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WOOKIE GROOMER PRESENTS
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Version 2)
HIGH DEFINITION
HAN SHOOTS FIRST EDITION
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General Information
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Type.................: Movie
Platform.............: WMV-HD VC1
More Info............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
Part Size............: 50mb
Number of Parts......: 274
Compression Format...: RAR
File Validation......: 5% Pars
Video Format.........: WMV-HD (2-pass CBR Sharpness 100)
Video Bitrate........: 14040kbps
Audio Bitrate........: 640kbps 5.1
Running Time.........: 125min
Resolution...........: 1920x820
Color................: 24 bit
FPS..................: 23.976
Source...............: H.264 HDTV BROADCAST
Original Format......: PAL
Genre................: Science Fiction
IMDb Rating..........: 8.8
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Post Information
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Posted by............: Wookie Groomer
Posted to bins.......: a.b.starwars/a.b.hdtv.repost
Posted on............: June 13, 2007
Re-Posted on.........: January 28, 2008
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Release Notes
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~~ NEW FOR VERSION 2.0 UPDATED June 8th 2007 ~~ For the first and ONLY time EVER to be in High Definition - Star Wars: A New Hope with the fully restored scene of Han shooting Greedo first in HD, just like it was when it was released in 1977! Sorry to do this to you everyone, after just putting out a great DVD9 version. I wasn't sure this would happen at the time I put out the DVD9 because making the entire 6 movie High Def saga universaly available is a MAJOR burdon and a time killer. For the hardcore SW lovers this bigger and better version should be a no brainer. There is also some color de-saturation on this release because if you noticed, people that live in space shouldn't have sun burns! I took the liberty of knocking the color back a few notches so things should look a little more natural or subdued and "closer" to how they originally looked before it was revised in 2004 re-release. It's harder to restore color saturation with non-state of the art hardware then it is to fuck it up with state of the art hardware. ;) I left the Jabba scene alone, not so much because I like it but because Harrison Ford is a cool dude and is one of the few great movie icons left in the world and didn't deserve to be edited out. This edition isn't meant to be a fan edit or some kind of restoration. I simply did to it what I personaly thought I would want it to be as my final archival edition to always watch this point moving forward.
As an added bonus I am including an 5.1 AC3 file with EX flags to remux with for those of you prefering a Dolby Digital track and for whatever reason can't get ac3filter to work. Just demux the feature and remux with this. It should work ok.
If you grabbed my previous release of A New Hope WMVHD DVD9 you may have noticed a slight audio sync problem (as reported by Usenet people) and a smaller file size/lower bitrate. This new Version 2.0 fixes all that with even better picture quality due to the new broadcast source, higher bitrate of 14MB and oh yeah, Han has his balls back. This is my new favorite version! Thought I would share it with the world. These 12+GB editions are the versions I initially indented to do but I was so anxious to get them done I decided to do lower bitrate DVD9's first and to revisit them later on and do at higher quality if possible. So now, welcome to later on!
Moving on to old news...
The source for this release is a fresh glitch free German Premier HD broadcast posted May 15th 2007 by harlis - Thank you! You are a hero to many! The release as posted by harlis included the infamous German opening crawl, German subtitles for Greedo & Jabba and 25fps run time in addition to English and German 5.1 audio tracks and a third track with audio commentary. It defaulted to German 5.1 for most users and was not very playable as it stuttered badly on some systems. Not to mention the nearly 20GB file size! To make this English friendly I used the opening crawl and English subtitles from the British Sky Broadcasting version originally posted January 5th 2007 by 'BK, thank you for that great release 'BK! That edition also had the 25fps speed up issue. I time adjusted both releases and edited out the German crawl/subtitles and replaced it with the English. I also replaced the audio with the DVD 5.1 and planted one easter egg within the movie, can you spot it? I matched the entire running length frame by frame to the source DVD to be certain the audio never goes out of sync. This is necessary as some broadcasts whether it be their source or transmission anomalies either lose a few frames or gain a few frames forcing the entire sync to shift.
Approximate encoding time 39 hours:
Core 2 Duo E 6600
3GB OCZ DDR2 800MHZ Gold Edition
Several SATA II 300 drives
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Install Notes
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Playable through Microsoft MediaCenter on your XBOX 360 or just simply on your PC. Nothing special to install. Just enjoy! No "scene" bullying or propaganda here! The following excerpt was taken from the FAQ on the Xbox 360 development team regarding WMV-HV / VC-1 encodes and the latest Spring update if you own the XBOX 360:
3. What exactly does the Xbox 360 support for WMV (VC-1)?
Xbox 360 supports the following for WMV:
File Extensions: .wmv
Container: asf
Video Profiles: WMV7 (WMV1), WMV8 (WMV2), WMV9 (WMV3), VC-1 (WVC1 or WMVA) in simple, main, and advanced up to Level 3
Video Bitrate: 15 Mbps with resolutions of 1920 x 1080 at 30fps.
Audio Profiles: WMA7/8, WMA 9 Pro (stereo and 5.1), WMA lossless
Audio Max Bitrate: No restrictions.
Read more here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/05/09/spring-07-video-playback-faq.aspx
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Personal Notes
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These 12+GB high bitrate encodes are meant for those with high end systems and are willing to appreciate the hard work involved in creating the absolute highest quality English editions of the saga currently available on ANY format.
Special thanks to harlis and 'BK for these and all the other great "discussions". Thanks to Born In A Skip for the first high quality original trilogy release! Thanks and acknowledgements go out to all those that have shared with the High Def loving community only to have their work butchered by "scene" Nazis and re-released as theirs without ever giving you credit. We know who we are, do they?
You can now reach me at WookieGroomer@hushmail.com !
COME ON GEORGE!! BRING OUT THE BLU-RAYS ALREADY!
Coming soon, Empire Strikes Back 12+GB with restored Bobba Fett dialog... & Addicted to Star Wars x.264 720p DVD9