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Old 10-10-2018, 01:53 PM   #2401
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Doesn't look bad, though I'm not sure if that's film grain I'm seeing or CRT scanner noise.
I watched the first OVA and I thought that the picture quality looked quite alright in motion. There weren't any compression artifacts that stuck out like a sore thumb. Casey did a pretty nice job with the encode considering all the constraints.

The only thing that stuck out was the scanner noise in the picture. The scanner noise is not too distracting, but BGC sure could use a new film scan with better tech.

I also checked the bitrates of OVA #2 and #3. These target similar bitrates

- OVA #2 bitrate -
AVG: 14996 kbps | MAX: 20220 kbps


- OVA #3 bitrate -
AVG: 14998 kbps | MAX: 19801 kbps
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Old 10-10-2018, 05:28 PM   #2402
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Since I see some discutions about the quality of the authoring for the movie Night is short, here is the details for the UK/FR release by @anime.

Mediinfo :

[Show spoiler]General
Unique ID : 325585662587518176925602113398800284838 (0xF4F18488409AABCD62B8AB8652527CA6)
Complete name : C:\Users\Videos\NIGHT_IS_SHORT,_WALK_ON_GIRL_t00.m kv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 18.4 GiB
Duration : 1h 32mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 28.5 Mbps
Movie name : NIGHT IS SHORT, WALK ON GIRL
Encoded date : UTC 2018-10-10 16:40:20
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.12.2 win(x64-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.12.2 (1.3.5/1.4.7) win(x64-release)

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1h 32mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 26.4 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 35.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.531
Stream size : 17.1 GiB (93%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
DURATION : 01:32:35.550000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : 133200
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 18655319898
SOURCE_ID : 001011
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_STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC : 2018-10-10 16:40:20
_STATISTICS_TAGS : BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID

Audio
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 1h 32mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 999 MiB (5%)
Title : Surround 5.1
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 01:32:35.562666666
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : 520834
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 1047918008
SOURCE_ID : 001100
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Text #1
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Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
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Text #2
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Format : PGS
Codec ID : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info : The same subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
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Default : No
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26.4 MBPS for the video bitrate is not "bad" but could be better, if I remember correctly the JP version is much much higher, I don't remember the numbers but it was something like 38-39Mbps?
Also you can see on the screenshot that there is instances where colorbanding is clearly visible.

https://imgur.com/a/wVO7O5t

the authoring was done by the french authoring studio Com'on Screen.
Note : I didn't search for JP screenshot, so I can't compare those 2 releases to see if the color/gamma level is the same.
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Old 10-10-2018, 05:51 PM   #2403
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JP was 39.01 mbps with 2 lossless tracks: LPCM 2.0 24-Bit and DTS HD-MA 5.1 24-Bit
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Old 10-10-2018, 07:36 PM   #2404
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26.4 MBPS for the video bitrate is not "bad" but could be better, if I remember correctly the JP version is much much higher, I don't remember the numbers but it was something like 38-39Mbps?
Also you can see on the screenshot that there is instances where colorbanding is clearly visible.

https://imgur.com/a/wVO7O5t

the authoring was done by the french authoring studio Com'on Screen.
Note : I didn't search for JP screenshot, so I can't compare those 2 releases to see if the color/gamma level is the same.
I looked at this when it was released and wasn't too taken with it. As you've pointed out, there's a lot of banding. The JPN BD doesn't have that problem, but I'm not sure whether that had a deband filter applied to it whereas the French studio just encoded as is though.
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Drifters from Universal Europe.

Mediainfo :

[Show spoiler]General
Unique ID : 177492775505886692861348616423281938368 (0x8587DD78E4686192EDAD25E29A6A4FC0)
Complete name : C:\Users\\Videos\
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 2
File size : 4.75 GiB
Duration : 23mn 39s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 28.7 Mbps
Movie name : UPHE UPB1 73213 A
Encoded date : UTC 2018-10-13 12:50:39
Writing application : MakeMKV v1.12.2 win(x64-release)
Writing library : libmakemkv v1.12.2 (1.3.5/1.4.7) win(x64-release)

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 24.3 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 32.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Original frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:23:39.960208333
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : 34045
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 4393151602
SOURCE_ID : 001011
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_STATISTICS_TAGS : BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES SOURCE_ID

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 23mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 130 MiB (3%)
Title : Stéréo
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:23:39.968000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : 133122
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 136316928
SOURCE_ID : 001100
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Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 23mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 255 MiB (5%)
Title : Surround 5.1
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:23:39.968000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : 133122
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 267841464
SOURCE_ID : 001101
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Audio #3
ID : 4
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 23mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 130 MiB (3%)
Title : Stéréo
Language : French
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:23:39.968000000
NUMBER_OF_FRAMES : 133122
NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 136316928
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ID : 5
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_DTS
Duration : 23mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 768 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 130 MiB (3%)
Title : Stéréo
Language : German
Default : No
Forced : No
DURATION : 00:23:39.968000000
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All the episodes have almost the same setting, ~5Go, and around 25 Mbps in video + 4 dubs tracks.
Funfact only the english dub is in DTS 5.1, the other only have a poor lossy DTS at 765 Kbps, yep even the Japanese track.

In term of video quality well, with only ~ 25Mbps average no miracle is possible, unless you've got a good compressionist, wich is not the case here, there's a lot of banding in the dark scenes, and we all know that Drifters is most of the time dark scenes so the banding is alway there.
The image is quite grainy as well, wich is not a problem at all, the master is the same, shame the grain did not attenuate the banding problem (well, it does but not enough).

The serie is splitted on 2 BD50, each disc have 6 episodes on them, shame it does not use the full space, only ~36Go is used for the dirst Blu-ray, and ~40Go for the second.

Here the screengrabs : https://imgur.com/a/NR3esUV

The italian Blu-ray by Dynit is probably the best outside of Japan since the serie is splitted on 3 BD, unfortunatly I don't have that edition so I can't compare.
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Does the UK BD of Steins Gate have better picture quality than the Funi release?
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Nope.
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Now that I have the Bitrate Viewer application working, I re-did a scan on the first episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. (Along with Mediainfo for the other bits)

Video:
1080i PMEG-4 AVC
29.97 fps
1.33:1 Aspect Ratio encoded into a 1.78:1 frame
21617 kbps AVG (21.61 mbps)
37351 kbps MAX (37.35 mbps)
3.75 GB

Audio:
Japanese DTS HD-MA 5.1 24-Bit 48kHz 4418 kbps
762 mb

One weird thing, all the text that was onscreen- and by onscreen, I mean burnt into the video- like credits- that was redone for the Blu-ray. Really weird. Really clear credits on top of SD upscaled footage.

Also, you know how in the second half of the first OP, it shows the faces of all the main characters in the Galactic Empire? Well, there's a fade between one and the other in the original LD/VHS version. Here, it looks like those frames are either missing, or it's done really poorly. Like, you can see them fade, then their face shows up again for a frame or two, and then they disappear. It looks really weird, and is probably a result of ghosting due to the constant 29.97 frame rate. And other ghosting artifacts occasionally show up.

OP oddness aside, the upscaling is still very good. The SD transfer must've been good, as there is very little print damage, though small specs do occasionally show up. Although, there isn't as much grain as I'd expect for a film production- maybe there was some DNR applied, maybe not. There is fine grain, almost like it were a 35mm production, but I'm not sure if it was or not, so I can't say for sure. However, the image is very soft. it's odd, but it looks presentable, aside from the atrocious interlacing artifacts that take you out of the scene occasionally.

I don't know how to describe it, but there are shots where it looks like a conversion of 2D to 3D video. Like, there are layers of depth that stand out. Maybe someone here would like to take a look? PM me if you're interested, and I can help with some areas.

At first glance, it's a good upscale of a good condition SD transfer, but there are a ton of oddities that distract from the experience, and baffle me in what the team working on the DVD and Blu-ray releases were thinking. I really can't give a numerical score, it's just so weird.
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Took another look at Kyousougiga from Discotek, as I never did a proper write-up on it. Just summarized my thoughts on it in a paragraph or two.

Disc size: 44 GB

Specs for the ONA series (on disc 1):

Video:
1080i MPEG-4 AVC
29.97 fps
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
24950 kbps AVG (24.95 mbps)
47489 kbps MAX (47.48 mbps)
12 GB

Audio:
Japanese LPCM 2.0 16-Bit 48kHz 1536 kbps
757 mb

Specs for TV series Episodes 1-5:

Video:
1080i MPEG-4 AVC
29.97 fps
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
24965 kbps AVG (mbps)
48337 kbps MAX (mbps)
27.1 GB

Audio:
Japanese LPCM 2.0 16-Bit 48kHz 1536 kbps
1.67 GB

When people say, "everything by Toei Animation is badly animated"- you show them Kyousougiga. They then take back their statement.

Anyways, it's 1080i, and unlike LOTGH which kind of had a reason for the interlacing- the re-animated scenes were probably 30i- there really isn't one here. Discotek used what they were given by Toei, and it's not as pristine as you'd hope. Justin confirmed as such, and knowing that, I won't be as harsh, but that doesn't excuse poor encoding... if there was some.

Yes, Kyousougiga has banding. Being a series with great cinematography, and lush shots with intense colour grading, you want as little banding as possible- or, none at all, if possible. I would assume this is a source issue, as while there is banding, it is very subtle at points- to the point where you would have to look for it- I assume this is Justin applying filters to lessen it. Unless you de-band every frame, it can't be removed. However, while mp3dom has the ability to, due to Dynit being a smaller publisher, Discotek, while also a small publisher, has more releases, and Justin does the Answerman articles on ANN. As such, this is the best that could be done given the circumstances.

But those are when it is subtle. When it's visible, oh god is it ugly. Playing it back with VLC just makes it worse, so I'm not gonna provide any "definitive" screenshots, but I did take some months ago, albeit in VLC because I'm lazy and don't want to set up a better program.

There is zero aliasing, nor macroblocking. Overall, I'm satisfied with the presentation. Not perfect, but the source wasn't, and Justin doesn't have all the time to de-band frame by frame, so I'll give it an 8/10, given the source. If rated without that, it's maybe a 7/10.

Audio is LPCM 2.0, and it's perfect. Zero compression, no hissing, nothing wrong. 10/10

The extras are great. Yeah- EXTRAS. Discotek has the ONA series, the TV series, the 2 TV specials with the seiyuu, along with previews, commercials, trailers, creditless OPs and EDs, and sponsor cards. They're not huge behind-the-scenes type stuff, but when FUNi and Sentai put out sets with just the creditless OP and ED, it's great to acknowledge when a publisher goes the extra mile and adds all they were given access to.

Overall, it's a great buy. I got mine for $13 on eBay when sellers were selling it that low on some random day, and it was worth it. It's a series few people have heard of, and it deserves some recognition. Video isn't perfect like the audio, but it's a source issue. The extras are great, as is the show. A must own!
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Guess I'll do my regular ask. Anyone who got Saga of Tanya the Evil able to get my screenshots from multiple episodes?
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I picked up Zillion and the Bubblegum Crisis regular release. Zillion has okay A/V, but there are clear video deficiencies in the encoding/HD source. BC looks and sounds fine, but it's best appreciated with a soundbar or audio system.
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Took another look at Kyousougiga from Discotek, as I never did a proper write-up on it. Just summarized my thoughts on it in a paragraph or two.
Wasn't this originally done as a web series or something like that? Could that be a factor in it not being as pristine?


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Wasn't this originally done as a web series or something like that? Could that be a factor in it not being as pristine?
Only 6 episodes (five 10 minutes episodes and the first OVA) where online episodes only, the main serie (10 episodes) was a completly standard TV show.
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Ok, I just thought they might have reused some footage from the ONA or something like that, but if they didn't and the whole process was different from the regular show then...huh. Anyways, was just curious don't know anything about encoding or authoring, but I always find the discussions interesting.
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Ok, I just thought they might have reused some footage from the ONA or something like that, but if they didn't and the whole process was different from the regular show then...huh. Anyways, was just curious don't know anything about encoding or authoring, but I always find the discussions interesting.
The TV serie (10 episodes) reused some scenes from the previous ONAs (Original Net animation) but the majority of the TV serie is "original".
Also since it's the same studio behind the ONAs (Web episodes) and the TV serie, the footage from both are more than probably in the same quality, the broadcast quality of the ONAs was not "great" but the source material for them from Toei are in excellent quality (because the Japanese Blu-ray are top notch).
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Old 10-21-2018, 06:01 PM   #2416
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Bubblegum Crisis High-Definition Disctopia - AnimEigo
Screenshots OVA #1

I only took screenshots of the first few minutes of OVA #1. Didn't want to spoiler myself. Screenshots were captured with DGAVCIndex and then converted to .png format image.

Doesn't look bad, though I'm not sure if that's film grain I'm seeing or CRT scanner noise.
I've taken some matching screenshots from the old BD:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/122801/

The old one is better, but it's rather marginal. It could use a new scan, but in my opinion it's still very watchable since despite, or perhaps due to its softness, it's very natural and easy on the eyes and is mostly free of digital artifacts like aliasing and sharpening and the general dullness and harshness plaguing many transfers of similar vintage like Patlabor TV, Nadesico, the old Cardcaptor Sakura one and more.

The scanner noise is there, but it is very fine and just barely noticeable for the most part.
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Wow. The difference isn't as major as I thought.
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Old 10-22-2018, 06:21 AM   #2418
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Well, I'll be damned. That's very impressive. I figured there'd be a far more disparity between the two releases, moving from 3 discs to 1, but I'm having trouble noticing anything aside from slightly more naturally-resolved grain in the old release.

Good on ya, AnimEigo. Might pick up the Disctopia release one of these days.
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Old 10-22-2018, 11:50 PM   #2419
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That's some masterful encode work right there. I have the original set so I don't need the new one but it's good to see they put out the new one so well.
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Got given a screenshot from Saga of Tanya the Evil US release, and compared that single shot to my JP copy.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/122893

I don't know what I expected from FUNi.
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