**Title**: Cowboy Bebop (Season 1)
HEVC 10bit SoftSubbed - 1440 x 1080
Encoded by: EoE
**Source**: [JySzE](https://nyaa.si/view/1492120) (210 GiB)
**Audio**: Japanese - English
**Subtitles**: English [Full - Signs/Songs] (CBM/JySzE) - Italian - English [Dubtitles]
### **V2 Note**: V2 because some episodes got broken during the muxing process, and unfortunately (due to the fact that EoE is a bad encoder), weren't caught before release. These are fixable using [the patch script](https://litter.catbox.moe/5z29ze.zip).
Because of the goldmine of comments on the original release, I'm leaving it up (but hidden), [here](https://nyaa.si/view/1524120)
**Original Note**: Did someone say ***BLOAT***? Yeah I kind of threw shit at the wall and let this have crf 18. Worked mostly fine for the majority of episodes, except for a couple which ended up absolutely massive that were redone with crf 19 for a minor filesize reduction. All episodes other than 23 were encoded with the same [script](https://github.com/End-of-Eternity/Encoding-Projects/blob/master/Cowboy%20Bebop/Bebop.vpy), which has commented explanations throughout, but the general gist of it is using a strong cmde + bilateral as a prefilter to bm3d, followed by a weaker cmde merged back into the bm3d clip using an adg based brightness mask. I only added grain with placebo.Deband as I liked the effect more than adaptive_grain here, plus it compresses minorly better. Episode 23 was encoded using a [custom script](https://github.com/End-of-Eternity/Encoding-Projects/blob/master/Cowboy%20Bebop/Bebop_23.vpy) which is far too complex to explain here, and therefore ~~will have a dedicated blog post soon (probably tonight)~~ you can read about it [on my blog](https://blog.eoe.codes/my%20vapoursynth%20scripts/2022/05/06/cowboy-bebop-S01E23.html) (About 12 hours late but nvm). I will also post some comparison frames on slow pics and leave a link here later. Project was fun, should really have done this sooner. Cheers, EoE
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> some episodes got broken during the muxing process, and unfortunately (due to the fact that EoE is a bad encoder)
Everyone makes mistakes (well, I don't because I'm the definition of perfect. My updated versions are always purposed), but I think it's very humble of you to admit your own limitations
Don't mind me, I just wanted to contribute by starting to replace the lost comments with new, better ones
A good HD mini release for this series!? Finally! I had done multiple comparisons between different 1080p HD mini releases versus CBM and Fussoir's old 720p encodes a long while back and none of them were a better option compared to those two 720p releases. Example - [CBM 720p vs DB 1080p] - https://slow.pics/c/UZgzDmsZ
[CBM 720p vs Judas 1080p v2] - https://slow.pics/c/3Tey8Jle
Great work! Thanks for the release.
@DonCanjas the worst part was that I already knew about the issue and thought I'd fixed it, but I think that when collating all the epiodes together, I accidentally used an older version. Lucky that it's technically less than a MiB patch.
@DoktorWeiss eventually I'll make a comp with lots of other releases, but I got distracted by other work and forgot. Will do eventually. The comps you posted there look impressive though.
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