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Is the Zion version from 2011 (assuming V1?) basically the same as V2 from a video quality perspective? V2 seems to be unavailable.

Anyone have a copy of GM's ESB or ROTJ soundtracks?  Some of my favorite music is from ROTJ.  I have the anthology CD's, is that all there really is for these two?

It's on ThePirateBay .. search for Adywan, if that doesn't work, check recent torrents ;)  Dunno why Demonoid has to be so silly with signups.

Forgive the slow upload speed, that's all I've got.

Hal 9000 said:

I plan on using it as source material for future editing. Does anybody know how to convert this type of format into DVD?  Or MPEG-2?

The ISO is a UDF 2.5 file system, so getting to the files inside the ISO is your first challenge.  The only file you probably need is BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts.  The container format of the 00001.m2ts file is MPEG-TS.  The codecs used inside are h264 (video) and AC3 (audio).  For editing, you'll probably want to go with an AVI container, and lossless video and audio codecs.  Only convert to MPEG2 and DVD VOBs after all your editing is done.

Finally finished downloading this.  A big thanks to everyone uploading and seeding the torrent! :)  My dual layer DVD's have not arrived yet, so I've only been able to watch about half of it (they were just about to rough up the scanning crew when it quit playing).

My projector/viewing specs are above, so I won't reiterate that stuff..Here are my observations, but please note in advance that they are all very minor:

Picture quality was better than I expected.  The colors really do look nice, excellent work there, thanks!  The only time I thought it looked weird was when the red light was shining on Leia (when she is hiding and about to get stunned).. the red light had an unnatural glow to it.  But maybe it is supposed to look that way, I dunno.  Very minor.  Also, I am not 100% sure, but it seemed like "black" wasn't quite as black as it could have been, but if so, it wasn't off by much.

In the brighter scenes, the compression artifacts and static pixels are more noticeable, not much that can be done about this, of course.  The first time I saw any problems was in the white corridor smoke.  Then, when the droids were first on Tatooine.  There were probably more, but I was drawn into the movie, so again, minor.

One problem that seemed to persist throughout the movie was an occasional video stutter.  I had the player set to 24 fps mode, which the projector recognized.  Is the video also at that rate, or is it perhaps 25 fps (or maybe converted from 25 fps)? 

I'm curious.. how hard would it be to blend the subtitles in so that they don't have hard edges?  I could see the edges, as well as the thin black outline around them.  I should put in my GOUT disc and see what they look like on it, I can't remember :(.  The "Han shoots first" scenes blended right in, very nicely done.

Thanks again for doing this.  Definitely one to get if you have HD!   I enjoyed watching it (well, except for the Alderaan explosion ring, but that isn't your fault!). :)

Sounds like this is the same issue as the "weird font change" thread... different side effect but same bug.

Yep.. after further investigation, here seems to be the problem post:

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<p>I'm sure Johnny Ringo didn't mean to come off sounding like you owed him or the rest of us anything...I think he's just really excited....p>
<p>Your feeling and reasons for being resentful are well taken...its a shame people are ripping aprt your work and it is pathetic that some are selling your work as well...by all means if you ever find out if someone on these boards was selling your work, please do share....we'll put them in their place...p> 
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Filed bug report.. I suspect when we get to a new page the font will go back to normal.

Something seems to have gone wrong with the font on the following page.. when it is loading, it is the correct font, but then it changes.. maybe one of the lower posts is somehow changing the CSS?  Just a guess: 

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Prequels-Original-Trilogy-The-Complete-Scores/topic/7587/page/17/

It turns out that I was logged out at the time I was typing up the PM (I cleared my cookies for another site).  So, after I clicked the button to send the PM, it asked me to login, which I did.  It then said it would bring me back to the page I was on, which it did.. but the text box was empty (so I would have had to retype the entire message).  I checked the Sent folder just in case, and my PM wasn't in there, so I believe it was lost. 

I know that passing this type of postdata around can be a pain (perhaps my knowledge is incomplete, but I think you'd have to send my message to the login screen, then to the redirecting page, then finally back to the PM page.. ugh!).  Since this situation is unusual, I would have been fine with having my submit redirected back to the edit page, with an error message saying that I wasn't logged in and that my message would be lost.  Then, I could have copied my message to the clipboard, logged in, and re-sent. 

Location appears as a field in my public profile, but in my profile settings, there is not a place to set it.

Cool!  I was born in 1978, so I wasn't around to witness Star Wars in a theater until the 1997 disaster.  But, according to my father, one of the fond memories he has of the film was right at the beginning when the Star Destroyer flew by and shook the entire theater.  I was hoping for that experience in 1997, but I guess they had everything nailed down too well.. hehe.  Anyhow, as my 18" sonotube sub project is reaching completion, your work couldn't have been better timed.  I'd love to get my hands on a copy of this.  Thanks!

Adywan, thank you for doing this!  It is so much easier to be able to just burn to a DVD rather than try to futz with converting, especially in Linux where the tools seem to be nonexistent.

The Blu-Ray compatibility test works fine in the Samsung BD-P1400.  The test image looks great.  Equipment, in case that matters: I'm projecting onto a white 16:9 (92" diagonal) screen, using the Panasonic PT-AE1000U 1080p LCD projector, 24fps mode.  Viewing from a distance of 5 feet.  I cannot report on the projected quality of "Star Wars" (still downloading).

Besides the OT, I'm also very interested in seeing Revenge of the Sith in HD.  Glad that is on your agenda.  Been trying to get it via BT, but apparently on PirateBay, most everyone decided to follow PotC: "take what you can, give nothing back".  I think my share ratio is over 7 now, and I have less than 10% of the film.  Lame.

Which brings me to: Thanks to everyone supporting the BitTorrent on Demonoid!  Wish I could afford a faster connection, but I have the upload maxed out to what my connection will do (and 100 upload slots).  I've heard that uploading too much on cable makes downloading slower, but whatever, I'm glad to have to opportunity to help, even if it's just a little bit.