Dear Internet,
Are Chewbacca's eyes okay in this photo or are they still completely unacceptable?
edit: I missed adywan's opinion. Checked one for 'okay eyes'.
It's funny, I corrected my worstening word and made it even worstest. Iddyplob: it's nothing against new members. I make a point to high five people who say "first post here, just grabbed Harmy's work and...".
It's just funny that we were just discussing people who do what you did. I'm sure you'll be a great member who sticks around after getting the files or invites you seek. As for your theoretical poll, the results might be skewed here, just as our attitudes are skewed, by the fairly constant barrage of requests. Still, welcome.
Edit: Your best bet is just to get these files from the google-able private trackers, and grab an invite from someone here down the road. I don't think anyone would hesitate to give one of their many unneeded invites to a friend/regular contributor/recognizable face/etc.
Even 'worseter' are those who not only can't Google, but can't bother to read five posts up in the very thread they've decided to beg in, where we're mocking people for such behavior. At least this one was polite.
Why would you not use the iso, then?
What it sounds like you're asking for would be for someone to download the iso and convert it into MKV format so you can convert it back to a blu-ray iso format. Is it a matter of not being able to add subs to the blu-ray easily? Still seems like the best option would be to use the corrected iso and play with that, rather than have someone make a new 20 gig upload for you.
SilverWook said:
Links to this thread are also getting posted to Twitter.
Direct links are the worst. Really selects for people who for whatever reason aren't capable of googling. At least those who hear about harmy and have to Google it will essentially find the restoration itself just as easily as they'll find this thread.
I'm sure it's being mentioned in lots of forums and comment sections in response to the discussion/disappointment of the SE digital package thing.
team_negative1 said:
Your screenshots are not working, you can't link directly to Dvdactive. You will need to repost those shots, and host them from an alternate site.
Team Negative1
Thanks. I changed it.
_,,,^..^,,,_ said:
But... following this comparison:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/90179
it seems there is at least one shot which has more image on HDTV...
I think I did recently read that there are a very few shots with more image on the DVD/HDTV version. Certainly this shot that was SE'ed in 2011 is less cropped:
http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/star-wars-the-changes-part-four.html (The Neimoidian Viewscreen)
_,,,^..^,,,_ said:
I found somewhere that the BD image is about 8% bigger (or the HDTV 8% cropped?) than the HDTV; someone could confim this? And what's about the other episodes?
For TPM the HDTV has the same 8% (or I've heard 10%) cropping in many (but not all) shots that the DVD has. The other episodes don't have that problem.
slask said:
There is no "90's-looking" CGI in the '11.. nor DNR. The problem of those blu-rays are the old masters. Lucas had them scanned years ago, they would benefit from a new 4k scan for sure.
Isn't the only CGI they really improved (in 04) the Jabba scene? I agree that the things added newly in '11 don't look like they were rendered in the 90s, though they don't look great.
The Sarlacc still looks like fairly dreadful smooth, plasticy 90's CGI. It looks like a cutscene from a Playstation or Dreamcast game. Some of the Tatooine creatures look pretty bad as well, but better than the Sarlacc.
JawsTDS said:
DrDre said:
Hahaha, I'm using the NTSC versions for all three films.
Why aren't you using the PAL version? Wouldn't you want the extra resolution from the DVD? If you need the PAL version, I can send you a copy.
Haha, we've come full circle! Check out the first few pages. He started out with the PAL discs, and we had a discussion where it was stated that the NTSC is a better source. So *someone* sent him the NTSC discs.
The ones I mentioned are TV preservations (SD). They look much nicer than the theatrical laserdiscs/GOUT. Should be very happy with the quality if you were prepared to suffer through VHS.
I feel like there was just another thread about this. Maybe not.
Myspleen has the TB release and the G'kar release. Both are pretty nice quality, though SD.
They're usually seeded. If not, you can do a reseed request or ask someone on myspleen. No one here is going to hunt down another version for you that is packaged more to your liking (and sharing the link would be breaking the rule).
Lust-In-Phaze said:
Okay, now I have the MKV. I tried using ImgBurn and all I got was a disc that wouldn't play on a conventional player, but would, when opened on my computer, act like a data disc with the MKV file for the movie on it, which could then be clicked to open. How do I burn the movie on a disc in a way that will work? Any help would be appreciated.
Sorry, I didn't think you'd jump ahead and try to just burn the file. There's a technical section on the forum for this kind of thing.
Use "tsmuxer GUI" and convert the mkv to bluray iso. You can mount the iso on your computer to test, if you like, before burning.
Yes. It's also missing most of the eighty seven* alternative audio tracks.
People have posted details (recently, I think) on how to ID the correct files by size and/or checksum.
th3r0ckr said:
So I guess I should have stared out by saying that I just discovered this project. I've been researching for a few days about what Harmy has done and looking for how to download the files. Harmy's original post pointed to the My Spleen forums to request and invite but when I tried to join the forum, my login is rejected and it says that my account doesn't exist, yet I cant make a new account with my E-mail. So anyway long story short I've ended up here looking for help. I love these films and seriously cant wait to watch the Despecialized Editions. Im not asking for a step by step from someone but maybe just some advice. Thanks again.
Sorry I didn't mean to sound like I was spamming.
It might not have seemed like spam, but when you consider that the thread that is specifically stated to not be for what you're doing is polluted with hundreds of people doing what you're doing: it's spam.
I don't know what your problem is with the myspleen forums. What we're telling you is that there are other torrent sites with it that are a google away. They're not as nice and cozy as a private torrent tracker, but they have it seeded, and plenty of us got it using google to find these other sites, and not spleen. The only downside is that when he releases a new version, it might take a week to get to those public sites. That won't happen anytime soon, you'll probably manage a myspleen invite by that point in the future. Public trackers are no obstacle for you now.
th3r0ckr said:
I want to get them the way Harmy intended. Plus I can't seem to find a site offering what the My Spleen page does.
I am not sure if Harmy's prophecy included Google or not. But, if so, I think you should be a heretic and try Google.
There is evidence of people in *this very thread* doing just that. Some of them even grabbed the files and *then* joined this forum to discuss them! I didn't get the files from myspleen originally. I used the google.
ww12345 said:
towne32 said:
Pretty off topic considering that Harmy's work isn't on b-t.
Jeez - I was being sarcastic, I had no idea they were a real thing. That is way off topic! Sorry for feeding the noob... (and not even doing a good job, at that!)
There are other members on another part of the forum who are uploading different preservations to that site. And handing out invites. But not Harmy.
corellian77 said:
Falaskan said:
Do you realize all the other threads display them on the first page?
Do you realize this is completely untrue and against forum rules? http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Notes-on-Piracy-Please-Read/forum/17/topic/13347/
He must be talking about another site or he is very confused.
Use VLC over PowerDVD for anything, unless you want to watch a Bluray and care about seeing the menu. The mono audio should certainly work with VLC.
team_negative1 said:
We have high resolution scans of the 81 crawl. That might be an extra to the main film.
Team Negative1
If you could pull off alternate branching for that in a bluray version, that would be awesome.
SteveE said:
cheers Towne32! I think I'm going to use the excuse of buying a Blu-Ray Writer to back up a load of things on the PC. Was going to get an external HD but the beauty of using Blu-Ray's is that I can keep multiple copies of the same files.
I'll google TSMuxer and go from there :) I sense my education is not over yet!
If you want to go the HDD/storage route, another option would be to just use an mkv/iso-supporting media player like kdlinks that you can either stream to via network or just plug the USB hdd into directly.
SteveE said:
EDIT: Damn, didnt realise these were HD! Done a bit more digging and they are!!! So basically I just get a Blu-Ray drive now and burn it accordingly????????????????????????????????
Yep, you've got it now. I also grabbed a BD-R drive specifically for fanedit purposes. This one has worked very well for me, if you're looking for an external drive. Should be noted that for Harmy's, you'll need to use tsmuxer to get it in the right format, at least until they release the iso with menus, etc.
Wazzles said:
towne32 said:
Wazzles said:
JawsTDS said:
I would love to see someone use Althor's LD caps and make BD-25s of the '97 SE. There's not much else out there, sadly.
Are his caps on the spleen?
I don't see them. Only his Japanese Phantom Menace. Are they supposed to be better than the TB or GKar caps?
I already have TB, I just want to check out the LD caps as well.
Sure. Just stating that they're not available.