This is пока’s excellent encode with the dub added and his ~128k AAC Japanese track replaced by 320k CVBR. I also encoded the NCOPs and EDs since they weren’t included originally.
Japanese is default. Set your player to eng+zxx to get English audio with Signs.
Note I removed the opening karaoke in the default English sub because I found them to just clutter the screen. I did include a second track that has the subs, so if you want them set your subtitle selection to abk to automatically select that track. (it was the first country code so I picked it for convenience)
v2 replaces the 256k AAC with 320k, since I'll be using that from here on out.
[quote]Japanese is default. Set your player to eng+zxx to get English audio with Signs.[/quote]
Or you can use MKVToolNix and change the header defaults.
It's a lot easier in the end than changing your player all the time.
q127: The encoder throws 300-360kbps at noisy songs (cymbals etc.) and substantially less bitrate to dialogue, quieter songs, OST, etc. Doesn't seem to go above ~220kbps during dialogue alone.
320k CVBR: Throws about the same amount of bitrate at noisy songs but also throws a lot of bitrate at dialogue (I saw it peak at 450kbps during a scene with nothing but dialogue).
Conclusion: Unless dialogue needs 350-450k, CVBR 320k is bloated.
This isn't meant to be an attack. I'm interested to know why you switched away from q settings.
cool story but what you're doing is still stupid. i don't know why people think they know better than an algorithm does on how much bitrate something needs.
It's probably not a good idea ever going with CVBR 320kbps at all unless you choose 512 kbps option instead (If that's what you did alright) depending on the audio quality that may surpass the 320kbps limit and not only maintaining but surpassing the bit rate (if that's your main focus) q127 max if you did 2 sample tests to compare.
If bit rate's your intent I can see why you'd choose that seeing you've used 256 kbps q settings prior, so doesn't seem you were going for the highest perceptual sound quality anyways neither allowing the encoder to manage the bit rate itself but rather for a higher bit rate regardless even if audio scene(s) that don't require that much will receive unnecessary bit rate (bloat) then it should. Thought you dislike bloat? Unless that's for FLAC only?
From what I understand CVBR is useful on 2.0 channels only, anything else q127. The highest kbps using q127 setting I seen has been 384 kbps but that's irrelevant if the sound quality isn't trying to reach the perception of the lossless audio.
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2271/_index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40012667-CH1-TNTAG4-AVERAGE_BIT_RATE__ABR____DEFAULT_MODE
I did 3 samples from Hundred anime (which has the type of action in this anime) episode 7, from a 24 bit / 48.0 kHz flac
Settings:
q127 https://pastebin.com/fyRG26Ax
CVBR (512 kbps) https://pastebin.com/3r6rtwvu
CBR (320 kbps) https://pastebin.com/ST8Z8d6M
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