Anime: Gunslinger Girl Season II
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They released ep 2, and they are sticking with bad ass mkv format, i am sticking with aen for avi format for archive purposes onlyOriginally posted by Gordonator:seems like triad is better. -
what's wrong with mkv? Its a good scalable container that supports many codecs, including mpeg4, mpeg4 part 10 (H264), aac, mp3, ogg and many others.
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it eat up space in my hard disk, i choose avi so that i can convert easier, you cannot imagine, if all my anime series retain as avi or mkv will eat up how much space in my hard disk!Originally posted by abao:what's wrong with mkv? Its a good scalable container that supports many codecs, including mpeg4, mpeg4 part 10 (H264), aac, mp3, ogg and many others.
I don't mind, movie in mkv format, which the difference in quality will show, between mkv and avi...........
Most of my anime series are rmvb format -
mkv does not eat up your hdd... ... get your facts rightOriginally posted by allentyb_v2.01:it eat up space in my hard disk, i choose avi so that i can convert easier, you cannot imagine, if all my anime series retain as avi or mkv will eat up how much space in my hard disk!
I don't mind, movie in mkv format, which the difference in quality will show, between mkv and avi...........
Most of my anime series are rmvb format
its the bitrate that adds up to the final filesize of a file.
Becoz most fansub prefers to encode 704x396 @ 175MB for avi (XviD, mp3) and 1280 x 720 @ 233MB for mkv (x264, aac), it seems that the size is larger. But it isnt at all.
Per pixel wise, x264 is still more efficient. And some shows can be compressed to 1280 x 720 @ 175MB if you know how.
Also, you can always recode to a smaller size, like what you are doing now. So what's the problem? -
It does eat up my hard disk! if i go for avi format, i can convert it easier, and it will save me a lot of space, each series is about 4.5 gb if i don't convert, and if i convert it to rmvb format, i can save at least 2 gb, and i can download another series as well,Originally posted by abao:mkv does not eat up your hdd... ... get your facts right its the bitrate that adds up to the final filesize of a file.
Becoz most fansub prefers to encode 704x396 @ 175MB for avi (XviD, mp3) and 1280 x 720 @ 233MB for mkv (x264, aac), it seems that the size is larger. But it isnt at all.
Per pixel wise, x264 is still more efficient. And some shows can be compressed to 1280 x 720 @ 175MB if you know how.
Also, you can always recode to a smaller size, like what you are doing now. So what's the problem?
the only show i will retain quality, example: REIDEEN, because it emphasis a lot on the CGI, so i have to retain mkv, for clearer picture, i have around 200 series in my HARD DISK, and do you understand the logic at all, and i don't need a 1260 x 720, because i don't have a wide screen monitor! even avi has 233mb, i know! but a lot of fansub are sticking to mkv, but if anything happen to the codec, such as, the codec is corrupted, do you know how much problem it can cause!
And furthermore, AVI is a more stable format, you don't even need k lite or cccp at all, and seriously if i retain all the series as mkv or avi format, even 1 TG hard disk, it will not be enough at all, and furthermore, depends on the graphics of the anime series, and the raw, and most anime don't have much CGI at all, even you compare with AVI and MKV, there is no much difference at all!, I have seen enough anime series to know this for sure!
So what is your problem? -
MKV is known to cause a lot of problem, if you don't know any S H I T about codec at all, and you can search IT format, and you will know how many problem it cause, and do you even know, when [GG] released MKV format for their code geass ep, a lot of people using vlc player, have problem opening the file, and now you tell me, which format is better!
MKV or AVI! -
With the huge amount of anime series in my HARD DISK, i can even host a direct download site, so do you think i don't know my stuff, huh?
i still insist that, MKV is bad a s s format, every once in a while, i download a mkv file, example [spoonsub] Sketchbook full colour's, the video frame was lagging, and i thought there is problem with their encode, then i realise, the problem lies with the codec, and i had no choice but to update my k lite again! -
If anyone wants to retain MKV format, it is fine, just that, it is not as stable as AVI, and for those who are waiting for Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone (movie), i watched the cam version with chinese sub, this movie is totally about the anime series, and they remark into a movie
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Frankly speaking, problems happpen with people using mkv is because they dont have the required codecs. Which is easily solved with FFDShow and Haali.
And do you know that H264 is actually optimised for low bitrate videos, like bitrates of 500kbs?
I personally recode using x264 and neroaac to achieve an average filesize of 90-175mbs, depending on the type of show. Usually I get an average quant of 18 which corresponds to CQ2 of MPEG4(DivX & XviD included)
And when you recode, of course you drop the resolution to SD size. Who needs the HD when the target is 140mb or less?
With certain tweaks and optimisations, you can achieve better results with x264 than what I've done so far even.
Personally I dont use rmvb anymore for recoding anymore. Color information is lost real media only supports 65535 colors. Though it is up to what you want.
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i agree with abao, i prefer my animes to be in .mkv format. i'm not worried about disk space as i have plenty of them. not enough i can always get a new hard disk. hard disks aren't expensive these days anyway.
all my gundam 00 episodes are in .mkv. 300+MB for each episode. i want my animes to be viewed in th best quality possible.
regarding what allen mentioned playing mkv files with VLC, yes it does has some problems like lag and subtitles not displaying properly. that's why majority of people play them with media player classic. no problems at all.
but ultimately it boils down to individual's preferences. no point arguing what's good what's bad. -
anyway back to topic. finally watched episode 1 just now. the girls eyes looks funny and poorly drawn. since the producers wants to make them moe this season at least give them proper big anime eyes! >.<
and did i mentioned how dumbstruck-ed i'm with what they have done to rico. rico is... is... is... so cute! -
Originally posted by Gordonator:anyway back to topic. finally watched episode 1 just now. the girls eyes looks funny and poorly drawn. since the producers wants to make them moe this season at least give them proper big anime eyes! >.<
and did i mentioned how dumbstruck-ed i'm with what they have done to rico. rico is... is... is... so cute!
yar rico sure is kawaii... so much so that i had difficulty regconising her. -
Something else that hasn't been mentioned yet: the firearms in this second series are drawn with noticeably less detail and look grossly out of proportion in some scenes.
Rico's CZ 75, for example, looks misshapen and crudely rendered in the gunfight scene in the first episode.
Not that the casual viewer would notice, though.
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In terms of quality, MKV is much better than rmvb, that is for sure, i choose AVI because due to easier to re encode to rmvb, mainly for archive purpose, i don't want to run out of space so soon, I know there are some shows out there, which need to retain quality but to be honest, i am not a big fan of MKV, as it cause too much problem for me already, not that it can't be resolve, just that it can be a pain in the a s s, and every freaking time, i have to use g spot to check it.
what you said is true, if i have a choice i would want to retain quality also, but most fansub, encode their file in xvid but i don't really entirely sure about encoding at all, most of the time, i just add and then re encode again, to me what is most important is space...........
But one thing is for sure, a lot of those american encoder for the TV show, are in HD, which is not a big issue for me, as i don't usually download much video, i will either look for xvid avi due to the smaller size, than HD size...... grrrrrr
sorry for the outburst, as too much issue with MKV, and ya what you said is true, just need to tweak the FFDshow filter..... -_- -
After i watched ep 3, i wanted to give up this series already......
The voice acting for Triela, really sucks...... i have this odd feeling that the voice acting of Triela, portray her as low confidence........
this series is really disappointing,
i am beginning to think of, dropping, this series and Dragonaut The Resonance, if not for Hirano Aya in this dragonaut, i would have dropped this series, long time ago -
hey at least the opening song is nice to listen.
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episode 6 is finally released! the fansubs team is finally back to finsih the series.