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Just a reminder: Only 3 more days to sign up to receive the all-new Harmy's DeSpecialized Newsletter Edition for the August updates.

All stories & updates are Harmy-approved and are basically just re-caps and highlights of what's happening in the forum threads, including new release announcements such as the new TESB:DE v2.0 Reel 1 Workprint that was just posted on Harmy's birthday.

Once again, this is a *monthly* newsletter and is aimed at people who would rather not continuously follow all 3 threads for updates.  So keep in mind that even though you may be a couple of weeks behind on announcements when they happen, you *will* be notified in the next edition of the newsletter.

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Zer0Squared

Just a reminder: Only 3 more days to sign up to receive the all-new Harmy's DeSpecialized Newsletter Edition for the August updates.

All stories & updates are Harmy-approved and are basically just re-caps and highlights of what's happening in the forum threads, including new release announcements such as the new TESB:DE v2.0 Reel 1 Workprint that was just posted on Harmy's birthday.

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Zer0Squared

LoL - got it. :)

Just finished watching it - awesome job, so far!

Ditto! :)

Happy Birthday, Harmy!

Thanks for the workprint link.  Can't wait to see it.

Woot!

Wow - 12 hours to download this.  Is there a faster link?

Mavimao said:

I appreciate the help anyway ZeroSquared. :)

Hey, thanks!

No problem at all - since I'm subscribed anyway. :)

Hal 9000 said:

I think he was making a joek. 

Ohhhh... lol.  I get it now.

I *was* going to argue the point of compressing it down ruining the whole point of the conversions but...

My bad.  Just woke up and the coffee hasn't kicked in yet. :)

Move along.....move along...

guiser said:

I don't know about you all, but I prefer the forum drama to a cleaned and polished news letter :-p

Yeah, the newsletter wasn't meant for everyone - trust me.  But neither are the forums if you think about it.  Some people are better suited to social interaction than others.

Plus, hopefully, it'll cut down (not extinguish) a lot of questions from new people about where to get it, what version is out, how close are the others, etc.  Once the newsletter gets sent out on the 1st, I'll post in here with a screenshot, link, whatever - so that everyone gets a chance to see it.   That'll also help people find it that pop into the thread and don't read the first page, as so many of them do at times.

Hey Harmy, great work and all, but I NEED TO GET it to work on my DVD player. Can you make a DVIX version, pleaz pleaz pleaswwweeee,,????

What do you have - an m2ts file from the 'STREAM' folder of the blu-ray version?  You can easily convert those with a free program with just a little googling.

For example: http://download.cnet.com/M2TS-to-AVI-MP4-DVD-Converter/3000-2194_4-10898518.html

Ok, folks.  We have a 'Harmy' newsletter you can subscribe to if you want to know the latest updates about the DeSpecialized Editions without subscribing to all of the threads and hoping against 'a new hope' that the next update will contain release info or something awesome.  This will be a monthly newsletter so we won't be spamming anyone.

Be warned that if something happens in the middle of the month, you will not be notified until the 1st of the following month - which is fine for most, but just wanted to make that clear.

Once you sign up, be sure to check your SPAM or PROMOTIONS folder and let your mail client know that it is not junk.  A link has also been added to the initial post of this thread (and will be added to the others later.)

Here is the link: http://eepurl.com/D0Gqb

johnlocke2342 said:

I know, Star Wars 1313 looked awesome from what I saw.

That's the big one that got me.  The site is still up but nothing there about it being ended so - fingers crossed that another publisher picks it up.

johnlocke2342 said:

Well the thing is that even if we try our best to make it as legal as possible, a fanedit (or a preservation for that matter) is illegal because it is made out of copyrighted material. I hate copyrights, because it sometimes have ridiculous results. For example, I own a LOT of DVDs and Blu-rays, I even have some entire TV shows. One of the TV Shows I'd gladly buy is "Malcolm in the Middle", which I'm a big fan of. Unfortunately, because of typical French copyright laws, the producers of the show aren't allowed to sell it here on DVD. Countless shows of different qualities even had their theme changed only here for the very same reason and are released here altered this way: House, Prison Break, Heroes (and I don't doubt many others) come to mind. I own the entire Malcolm in the Middle series as French-dubbed TVRips. I'd gladly give them my money just to make it legal and having the original soundtrack, but they just don't want to. That's stupid. For Star Wars it's almost the same thing: us fans want the Theatrical versions, but Lucas is keeping us illegally downloading gigabytes of data with every release, and waiting for an hypothetical release while he could just release it already, respecting his own statement about cinema history at the same time.

Voilà, it was my nightly rant about human stupidity.

Nice!

Although, it's not really Lucas' decision any more.  It's more up to Kathleen Kennedy at Disney - who has already killed several projects that LucasArts had in the pipeline.  (sigh)

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

We should think twice before setting up an automated announcement system.  Yes it will make it easier for enthusiasts to monitor the projects, but it would also make it a whole lot easier for certain other people to monitor them as well.  At least the way things are, when stuff gets finished, we know a whole bunch of copies will get out there before any proverbial hammer drops.

I see where you're going with this, but if the 'certain other people' want to monitor the project(s) closely, all they have to do is subscribe to the relevant threads like the rest of us.

I've already started a draft of a mail-out newsletter that people would be able to sign up to, but it would be sent at the end of each month - plenty of time to get copies out before even letting the regular enthusiasts know.  I'm waiting to hear back from Harmy if the format looks ok and then the first edition would go out Sept 1st.  (sign-up link coming soon)

So, for example, if SW:DE v2.5 is released the 2nd week of Sept, it would still be 2 more weeks before next month's edition would be mailed out mentioning the release.

Hey Harmy,

Did you decide to go ahead with the v2.0 encode as mentioned or hold off to just making v2.5?

Edit: Actually, if you're asking about reel changes I'm assuming that's probably what you're doing so, I'll just wait patiently for any updates. :)

Harmy said:

I'd have nothing against that idea :-)

Great!

Let me take a little time and get a mock-up going first then I can go from there.

Thanks Harmy.

Well, I don't want to step on any toes here, but since I don't have the technical capacity to help with putting the projects together, I'd be willing to set up like a bi-weekly/monthly newsletter of updates from the Harmy threads since I'm here anyway.  It would kind of be my way of pitching in...

Does that sound like something the community would be interested in?

I'd like to get permission from Harmy and anyone else needed before I did - plus, maybe a link to the newsletter sign-up page on the initial posts of the threads, otherwise it would just get buried here (I mean, we're already on page 383 for this thread alone.)

I work in graphic designs and web sites so it wouldn't be shoddy.

(shrug) Let me know - I'm willing.

Yep!  I wouldn't have the slightest idea how to write something like that but I'm sure *someone* out there does.

Plus, again - just set up a MailChimp newsletter account and let people sign up for the big updates.  You can have different sections in each update about the different projects and where they stand.

Again, all of the back and forth is really fascinating for me to read so I'm subscribed to the thread, but I understand the casual visitor that's just really excited to see the end product and not so much the details that go into it.

yoda-sama said:

Now I have to use Twitter???  Lazy noobs are making following this topic worse all the time...

LoL!  It's not a bad idea.  I've run across several sites that have 'watch dog' services built in - where you're automatically notified if something gets posted that is on your list.

Plus, it's not hard to set up a free 'Newsletter' that people can sign up to for major updates on projects and save the forums for what they're meant for - collaboration.

yoda-sama said:

But, in all fairness, wouldn't that address change when the version updates?  I mean, "v21" is in the path and everything...  Guess we have no choice but to give the poor chap a very personal PM to let his grace know when it is safe to come down off his mountain to obtain the fruits of his efforts.

I thought about that too, but as mentioned previously by another, I subscribed to this thread in the hopes that any updates of the new version could be followed here.  And then, when 2.5 finally is released, I'm pretty sure there will be *someone* who will post a comment in this thread letting everyone know - in case they miss the new thread that will more than likely be created when it comes out - that it finally is available.

I understand noobs though, as we all were at one point.  He probably doesn't want to keep getting emails about updates to this thread and have to wade through all the back-and-forth about subtitles and muxes, etc - each time hoping for the next email to be a notification of 2.5 being out.  At the very least, he should bookmark the thread and maybe check it once a week for any news.

Personally, *I* don't mind getting all the emails.  I find it fascinating and inspiring to see so much dedication going into these projects and am wholly grateful to all who are involved.  The friends that I've shown these versions to are awed at the quality and the restorations - as am I.

Keep up the great work, guys (and gals!)

Zer0

Hehehehehe..   nice one.

I think he needs to learn the meaning of "sarcasm."  The interwebs are a dangerous place for one so naive.

johnlocke2342 said:

I'm not sure if I can point you to the website without breaking the forum rules, but just google "fanedit", the website is among the 5 first results.

Yeah, I don't want to get anyone in trouble.  Your instructions worked perfectly.  Thank you very much. :)

Molly said:

I'd just like a barebones but high quality set with the three original movies in their original form with all their original mixes.  Just that.

Yeah, Molly - just grab Harmy's 3 DeSpecialized Editions of the original trilogy, no offense to anyone else's cuts.

Exactly.

Yeah, you have *my* vote!  Empire is my favorite out of the OT and I'd love to see it in a 2.x version.