2010-03-09, 06:46 | Link #903 | |
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An 13 episode series can be subripped in 3-4 days, or less if you have plenty of time on your hands. The downside is not having all the signs typeset the way they were, but most FOs are not hard to replicate, so not that big a deal. Usually the reason for wanting to subrip something like this would be to use with a superior source, like dvd or blu-ray. Some groups might be opposed to that, but hardsubbing something is not going to prevent anyone from using their subs. |
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2010-03-09, 13:33 | Link #904 | |
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I mean even if you're blind and illiterate and never read the "posted at" header the fact that the thread is 46 pages long and you're talking to someone on page 3 should sorta clue you in
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2010-03-10, 01:10 | Link #908 | |
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By the way I don't even use VLC, rather Media Player Classic Homecinema that came with CCCP. |
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2010-03-11, 00:09 | Link #909 | |
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But that's neither here nor there. Personally, I like MP4 files. They almost have as good a quality as MKV, but I can upload them to my iPod Touch. Not many fansubbers encode in MP4 format, though. It makes me sad. Most of the time, if I'm watching them on my computer, I prefer MKV for the quality. I have 2 external harddrives, so the extra storage that the MKVs take up isn't a problem. I do want to add that if I did need extra storage space, I would probably prefer AVI format. Lower quality, yes, but considering that it's just over 1/2 the filesize as MKV for the same content (i.e. same episode), I would say it's good "bang for your buck".
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2010-03-11, 02:20 | Link #910 |
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Nothing forces AVI files to be low quality and small, you can make an extremely high quality and huge AVI file. Nothing forces MP4 files to be large or small, good quality or bad quality either. The same applies for Matroska. Everything depends on what codec the person encoding chooses and what settings he uses for it, as well as the filtering the encoder chooses to use. But that's been covered time upon time already in this thread.
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2010-03-11, 05:56 | Link #911 |
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There is a disturbing amount of confusion between container formats and video codecs in this thread.
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2010-03-11, 20:16 | Link #912 | |
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Just like a deadbolt doesn't stop a person from breaking into a house, it only deters them, and makes them think it's not worth the effort.
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2010-03-12, 08:51 | Link #916 |
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It does depend a lot on the video quality. However, if it's taking significantly longer to OCR an episode than it does to watch it you should just transcribe it instead (and if you can't type fast enough to transcribe subs in close to real time you should learn how to do that first as being able to type fast is very useful).
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2010-03-12, 10:40 | Link #918 |
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@Plorkyeran: As someone who's involved in a transcription (not translation) fansub project, I am very MUCH interested in this five minute OCR.
What software can I use to do it, from a source that looks like this (actual size): (I have tried SubRip 1.50b4, and I estimate that it's 400% faster to just retype than OCR.) |
2010-05-11, 18:12 | Link #920 |
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Why is H.264 MKV so popular?
Hey. I started reading through the The H.264/AVC/MPEG4 discussion thread but it was way too long so I'm asking in a new thread.
I typically download Xvid .AVI versions of anime whenever humanly possible. Reasons are thus: There are 3 TVs in my house, all of which I'd like to watch anime on. I have a PC hooked up to a TV in my bedroom where I could conceivably watch H.264 MKVs, I think my PC can handle it. However, I frequently plug a netbook into the living room TV to watch there which is not powerful enough to watch HD video. The other TV has a PS3 and a 360 plugged into it which are supposed to be able to play AVIs, but cannot play MKVs. Plus the Xvid .AVIs are around 30% smaller than the .MKVs and take up less HDD space. Xvid .AVI is right choice for me to have the best compatibility across platforms in my home. So why do others choose H.264 MKV files? They seem to be a lot more popular I'm curious as to why others like them. |
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