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Update on Char's Counterattack 720p Problems - UPDATED 5/7/2009 @ 2:05PM

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | Posted by OZC | Edit Post
Just wanted to update on the problems with the CCA 720P release. I double checked my master files on my desktop and confirmed that the master file is the entire movie, just a few seconds short of 2 hours. I also confirmed that the file my friend has been seeding is the complete 2 hours. I can't figure out why people are only getting an hour and 43 minutes of the movie.

I'm currently downloading a copy of the seemingly damaged file from the seeders that have it so that I can see whats going on. I honestly don't know if it's possible to patch the video file like I do with the subs, but I'm really hoping that it can be done if need be, otherwise I'm going to have to release a v2.

Once I have the file and can analyze it, I'll make another update about what will need to happen.

UPDATE: OK, I have a copy of the file now and sure enough, it cuts off right at 1:43:15. I don't see any reason why either. The MD5 doesn't match up either, so something has gone very wrong. In any case, I'm re-encoding the 720p raw because I don't have a whole lot of faith in the one currently in my complete file. When that is done, I'm going to try and compile a patch that fixes the missing 17 or so minutes. I'll update this again when I've tested this out and have a little more info.

UPDATE 2: More information here and it doesn't look good. Patching it doesn't work, it simply tries to replace the entire video track. My next thought was to see if appending the missing footage in would work, but that doesn't work either. What ends up happening is instead of appending and becoming 2 hours long, the file jumps to 2:16:XX. So it seems that the MP4 contains SOMETHING referring to the missing footage. The question now is, can I find a way to make it work. The biggest problem I see is the file size of the newly re-encoded 720p is different than the other one.

Worst case, and I HATE to have to do this, I'll re-release a v2. I'll have a decision later, along with posting the 720p episodes of 00 that I didn't get uploaded.

UPDATE 3: I need some sleep. I'll give this another look after I get some rest and see if I've missed anything. Otherwise, expect the v2 to go up tomorrow afternoon alongside 00 Episodes 1-3 in 720p.

UPDATE 4: I have found a way to fix the release, but it requires some creative remuxing. I'm going to see if I can write a batch script that will allow it to be automated, but I don't have much experience with the command prompt version of MKVMerge. Otherwise, I'll write a guide on how to split and remux it using the GUI version.

Basically, to fix it, the video is split in two exactly 1 second before the point where it loses the footage. The section before the split is kept, and the other piece thrown out. We'll call this Part 1. Next, the fixed V2 is split exactly the same. In this case, everything before the split is thrown out. We'll call this Part 2.

Now, this gives me, in 2 files, the complete movie. Using the append function, the newly created Part 2 file is appended to the Part 1 file. You all have Part 1, and need Part 2. Part 2 is only about 400MB.

I'll make one more update post in a little bit when I have figured out if I can make this work with the command prompt so I can write a batch file that will automate it.

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