Post Description

Starship Troopers (1997)


Blu-Ray (HD/Mpeg4-AVC)
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1409063
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=11496
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Starship-Troopers-Blu-ray/192/
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34079/starship-troopers/


Original Disc Specifications

Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
IMDB Reported aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
(unreported)


Original Video Size: 22.33GB, 22,999Kb/s 2:09:27 (7767s)


MERGEKIT.A (Recoded to BD25 size)
Movie Video Recode Specifications:
Codec: x264 (2Pass)
Container: MKV
Size: Video 17.68GB, 18,210Kb/s 1920x1040 (MeGUI/DXVA-HD)
21% reduction, 79% of original
Audio:
DTS 5.1 (from TrueHD English Original)
Dolby 5.1 (TrueHD-Core English Original)
Dolby 2.0 Commentary 1 (English Original)
with Cast Members Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer and Neil Patrick Harris 
Dolby 2.0 Commentary 2 (English Original)
by Director Paul Verhoeven and Writer Edward Neumeier
Dolby 2.0 Commentary 3 (English Original)
FedNet Mode, Various Commentaries from Cast and Crew


Chapters and English SRT subtitles 

Extras (SD/Mpeg2/NTSC) from Starship Troopers Special Edition DVD D2 Extras
(see http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=279#3 for complete listing),
(CCE/9P/3302Kb/s 32% Reduction 68% of Original, DVD5 Size)

BURN TESTED W/ both BD-RE and BD25 (25.02GB)
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MERGEKIT.B
All Audio Streams from Original Disc, plus generated, including:
DTS 5.1 (from TrueHD English Original)
TrueHD 5.1 (English Original)
TrueHD-Core 5.1 (from TrueHD English Original)
TrueHD 5.1 (French Original)
Dolby 2.0 Commentary 1 (English Original)
with Cast Members Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer and Neil Patrick Harris 
Dolby 2.0 Commentary 2 (English Original)
by Director Paul Verhoeven and Writer Edward Neumeier
Dolby 2.0 Commentary 3 (English Original)
FedNet Mode, Various Commentaries from Cast and Crew

Chapters, PGS Subtitles, and English SRT Subtitles

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MERGEKIT.C
Extras (SD/Mpeg2/NTSC) from Starship Troopers Special Edition DVD D2 Extras
(see http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=279#3 for complete listing),
(CCE/9P/3302Kb/s 32% Reduction 68% of Original, DVD5 Size)
  
All as included in MergeKit.A

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MERGEKIT.D
BD50 DISC - COMPLETE ORIGINAL (~44.57GB)
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NOTE: MediaInfo listing included with most MergeKits



What IS MergeKit?

Mergekit is all the 'extras' on a BR disc that, unless one downloads the
entire disc image, are the bits usually not included in the mkv or remux,
for whatever reasoning (or lack thereof) of the original poster.

You know, things like the chapters, commentaries, subtitles, full HD audio
streams (like DTS-HD/MA or Dolby TrueHD), or perhaps you have Dolby decoding
but not DTS, or the other way around.

So MergeKit gets you all those 'extras', again without spending the time and 
effort (and download blocks or caps) dealing with the full rip, simply to get
that one small part you feel is missing!

Integral to adding these bits to an mkv is mkvmerge, part of the MKVToolnix
package.  

Other s/w to process things like PGS subtitles (SRT conversion) can be easily
found on various websites.

Also, a Mediainfo text file, listing all the original BR parts, is included
with each MergeKit part.

MergeKits are divided into several parts, an example is below:

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.A x264 Movie

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.B All Audio Plus

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.C All Extras

MOVIE.TITLE.MERGEKIT.D Complete BD25/50