In my opinion this release is a scam.
When launched, the header of the media player shows "Tales_from_Earthsea_(2006)_[1080p,BluRay,flac,dts,x264]_-_THORA"
MKVToolNix info tool says it has been muxed 5 days after THORA release on a different built.
Duration is exactly the same, even in the last numbers, which is 1:55:32,784000000.
The video track is apparently a 8bit re-encode of THORA's which is 10bit.
Main Audio track JPN has exactly the same UID. Same goes with other language tracks despite a different running order, with CHI been rearranged to come before ENG.
Subtitles tracks are the same, with same UID, again with a different order with CHI coming first and an additional JPN VOBSUB.
Also the tag DTS_6.1 is wrong, as the JPN audio is FLAC 6.1 and ENG audio DTS 5.1 (again, like they are in THORA), with everything else being VORBIS.
I would say this release should have been marked red as it is a rearranged downgrade of THORA original release.
If anyone curious about it, since JPN audio track is exactly the same, I hear the same audio artifacts when 6.1 output is forced to stereo (at least on my personal system).
EDIT: Oh?! Did I forgot to say that the video is a lot darker, with dark tones being crushed, which certainly is the worst part.
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