pittrek

_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

Here I am... let's say that today was "laserdisc extras capture day - 1"; I finished to capture both PAL and NTSC "From Star Wars to Jedi", and compared them briefly...

The conclusion is: the PAL french version has the advantage of really few and unobstrusive subtitles, while the NTSC has those big japanese subs always present. The bad news are that the video quality of the PAL is worst... bad colors, low brightness, low details, too much grain... it could be improved a bit, of course, but basically the NTSC is a lot better...

And, if only I will decide to use the PAL video, its framerate is not correct... I mean, to try to compare both PAL and NTSC, I had to change the NTSC framerate not to 25fps, but around 24fps!

So, maybe, it should be better to use only the NTSC japanese version, for the following reasons:

• better overall video quality
• has perfectly in-sync english soundtrack
• framerate should be correct
• using the japanese version, all extras will be NTSC only
• will match the other three japanese subtitled documentaries

 

Opinions?

The framerate is not "incorrect", it's just a differently made NTSC > PAL transfer :-)

Would PAL VHS tapes help you in any way ? I bought the Executor box set only to find out that my VCR doesn't work anymore :-)

Why don't you simply release everything on DVD ? Or even a disc of mkv files ?

I found a few problems with the starwars.com commentary track - in a few places it wasn't properly synchronized, but that's not a big problem. I think the main problem which I had with the commentary was the shot when the pilots leave Yavin 4 to attack the Death Star - the guy in the commentary says that you're looking right now at a completely new shot from 1997 :-)

_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

If the documentaries you are talking about are the following:

• Star Wars: A New Hope: Making of: As told by C-3PO and R2-D2 (1977)
• Star Wars: SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Star Wars: Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)

 

I'm sorry, I have the same ones - with japanese subtitltes... but, IIRC, they are the same present onto the BD official release, so...

At least, "From Star Wars to Jedi" is missing, and I have it without japanese subtitles...

About the EditDroid: I'm sure the quality is good (also if I have not seen them), but after the OUT and SET projects, I could assure you that a median and/or average of three captures eliminates a lot of noise on video, plus using a better laserdisc player and a better capture card, the final result should be better.

Still don't know if there is enough interest in the community in releasing this kind of bonus disc, as almost all the content (apart "From Star Wars to Jedi" without japanese subtitles) is present in one or more releases...

Yes, those are the documentaries I referred to. I admit I have seen them just once, but were they not differently edited on the bluray or something like that ?

I also think that making an avarage of different captures would help, if you WILL do it you can be sure that there IS public interest :-)

Interesting, so the PAL DVDs are definitely NOT just resized NTSC masters as previously suggested ?

Andrea, have you seen the EditDroid set ? Most of its material is in really nice quality, but the documentaries have burnt in Japanese subtitles

Looks very nice. I have personally never heard about it but I'd love to see it one day :-)

Fireproof710 said:

I feel like a kid on christmas. Everyone else in my building will be experiencing slower internet speeds for awhile. : )

Just curious, how diverse of a crowd are we? Globally speaking I mean. I know harmy is CZ. I'm east coast USA. Anyone else from the far reaches of the globe?

I'm from Slovakia :-) A couple of German fans are here too. A few Dutchmen if I remember. Some people are from the UK...

Harmy said:

Why in 8 hours? Anyway, try updating JDownloader.

My jDownloader wants to download it in 4 weeks :-)

Is it the same length as the 2.0 ? In other words, can I sync it to the czech dub from version 2.0 mkv ? Or should I wait for the bluray ?

And a great work of course :)

Also look at the scene selection menus, they also have much better colours than the movie itself. Also one of the menus (not sure which it was) had Luke training on the Millenium Falcon with a BLUE lightsaber.

Wasn't the snake reflection removed from the BluRay ?

Ginge said:

Guspaz said:

A theatrical release of Phantom Menace seems like a waste of Harmy's considerable talents. Getting to see Jar Jar in all his theatrical glory is not something I particularly feel a need to do :P

 

I couldn't agree more, a theatrical Phantom Menace is a complete waste of time. You can't polish a turd... the prequels are garbage and should be forgotten. 

Can't agree. Even when I don't like the prequels, they ARE a part of the Star Wars "saga" and the theatrical version deserves a "proper" release IF somebody will do it

slynger said:

Just remove "A New Hope" and all is good for the cover art.

Exactly

Just a stupid question - I can't find any of the 1080i versions online, could somebody point me to the correct direction ?

You_Too said:

@AntcuFaalb: Thanks! :)

@pittrek: We've uploaded new previews on myspleen, so check them out!

Thanks, I have downloaded it. I LOVE MOST of it, some of the scenes still look washed out and desaturated but still it's a million times better than the source material :)

poita said:

Williarob said:

We are interested in getting the Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope Original 1977 Rare Derann Super 8 Scope Film on ebay.

If you are willing to bid, please let us know.

 

I am already bidding on it, and will transfer it. So nobody bid me up :)

I'll shoot you a copy of the transfer.

I can handle 1200 sized reels.

Excellent ! Can I ask what is your "transfer hardware" ?

The pics are GREAT. They would be a great addition to your bluray, Harmy. Even if you'd just add them to some "extras" folder

Harmy said:

Oh, yeah, the DTS HD file of hairy_hen's mix should definitely be lossless, what I meant was that if you guys want me to include the other mixes in lossless I'd be happy to as long as they're served on a silver platter.

I actually found out that I have Belbucus' mono mix restoration in lossless flac. But I don't know what to do with it - I doubt it can be used as is, plus it probably isn't GOUT synced (though it only needs a slight time-shift if it isn't). I could convert it to wav in Audacity but a wav file will be like 1GB, whereas the flac file is only 300MB, so converting to wav seems like a waste of space - isn't there any BD compatible lossless format that would give a similar size as the flac?

You STILL could use the FLAC file for the mkv version (if you plan one) :-)

Demo ? Did I miss something ?

crissrudd4554 said:

CatBus said:

crissrudd4554 said:

Sssoo. Has anyone successfully burnt this to a DVD with the multiple audio tracks?

Lots of times.  Just use muxman and imgburn and you can't go wrong.

You can find lots of helpful suggestions reading through the thread starting on this page: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-REMASTERED-is-now-released/post/609884/

If you need help with more technical specifics behind any of those offered solutions, the Technical & Howto forum would be a better place to ask those questions.

I don't believe that will work because i use Mac to do much of my stuff now that my HP laptop is shot. Also i tried using imgburn once and it didnt work. Someone recommended multiAVCHD which I also tried using but the program failed during conversion. I did successfully burn a DVD on my mother's Dell laptop using ConvertX but the quality was a bit boxy. Truthfully, my trusted DVD burning software is Nero but that program as far as I'm aware does not burn multiple audio tracks. I should also add I'm not looking to convert the movie to a file to burn to DVD. Im hoping to just simply burn the original file.

Sorry, but what do you mean with "original file" ? What do you have ? The mkv or the AVCHD ISO file ? If you have the mkv file, no, you can't burn it on a DVD without re-encoding it, of course. If you have the AVCHD ISO you should be able to simply burn the iso file, but your DVD player has to be able to play AVCHD

I noticed the sky. Is it a complete re-creation ?

SpilkaBilka said:

_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

As now I'm a proud owner of a "brand old" computer with BD-burner, I'd like to release a BD with all the extras found on laserdisc editions (like trailers, teasers, featurettes, documentaries etc.) and still not on DVD or BD.

Awesome!  It would be great to have all of these extras in one nice little package.

Fully agree, an "all in one" disc would be excellent

Yesssss

Not in the near future