Special thanks to Tyinthehouse for the Hybrid Remux I used in this encode.
HandBrake Settings used:
Diminsions:
Cropping: Conservative
(Source had massive black bars baked into the left and right of the video to make it 16:9)
Filters:
Detelecine: Default
Interlace Detection: Off
Deinterlace: Off
Video:
Video Encoder: H.265 10-bit
Encoder Preset: Slower
Encoder Profile: Main 10
Framerate: Same as source
CRF: 18
Audio:
Track 1: Japanese pcm_s16le track encoded to: 384bit Stereo AAC
Track 2: English FLAC 5.1 ch encoded to: 384bit 5.1 Channel AAC
Subtitle:
Track 1: [Rosette Christopher] Full Subs
Track 2: [Rosette Christopher] Signs/Songs
Because interlacing is somewhat tricky to deal with, I had four of my friends do blind quality tests on multiple different clips from the show. Leaving it interlaced was consistently voted worst quality, and Decomb EEDI2 was consistently voted middle of the pack. Decomb EEDI2 Bob and Detelecine were both voted the best. Decomb EEDI2 Bob took ~4X longer to encode and bloated the filesize by 2.5X, so I naturally went with Detelecine.
As for audio, I almost didn't include the English audio because I don't like dubs and this is mainly for my own collection, but I decided to keep it in as it didn't increase file size by much and someone out there might enjoy it.
Also, I have alternate encodes of episode 1 and 2 that are 1438x1080 instead of the 1438x1064 in this torrent. Contact me if you want them. Those two episodes had tiny black bars on the top and bottom that got cropped out, and I figure someone out there might actually want those those black bars on the top and bottom because of monitor scaling or whatever.
@Cavery210 I tried a couple different CRF settings, couldn't tell a difference aside from file size. Point out a scene that you think looks bad after you've actually downloaded it, and I'll compare it to the source files before I delete them sometime next week. I'm willing to run this encode again if it warrants it. You're also more than welcome to do your own encode too though lol =P
@CorallineAlgae You're welcome =D
I would recommend comparing what you already have to this before deciding which to keep though. The video source for this is the German Bluray, and I know it looks different compared to the Italian amazon prime rip I've seen. It probably also looks different compared to what you already have. You might like one or the other more. I personally like the German Bluray, so that's what I went with.
> Because interlacing is somewhat tricky to deal with, I had four of my friends do blind quality tests on multiple different clips from the show. Leaving it interlaced was consistently voted worst quality, and Decomb EEDI2 was consistently voted middle of the pack. Decomb EEDI2 Bob and Detelecine were both voted the best. Decomb EEDI2 Bob took ~4X longer to encode and bloated the filesize by 2.5X, so I naturally went with Detelecine.
You have absolutely no clue how to properly handle interlaced content.
@Aergia on that you are correct. That's why I tried ~6 different encodes on multiple different scenes throughout the show and had four different people do blind quality tests, then picked the option that scored the highest. You're more than welcome to do it yourself, or give some actually useful feedback if it can be redone better.
Again, if anyone thinks it can be done better, either do it yourself or tell me how and I'll gladly do it.
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