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It is a recommendation and ppl who █ █ like it can contact us and sign it. Anime was always something special for our █ █ video codec experts at doom9. Remember without Anime there wouldn't be any VirtualDub █ █ or many other video related things at all, http://www.virtualdub.org/virtualdub_history.html █ █ so we decided to put out this new standard to enjoy almost lossless Anime quality! █ █ █ █ [ General ] █ █ █ █ 1.1 Release must be packed in RAR. SFV and NFO must be included. █ █ 1.2 Rars should be in multiples of 50 MiB, no more than 99 files. 100MiB for 1080p movies. █ █ 1.3 Compressed rars are not allowed. █ █ 1.4 Video/Audio/Subtitles/Fonts/Chapter files must be muxed into the mkv container. █ █ Chapter files are welcome but optional. Missing embedded fonts are a proper reason! █ █ 1.5 Directory format: █ █ Series: Anime.Title.<E01/S01.E01>.<720p/1080p>.BluRay.x264.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>-GROUP █ █ Movies: Anime.Title.<Year>.<720p/1080p>.BluRay.x264.<PROPER/READ.NFO/REPACK>-GROUP █ █ Season Tag can be removed if there is only one "Season". █ █ 1.6 No hardcoded karaoke, credits, signs, logos, tags etc. █ █ 1.7 Sample size should be 10MB-20MB and must be put in separate /Sample folder. █ █ 1.8 Latest x264 version should be used. Older than 100 revisions from latest can be propered. █ █ 1.9 If you wish hardcoded karaoke you have to link it with extra .mkv file █ █ █ █ [ Foreign dub Scene ] █ █ █ █ 2.1 Subtitles are not required for foreign dubbed Anime (German/French etc.) but they should █ █ always have original audio, so ppl can still apply the sub they like later. █ █ 2.2 Foreign dubbed Anime must have language tag in releasename. █ █ 2.3 If the foreign dubbed Blu-Ray doesn't come with LPCM audio AC3/DTS only is allowed. █ █ █ █ [ Subtitles ] █ █ █ █ 3.1 First subtitle track must be english .ass (Advanced Substation Alpha V4+) █ █ 3.2 Easy readable fonts should be used as typeset. █ █ Don't try to use RGB 0:0:255 or such as font color or outline! █ █ 3.3 A second identical subtitle track in .srt format must be there. █ █ 3.4 Translation can be based on retail or decent fansub group check anidb rating. █ █ Own translations should be from native Japanese to English no JAP->CN->ENG! █ █ If you take someone elses work you have to mention the group in the nfo. █ █ 3.5 Other foreign Subtitles are allowed of course. █ █ 3.6 Horrible english translations or timing can be propered. Don't use speedsub translations! █ █ Even if you don't speak Japanese you will notice unprofessional subs trust me on that. █ █ 3.7 Translation notes allowed but they shouldn't be there too often. █ █ 3.8 Signs can only be done by softsub no hardcoded signs! Classic way to show on top allowed. █ █ Karaoke effects with .ASS shouldn't be too CPU intensive. █ █ 3.9 Opening and Ending song translations/karaoke is welcome but not required. █ █ █ █ [ Audio ] █ █ █ █ 4.1 If Blu-Ray source is 2.0 LPCM audio must be FLAC (level 5) and 1st track. █ █ 4.2 If the series has 2.0 LPCM and 5.1 audio both can be muxed but FLAC must always be there. █ █ 4.3 For True-HD source: It has to be converted to 640kbit/s AC3. █ █ 4.4 For DTS-HD source: DTS-Core must be extracted. █ █ 4.5 Movies should only have AC3/DTS tracks muxed. Optional 2.0 FLAC allowed. █ █ 4.6 The original dub must be always there! Are there licensing issues etc. eng dub allowed █ █ but it can be rereleased with jap dub later again. (Example: Afro Samurai) █ █ 4.7 No dupe releases because of new available english dub. So we avoid a lot of dupes because █ █ of the earlier Blu-Ray releases in Japan and ppl should appreciate the original █ █ Japanese dub even if they are too lazy to read subs. An additional dub-pack to mux █ █ the english dub should be released then if necessary. █ █ 4.8 Is there a foreign dub available only AC3 allowed as optional track. █ █ 4.9 Did no one release a japanese Blu-Ray yet and the dubbed ones doesn't have LPCM audio █ █ japanese AC3/DTS dub can be used instead. MP3/AAC/OGG conversions are not recommended. █ █ █ █ [ Video ] █ █ █ █ 5.1 If needed, appropriate de-interlacing and ivtc must be applied. █ █ 5.2 Width of the video must be mod 16. Height of the video must be mod 8.(1280x720/1920x1080) █ █ 5.3 Video has to be cropped and resized to 720p/1080p if there are problems with the source. █ █ 5.4 Movies with 2,35:1 aspected ratio must be cropped to 1280x540 or 1920x816. █ █ Anime with 4:3 must be 960x720 or 1440x1080. █ █ 5.5 Filters like Limitedsharpen/FastLineDarken/Deen etc. can be applied, █ █ if you know how to improve quality for real. Check with screen comparisons first! █ █ 2008+ usually doesn't need any filtering at all. █ █ 5.6 Resize should be done with Spline36. █ █ 5.7 Is the size of an episode over 1GiB after CQP processing 2pass encode has to be applied. █ █ Is the size of a movie over DVD9 (8,27GiB) 2pass encode has to be applied. █ █ Should the source be an old unclean noisy anime 2pass encode recommended. █ █ 5.8 No linked .mkv containers to reduce file size with Opening/Ending. █ █ 5.9 Deblock must be enabled, Strength and Threshold are 0 and for 1080p --ref 4 is required. █ █ Lower than --ref 4 is not allowed in any encode. █ █ █ █ [ Profiles ] █ █ █ █ After many hours of test encodes I decided to stick with CQP18 and L4.1 compatibility. █ █ CRF did result in smaller sizes but poorer results in high motion scenes. Even the latest █ █ advance with mbtree didn't do the job well as expected. Adaptive quantizers were also █ █ the reason for blocking artifacts in static scenes so it is disabled in all profiles. █ █ Proof screenshots and profiles can be found in the rar of this release. █ █ For 720p --ref 5 is also allowed/recommended but not to keep it complicated █ █ both can be kept at 4 so you only got 2 profiles to remember. █ █ Increase in 720p filesize --ref 5 vs --ref 4 about 2MB for simplicity. █ █ █ █ █ █ X264 Profile Anime CQP 720p/1080p █ █ █ █ --profile high --qp 18 --level 4.1 --keyint 240 --min-keyint 24 --ref 4 --b-pyramid █ █ --no-weightb --direct auto --psy-rd 0.0:0 --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --me umh █ █ --thread-input --aq-mode 0 --output "output" "input" █ █ █ █ ( Video File Size ) Blu-Ray Source: 24Min Episode usually about 6,40GiB-7,50GiB █ █ 24Min Episode : 190MiB-300MiB for 720p and 320MiB-500MiB for 1080p █ █ 90Min Movies : 2GiB-2,5GiB for 720p and 5GiB-6GiB for 1080p █ █ █ █ X264 Profile Anime 3000kbit/s Automated 2pass 720p/1080p █ █ █ █ --profile high --pass 2 --bitrate 3000 --stats ".stats" --level 4.1 --keyint 240 █ █ --min-keyint 24 --ref 4 --b-pyramid --no-weightb --direct auto --psy-rd 0.0:0 █ █ --partitions p8x8,b8x8,i4x4,i8x8 --vbv-bufsize 30000 --vbv-maxrate 40000 --me umh █ █ --thread-input --output "output" "input" █ █ █ █ ( Video File Size ) 24Min Episode: 520MiB █ █ 90Min Movies : 1,90GiB █ █ █ █ AVS: █ █ Spline36Resize(1280,720) # Spline36 (Neutral) █ █ █ █ [ Signed By (in alphabetic order) ] █ █ █ █ FaNSuB, JSpec, STARS █ █ █ █ [ The Standard applies from 01-09-2009 00:00:00 GMT (1251763200 unixtime) ] █ █ █ █ [ Contact: pantsumachine@gmail.com] █ █ █ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████