--- Sorry for rushing this episode out. A few scenes in this episode would have needed some additional polishing. It is very watchable, and I would say, is still the best source you can find right now on nyaa.si, but do expect a v2 sometime in the future. That's said, due to unrelated reasons, the next episode will be delayed. Maybe SVT-AV1-PSY v3.0.2 will be out by then and we will do a v2 for both episode 01 and 02 using the new release. --- ### Filtering and Encoding Details slow.pics from episode 01: [https://slow.pics/c/84gQLIF5](https://slow.pics/c/84gQLIF5). The most noticeable artefact in this anime is its strong ringing around the lines. We could not find the correct kernel for descaling. For scenes that have smaller descaling error, we use `vsscale.Rescale` and `vsdehalo.edge_cleaner` to filter the frames. For scenes that have larger descaling error, we use `vsdehalo.fine_dehalo` and `vsaa.based_aa` to filter the frames. This anime is characterised by its heavy film grain. We opt to keep as much grain as possible during the filtering process. For encoding, we use a modified version of autoboost to deliver a rather high quality encode. This is the SSIMU2 score of episode 01 with film grain removed compared to the filtered source: | Metric | Mean | Standard Deviation | 5th Percentile | Worst Single Frame | | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | | **SSIMU2** | **91.600** | 2.155 | 88.411 | 85.058 | We're using SVT-AV1-PSY v2.3.0-B right now, but we may consider a v2 very soon after SVT-AV1-PSY v3.0.2 comes out. Key encoding parameters: `--preset [-1 ~ 2] --crf [8.25 ~ 21.50] --tune 3 --enable-tf 1 --kf-tf-strength 1 --tf-strength 2 --sharpness 0 --film-grain 7 --psy-rd 2.7 --spy-rd 0`. Thanks to all the people creating the tools, plugins and vsfunc's that make this possible, and thanks to everyone in the community for teaching me and giving me advice. You are welcome to join AV1 weeb edition at [https://discord.gg/83dRFDFDp7](https://discord.gg/83dRFDFDp7). ### Media Info | Track | Language | Source | Codec | Remark | | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | | **Video** | Japanese | SubsPlease CR | AV1 | Filtered and Reencoded | | **Audio** | Japanese | SubsPlease CR | AAC | Untouched | | **Subtitle** | English | SubsPlease CR | ASS | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Portuguese (Brazil) | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Spanish (Latin America) | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Spanish | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Arabic | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | French | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | German | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Italian | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Russian | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Indonesian | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Malay | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Vietnamese | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | | **Subtitle** | Thai | Erai-raws CR | 〃 | 〃 | English chapters included. We recommend using MPV to playback our releases. Thank you for seeding after download.