Screenshots - https://ibb.co/album/gus4bF
SDF Macross Episode 01
Bridge bunnies and bad music to sell all the toys!
Denoised and encoded by yack-denoiz
All effort was taken to stabilize and remove noise while not damaging detail. This was not always completely possible, especially during the 'cinematic' sequences (OP, Intermission, and ED)
Known Issues with this encode:
* 10:27 - 10:38 -- This ship jumping in is both incredibly noisy and very very detailed. I was not able to find a way to remove all the noise without destroying it
* 13:33 -- There is slight artifacting visible on 3 frames. Unless you're looking for it, it's not noticeable
* 24:02 - End -- I don't know what the ED was recorded on [I think it might have been some kind of potato], but the footage is _terrible_. I could not find a way to completely stabilize it
Version 1 - Changelog below
Authoritave source for my releases:
https://nyaa.iss.one/user/denoiz
Feedback is welcome! Did I miss some artifacts, or would you like to see different video/audio codecs?
Source:
[Bunny_Hat]Macross_01_(47747FE3).mkv
Audio (Japanese 2.0) taken as AAC from source, Video encoded to hevc @ crf 16. English ASS softsubs taken from source.
Details:
General
Unique ID : 159225391814475051366470020886185759467 (0x77C9B1EB88F54FC93126DADB4BF5D2EB)
Complete name : [yack-denoiz] SDF Macross [1982] 01 [BD 1080p h265 degrain v1] [EE5198D0].mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 547 MiB
Duration : 25 min 17 s
Overall bit rate : 3 021 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2019-06-04 19:27:34
Writing application : mkvmerge v34.0.0 ('Sight and Seen') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.7 + libmatroska v1.5.0
Attachments : OldSansBlack.ttf
Video
ID : 3
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L4@Main
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 25 min 17 s
Bit rate : 2 903 kb/s
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.078
Stream size : 525 MiB (96%)
Writing library : x265 2.9+9-f74003e88622:[Windows][GCC 8.2.1][64 bit] 10bit
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Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : A_AAC-2
Duration : 25 min 17 s
Bit rate : 115 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 20.8 MiB (4%)
Language : Japanese
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Text
ID : 2
Format : ASS
Codec ID : S_TEXT/ASS
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha
Duration : 25 min 2 s
Bit rate : 92 b/s
Count of elements : 284
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 17.0 KiB (0%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Menu
00:00:00.000 : :OP
00:01:30.215 : :Part A
00:12:30.875 : :Part B
00:23:31.535 : :Preview
00:24:01.565 : :ED
Changelog
Version 1
Initial Release
I wish to thank the authors and maintainers of the following projects, along with the creators of their dependencies. This release would not have been possible without this software:
- Vapoursynth (http://www.vapoursynth.com/)
- FFDshow (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/)
- vapoursynth-mvtools (https://github.com/dubhater/vapoursynth-mvtools)
- KNLMeansCL (https://github.com/Khanattila/KNLMeansCL)
- MKVToolNix (https://mkvtoolnix.download/)
- Vapoursynth Editor (https://bitbucket.org/mystery_keeper/vapoursynth-editor/src/master/)
Honorable mentions to the following:
- VapourSynth-Retinex (https://github.com/HomeOfVapourSynthEvolution/VapourSynth-Retinex)
- vapoursynth-motionmask (https://github.com/dubhater/vapoursynth-motionmask)
I can't believe that in 2019 people are still doing this. It ruins the image, making the whole thing look smudgy. Grain is SUPPOSED to be there and any amount of denoising removes fine detail. Just accept that Cel animation has film grain and that not everything is supposed to look like it was made today using digital techniques.
@Oreldo - Try downloading and watching the Bunnyhat Bluray rip. Watch it side by side with my encode.
Then tell me it looks better, because it sure as hell doesn't. I suppose to each their own though. Good thing the Internet is big enough for us both.
I think you've done a really good job! This is mostly a matter of taste and what you're ready to give up. Pros in your edit: The thing that sticks out the most is the colors, they sort of ''pop'' more, that to me gives it a new fresh look, which I like.
Cons: Loss of details in certain areas, mostly in the backgrounds and can make them look a little bit ''clayish'', however, alot of these can go unnoticed if you don't look for them or don't mind them.
The perfect remaster hasn't been done yet, not even officially. The only one that is perfect, that is a perfect middle ground is in the SDF Macross Blu-Ray Box: the Stereo/Mono Special Version OP/ED in there are masterfully done, and those have even more details than the episodes. It's a shame though that they didn't do that work for the entire show, because the episodes are still very grainy and washed out, but the details are the best so far.
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