|  | | :-----: | | [**Kaleido Star - MyAnimeList.net**](https://myanimelist.net/anime/427/Kaleido_Star) | ___ # V2 WITH IMPROVEMENTS IN EVERY CATEGORY: https://nyaa.si/view/1465300 ___ #### **Information:** * encoded the video track to HEVC (libx265/libx264, crf 22-24) * encoded the japanese audio tracks to AAC (libfdk_aac) * the files are named correctly according to [thetvdb.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/kaleido-star) OR anidb |Track-Type | Title | Attributes | | :-------------: |:-------------:| :-----:| |**Season 1:**|---|---| |video|Japanese|x264 8bit 30.066FPS 1440x1080| |audio|Japanese|48.0kHz stereo AAC| |audio|English|48.0kHz stereo AAC (**default**)| |subtitles|Dialogue|ass| |**Season 2:**|---|---| |video|Japanese|x265 HEVC 10bit 30.066FPS 1440x1080| |audio|Japanese|48.0kHz stereo AAC| |audio|English|48.0kHz stereo AAC (**default**)| |subtitles|Dialogue|ass| |**OVA2:**|---|---| |video|Japanese|x265 HEVC 10bit 23.976 1920x1080| |audio|Japanese|48.0kHz stereo AAC (**default**)| |subtitles|English|ass (**default**)| **Disclaimer:** + The second and third OVA don't contain english audio tracks, but translated subtitles. ___ #### **Source:** [**Anonymous**](https://nyaa.si/view/593299 "?'s release") - video, audio (jpn,eng) and subtitles (eng) [**Yanix**](https://nyaa.si/view/1039286 "Yanix's release") - subtitles (eng, OVA2 and OVA3) ___ #### **Screenshots:** |Season 1:|||| |:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:| |[](https://slow.pics/OWPhaEWR/) |[](https://slow.pics/fs3If7gv/) |[](https://slow.pics/6O1B1EVX/) |[](https://slow.pics/3kZqvVFz/)| |**Season 2:**|||| |[](https://slow.pics/tpVzVtDv/) |[](https://slow.pics/iO7Idoen/) |[](https://slow.pics/ZHQvgD6s/) |[](https://slow.pics/y1W6sPph/)| |**OVA2:**|||| |[](https://slow.pics/bCBuyupf/) |[](https://slow.pics/nBjdGX7C/) |[](https://slow.pics/kL19a4Wg/) |[](https://slow.pics/wIFTmTlX/)| ___ #### **FFprobe:** ``` ffprobe version n4.4 Copyright (c) 2007-2021 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 11.1.0 (GCC) configuration: ... --enable-libfdk_aac ... libavutil 56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100 libavcodec 58.134.100 / 58.134.100 libavformat 58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100 libavdevice 58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100 libavfilter 7.110.100 / 7.110.100 libswscale 5. 9.100 / 5. 9.100 libswresample 3. 9.100 / 3. 9.100 libpostproc 55. 9.100 / 55. 9.100 Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'Kaleido Star (2003) - S01E01 - My Amazing Stage Debut.mkv': Metadata: ENCODER : Lavf58.76.100 Duration: 00:23:01.02, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2228 kb/s Chapters: Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 90.000000 Metadata: title : オープニング Chapter #0:1: start 90.000000, end 646.972000 Metadata: title : Aパート Chapter #0:2: start 646.972000, end 1289.989000 Metadata: title : Bパート Chapter #0:3: start 1289.989000, end 1350.091000 Metadata: title : エンディング Chapter #0:4: start 1350.091000, end 1380.914000 Metadata: title : 次回予告 Stream #0:0(jpn): Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1440x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 180k tbc (default) Metadata: title : Japanese DURATION : 00:23:01.006000000 Stream #0:1(jpn): Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp Metadata: title : Japanese NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 97388228 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 32bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:08:34 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 32bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:08:34 _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2014-08-27 08:34:25 _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2014-08-27 08:34:25 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES BPS : 564168 BPS-eng : 564168 DURATION-eng : 00:23:00.980000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 16184 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 16184 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 97388228 ENCODER : Lavc58.134.100 libfdk_aac DURATION : 00:23:01.022000000 Stream #0:2(eng): Audio: aac (LC), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default) Metadata: title : English NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 27605806 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 32bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:08:34 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 32bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:08:34 _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2014-08-27 08:34:25 _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2014-08-27 08:34:25 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES BPS : 160027 BPS-eng : 160027 DURATION-eng : 00:23:00.053000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 64690 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 64690 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 27605806 DURATION : 00:23:00.107000000 Stream #0:3(eng): Subtitle: ass Metadata: title : Dialogue _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 32bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:08:34 _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP-eng: mkvmerge v7.0.0 ('Where We Going') 32bit built on Jun 9 2014 15:08:34 _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2014-08-27 08:34:25 _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC-eng: 2014-08-27 08:34:25 _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES _STATISTICS_TAGS-eng: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES BPS : 126 BPS-eng : 126 DURATION-eng : 00:22:45.220000000 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 374 NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 374 NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 21612 NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 21612 DURATION : 00:22:57.703000000 ``` *** #### **Many thanks to [Anonymous](https://nyaa.si/view/593299) and [Yanix](https://nyaa.si/user/Yanix) for making this possible.** ___ #### ***I have included a script for windows and linux users, that removes the english audio and turns the subtitles on. (using ffmpeg)*** ___ If you find anything that seems out of the ordinary, just post a comment and I'll take a look at it.