD disc with TSMuxer.

Hope it helps.

Oh...I see.  Well, that's unfortunate for me, since I don't have a Blu-Ray player.  In that case I definitely won't burn anything just yet.  Is there any way I would be able to burn it to my DVD DL and convert it so that it can play in my DVD player?  Perhaps I can download the 2.0 MKV and convert it to MPEG2 or something to play in my DVD player.  However, I want 2.1 because it has more updates and quality improvements.

Can I get this to play on a DVD player in any way?

This is depressing lol.

So a quick question here...Do I need to select what audio track I want BEFORE burning to the DVD? If so, how? Not exactly sure how all that works.  If not, I guess the audio track is selected in the DVD menu, right?

Also, do I need to take any special step in the burning process to make this work in DVD players instead of Blu-Ray players?

And lastly, I know usually ETAs aren't supposed to be asked, but does anyone have any idea of when the next version will be released? You see, I don't wanna burn 2.1 to my expensive DL DVDs if 2.5 is about to come out.

Any help is appreciated. Please help me only have to use one of my 2 dollar discs! :P

Can't wait to watch this in 720p on my new DVD player and LED TV :)