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Can I get a link please? Thanks!

May I also have link to the GD? Thanks!

Great reply, thanks Jonno. I'd definitely like to check a few of these out. In order to acquire the sound files, should I PM the person responsible for creating the respective tracks that I'm interested in?

Many thanks for the replies. So if I understand correctly, a well-mixed Dolby stereo track can be just as good and immersive as a 5.1 on the same setup?

How does the Pro Logic II know which parts to output to each speaker? I understand how it determines the low frequency stuff for LFE, but how does it know to put the dialogue in the center and what to send to the surrounds if the audio file itself is only stored as a 2.0 track and not the 4.0 that it was mixed at? I read about the Dolby Stereo Matrix on wikipedia, but I'm still not quite sure how this could provide as immersive of a result as a true 5.1. 

Using Temple of Doom again as an example, is there a reason one would choose to play the Dolby Stereo track over the 5.1 DTS-HD on the Blu-Ray in a 5.1 setup?

Excuse my ignorance on the matter, but how does one best take advantage of a mono/stereo track on a 5.1/7.1 surround setup? Can the receiver actually properly distribute these tracks to all speakers and have it sound better than a native 5.1 track on a blu-ray?

For instance, in regards to the Temple of Doom, PDB stated "One of the best Dolby Stereo soundtracks". Does this mean it sounds really great in a stereo setup only when compared to a 5.1 track, or does it actually sound better in a surround setup as well when compared to the 5.1 track on the blu-ray?

Thank you.

Hey Harmy,

Is there a breakdown of all the changes you made to your remastered version of Star Wars? I remember you had originally released a powerpoint presentation along with the initial release of the despecialized edition, but didn't see one for this remastered version. Thanks.

Mike

There's also a contrast in the sky in the scene where the ronto was replaced in the distance. It's the scene where Luke and co. arrive outside the Cantina and are getting out of the landspeeder.

Also, in the scene where the rebel fighters are leaving Yavin, the blue sky looks like an animated blob where the fighters are taking off.

I've noticed the sky contrast in the dewback seen as well, but other than these three I haven't noticed any other sky issues.

Harmy said:

Yeah, that is slow, that's not normal, I usually download 300Kbps from there.

I'm up to 100Kbps now, but that seems to be the peak for me. Should still be able to get everything by the end of the weekend so I can have a nice Sunday night viewing. 

I'll take a look there. Thanks. I don't mind the wait, but would obviously prefer to get it ASAP. Looking forward to watching it.

Edit: Looks like myspleen is down. Also, I'm now getting between 10k - 20k/sec on uloz. Oddly slow if you ask me, even if lots of people are downloading it. 

Harmy said:

Are you using JDownloader?

Yeah, I always do. Should I not be?

Has anybody who has downloaded this upped it to a different source? I'm currently getting a blazing 30k/sec on uloz with my 25mbps connection.

PM Please and thank you!

Nice! Looking forward to it Harmy.

Harmy said:

OK, I finally finished the comparisons. It's a powerpoint presentation and you can find it here.

Just watched it. Amazing! Your comparisons between the GOUT, SE and your DE were great and the explanations for what was done to each shot was a very nice addition as well. Looking forward to A New Hope. Mark me down for a workprint review when it's ready! :-)

Hey Harmy,

Just watched the Despecialized Edition of Empire and I LOVE IT! Watched it on my Plasma and it looked incredible. On first viewing, I only really noticed two things that stood out to me.

The first is when we first see Vader on the close up of the back of his head. I thought there was a bit too much blue here because when we jump back to the far shot, there isn't as much blue spill on him or his surroundings at all. In the close up, his helmet just seems a bit too blue as well as the Star Destroyer to the right.

The other thing that slightly pulled me out of the film was the far shot of Cloud City at approx. 1:24:45. The quality of this shot is unfortunately quite poor in comparison to the shots that precede and follow it, but I'm sure there's not much you can do about given the source is most likely of poor quality as well.

Other than that I was completely into it and had a blast. I didn't noticed any loss in quality by stepping down to 720p and in fact thought several scenes looked better in the 720p DE than in the 1080p PDE. 

Can't wait for ANH and ROTJ as well as when you release your list of all the changes to Empire. There were probably things I didn't even notice because they were done so seamlessly. Fantastic work.

Anyone else having trouble downloading? jDownloader keeps giving me the error: "The file you are trying to access is temporarily unavailable", specifically for files 9 and 10.

PM Please and thank you :-)

Nice! Now I better make sure I haven't used up my bandwidth for my current billing period :-)

Harmy said:

That was only STAR WARS, I need another soundmix for Empire, perhaps the theatrical stereo. 256Kbps would be ideal.

My bad, I was looking at the wrong specs. Looks like you've found a good version of the theatrical stereo though. Can't wait! The clips look awesome!

What about the mono mix you used on the PDE?

Yeah, I know most (if not all) programs don't seem to have full AVCHD support yet. At least that's been my experience. I mostly use Final Cut to do my editing and even though it can't import AVCHD natively, you can sometimes import it by transcoding but even that is hit or miss. Then when I export I need to go to an intermediate codec like Apple Pro Res before then converting to AVCHD. Definitely a long process! I feel your pain :-)

Man, that must have been frustrating after 12 hours of encoding for it not to work. Glad to hear you know a way around it. Are you using a different process for encoding than you did for the PDE?

Sounds great Harmy, can't wait to see the finished product.

Sorry, must have missed that. I'll just go back and find it. Thanks.

Sweet. Looking forward to it.

Since we're on the subject of sound, what are you plans for the sound for the Despecialzed versions? Are you going to use the exact same setup as the PDE or will there be any changes?