Sometimes the post style reminds me of JMOW, but there have been some posts that are somewhat better written than JMOW was capable of. Plus several JMOW socks have come and gone since JMS has been here. I think that’s a bit too sophisticated for him…
Anyway, apparently Disney is putting out a 4K TLJ disc. So, maybe other Star Wars releases will follow.
Btw I have started a petition:
They should build a whole website and forum based off a petition like this.
But insiders have said that Disney has aqquired the print from library of congress and have restored it so who knows
http://mashable.com/2015/12/17/star-wars-original-cut/#cxZaQkgwjgqq This print?
Isn’t it just some release print? Don’t believe speculation stated as fact on reddit.
Hi all, this is my first post, but I’ve been an admirer of Harmy’s work for some time. I really enjoy Star Wars Despecialized Edition, but I had one problem with it that was really bothering me: I think that for all of the mistakes Lucas made when he was creating the special editions, his decision to include the scene of Luke and Biggs meeting in the hangar was a good one. Up until that point we had only ever heard passing references to Biggs, and other than a brief line later on mentioning “beggar’s canyon back home”, there is really no indication that the Biggs who is flying as Luke’s wingman is the same Biggs he grew up with on Tatooine. The scene in the hanger firmly establishes that this is indeed the same Biggs, and it shows us how close the two of them really are as friends (this is even more important seeing as all of Biggs’ scenes from the beginning of the movie got cut in post-production).
The reason this scene is so vital is because it gives emotional weight to Biggs’ subsequent death during the Battle of Yavin, which otherwise does not have much more of an impact than the deaths of the many others who died during that battle. Remember that Luke grew up as an only child, and Biggs was the closest thing he had to a younger brother; by making us see Biggs as a close friend of Luke’s with whom he looks forward to spending a bright future fighting alongside, it becomes all the more tragic when that life is suddenly cut short so close to the end of the battle. I am firmly of the opinion that not only was it a good idea to add this scene back into the Special Edition, but that the scene should never have been cut in the first place.
I decided I wanted to do something about this, so I ripped the scene from the 2011 Blu-Ray version and went about editing it back into Harmy’s Despecialized Edition. This actually took longer than I expected, as I had to make a lot of adjustments to get the color to match with the rest of the film. In spite of this, and after a few hours of tinkering with the color balance, gamma, contrast, and various filters (and a few more hours of trying to get my cheap editing software to export properly without introducing any glitches or artifacts), I think I got it just right. It isn’t “archival quality”, as due to disk space restraints I was working with a 720p down-scaled version of Harmy’s original (which also helped to speed up the rendering time somewhat). However, it still looks great and is a reasonable enough size for anyone to be able to download. Below I have included a Google Drive link for a before-and-after screenshot, as well as a link for the file itself. Since I imagine that the mods would not be happy with me directly linking to the entire movie, I will instead link to a page on pastebin where the direct link can be found.
Screenshot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UarulnvFCf3-esqwC_BSp1h0rQjuDDHM/view?usp=drivesdk
Movie: link deleted by moderator.
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One problem with that scene is if I remember correctly, I believe Lucas had to edit out Biggs talking about Luke’s father or something. And so that scene in the Blu-Ray’s has R2-D2 looks like he jumps up when he is being raised up due to part of it being edited out. I’m sure though that could have probably been fixed by them isolating R2-D2 and his lift and rotoscoping it in so R2-D2 doesn’t have that jump up effect. I’ve not looked at it in a while, so don’t know if they’d have to CGI in some parts of R2-D2 depending on if actors are covering up part of R2-D2 to make that fix not work without CGI fixing it.
He said he doesn’t care or notice about the big R2 jump. And Adywan has indeed fixed this (I was impressed that I didn’t really see any seams/problems).
Anyway, I suppose this is off topic unless this guy makes a fan edit thread.
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In line with all of the neat little ‘hints’ that Luke was never really on Salt Planet, maybe give him a green milk mustache during his final confrontation with Kylo?
This was a route i was thinking of going down but i have had compatibility issues after using multiavchd. Didn’t the guy who create it discontinue it though?
MultiAVCHD is no longer updated, but it’s perfectly functional in its current state.
What kind of compatibility issues?
Just call it The Last Ridiculous and then refuse to do Episode IX at all, in order to make the gag work.
animefan JMO sock is banned. http://originaltrilogy.com/user/animefan/id/35814.
for me, m2ts have always been garbled for the first second or 2 in box, but okay after that.
oh well. it should be okay on disc.
Does your laptop have a graphics chip/card? If there is some sort of GPU (even if it’s not a fancy one), there might be an option to have VLC run via that instead of the CPU or software mode, which is sometimes selected by default.
vlc likely will not play the main feature.
Out of curiosity, what makes you say that? VLC should have absolutely no problem playing a high bitrate x264 file in an m2ts container, in general. If it’s a matter of the hardware not being good enough, I’m not sure that other software will solve the problem, but perhaps it will!
MusicallyInspired: Did you play the mounted ISO as a disc in VLC? And it actually showed the menus and everything? Usually that is the more difficult part for VLC to handle. But the main feature itself should work. If you browse the mounted ISO on whatever drive you have it on (F:\ for instance), you should be able to see the folders: BDMV/Stream/. Browse there and click on a few of the larger m2ts files and open in VLC. They should play. The one that is by far the largest (many GB) will be the movie itself. Does it play that way?
Edit: Having just seen the updated post, perhaps it is just a matter of the computer not being capable? The main feature is much higher quality in terms of bits per second your computer needs to be able to run, compared to any bonus features.
Ady,
some of us have come up with and used a method to get around the dts (and other types of incompatibility) issue.
Build your iso with an another track type in place, such as ac3 (leave enough space on disc for the larger file). then open the iso in multiavchd. replace track and rebuild.
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(formerly on tehparadox):I hadn’t been on teh in ages. Why was it shut down?
The mysterious owner packed up and left. From what I read, the mods didn’t know who he actually was or how to get in contact with him. So, there’s no real answer to be had.
I guess I didn’t know that was enough. It was in the what are you reading? thread right after he was banned the first time.
They probably wouldn’t issue a ban straight out. But there are plenty of people here that I’ve been on the fence about as to whether they’re a troll or just honestly “that way”. The ambiguity is resolved with a quote like that!
Plus, we can have our beloved FOX fanfare intro back for the next SW films.
If this had happened prior to 2015, perhaps they would have done so for consistency (or maybe not). But it seems unlikely that they’ll switch again after having done three this way.
But, anyway (and on topic), it means that they should be able to stop cutting it out of Disney releases of the original trilogy.
Is this a problem for 2.7 but not 2.5? And is this something they fixed for the 97SE? I suppose it is possible that I accidentally removed the problem as I did use Harry’s 97SE for its color at some points.
Though I did go through every visual change in 005’s gallery, so I would be surprised. still, it’s possible.
Sounds interesting!
And just to reiterate how non screwed over we all are, the Despecialized editions themselves are very widely available. That’s what is most important.
And burning those to bluray is just about as simple as can be. The great menus and special features are a lovely bonus. But in terms of archiving and keeping available, it’s the main feature that counts.
Is anyone else here having trouble getting their dual layer discs to play on their ps4? Mine will play perfectly through the first half of the movie, and then it will try to switch to the second layer of the discs but just freeze indefinitely. I seems to me like my ps4 refuses to play the second layer of my discs. I am using Verbatim dual layer discs from Japan if anyone is wondering
Nope. My PS4 plays them fine (Verbatim with just the white blank surface).
“How do you do, fellow young apprentice?”
(sorry)
On another note, are you going to be using 4k77 as a source? It seems like there might not be too many shots that you need the raw 35mm for, once that is out. Just a bit more cleaning (those guys are working hard, but it’s easier to get nearer to perfect when you aren’t cleaning 2 hours of film), grain management, etc.
Sounds like a nice idea. And I agree. Make it public and you’ll spend more time reverting vandalism than updating it.
There is a table that I believe was made by “none” that could be of some use?
Also, does this mean you’re skipping straight to 3.0 for ESB now? Might make sense, since all the new work is 1080p anyway.
seems less likely.
You could mix the working video file with French audio and hope the person that encoded it didn’t mess up the sync somehow.
In any case, it would help show you which part is not working
I think it’s most likely the PCM audio in the french version. This should be easy enough to fix. Someone might have a faster method, but what I would do (given that I already have the programs, which are all free):
Demux the audio track with tsmuxerGUI. Import it into audacity. Export ac3. Use MKVMerge to build a new MKV. Drag in your old one as well as your new ac3 audio. Unclick the PCM audio and rebuild the MKV.