**[Season 2➙](https://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=854950)** **[Release Thread](http://kametsu.com/topic/55720-megatorrent-ctr-spice-wolf-bd-720p-10bit-1080p-10bitaac-51-flac-51-dual-audio-i-love-medieval-economics/) | [CTR Release Index](http://kametsu.com/topic/54803-the-ctr-index-your-new-home-for-bloated-1080p-dual-audio-releases/)** _~medieval economics are fun!~_  `<br></br>Video Track: 720p-Hi10p | 1080p-Hi10p (Baal / lleur | Zurako)<br></br><br></br>Audio Track 1 (Default): English 5.1 AAC | 5.1FLAC (CTR)<br></br>Audio Track 2: Japanese 2.0AAC | 2.0FLAC (CTR)<br></br><br></br>Subtitle Track 1 (Default): English Signs(.ASS) (Baal/Cman,Zurako/Elysium)<br></br>Subtitle Track 2: English Dialogue (.ASS) (Baal/Cman,Zurako/Elysium)<br></br>Subtitle Track 3: English Signs (Retail) (.PGS) (Funimation)<br></br>Subtitle Track 4: English Subtitles (Retail) (.PGS) (Funimation)<br></br>` Another one of the greatest shows of all time, but this time completely unexpectedly (for me at least). I saw the premise, saw the character art, and figured this was either going to be super boring or awkward as hell. How wrong I was, and how happy I was to be wrong. Frequently entertaining and surprisingly compelling, Spice & Wolf is a true treasure. I'm not going to say it's for everyone; it's certainly a niche show in many regards. However, give it a chance and you might be surprised. I've put together both seasons of the show for release today. For season one, this will be720p-only. The original release of Spice & Wolf was not made in HD. The JPBD was remastered to that resolution, but 1080p is completely unnecessary, and no perfect 1080p encodes exist. However, we do have a fantastic encode fromBaal, available here at Kametsu. My version of Baal's release isn't particularly special, but I have upgraded his audio to lossless to create a final definitive version of season 1. Subs for season one also come from him, as a restyled version of Cman's subtitle release. For season two, it gets a little more complicated. After comparing a pretty wide stack of releases, I've elected to go with Zurako's 1080p release. This was the only 10-bit release at the quality we found acceptable. While a 10-bit encode is coming from one of my usual favorites (Beatrice-Raws), based on their results with season 1 only a few months ago, I'm not expecting much (banding and other problems, definitely inferior to Baal). Zurako did not do a 1080p, but in 720p we have an excellent replacement inlleur. This releasewasoriginally dual-audio, but it only included 2.0 English audio, which just won't do. I've upgraded it to AAC 5.1 as it should be, ripped from the USBD. For season two subtitles, it's again a little complex. I've merged a few releases here to create what I think are the best available set. The OP/ED come from Elysium, who had a full timed karaoke set with romaji and kanji. I've resized it slightly to fit better, but otherwise it's mostly untouched. The subtitles come from Zurako's script, which is based on the official R1 subs. I've restyled it to match Baal's subs from season 1 for a consistent feel throughout the series (even though I won't be watching them. J. Michael Tatum and Brina Palencia? 100% yes). Finally, I've included the official PGS subs from Funimation as a bonus. This applies to both season 1 and 2. I love this show. Enjoy. General Unique ID : 236107982303227456178578568584019436874 (0xB1A0BE4A64E31AF194BBDDBA9C35E54A) Complete name : S:\\Anime\\Spice and Wolf\\Season 1\\Spice.and.Wolf.S01E01.720p-Hi10p.BluRay.FLAC5.1.x264-CTR.\[DEDAE385\].mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 / Version 2 File size : 900 MiB Duration : 23 min Overall bit rate mode : Variable Overall bit rate : 5 278 kb/s Movie name : Spice and Wolf - 01 - Wolf and Best Clothes Encoded date : UTC 2016-09-24 02:13:54 Writing application : mkvmerge v9.4.2 ('So High') 64bit Writing library : libebml v1.3.4 + libmatroska v1.4.5 Attachments : Perrywood MT Std Extra Bold Cn.otf / nyala.ttf / simkai.ttf / Madonna.otf / Maiandra GD.ttf / NatVignetteOne.ttf / NatVignetteTwo.ttf / nyala.ttf / Oldbook ITC Std.otf / Perrywood MT Std Extra Bold Cn.otf Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames Codec ID : V\_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 23 min Bit rate : 2 338 kb/s Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 720 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 10 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel\*Frame) : 0.106 Stream size : 399 MiB (44%) Title : \[Baal\] Writing library : x264 core 133 r2334 a3ac64b Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy\_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed\_ref=1 / me\_range=24 / chroma\_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast\_pskip=0 / chroma\_qp\_offset=-2 / threads=3 / lookahead\_threads=1 / sliced\_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray\_compat=0 / constrained\_intra=0 / bframes=16 / b\_pyramid=2 / b\_adapt=2 / b\_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open\_gop=1 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint\_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra\_refresh=0 / rc\_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=16.8 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / vbv\_maxrate=17500 / vbv\_bufsize=17500 / crf\_max=0.0 / nal\_hrd=none / ip\_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00 / zones=0,2157,qcomp=0.6,crf=17.5 Language : Japanese Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Audio [\#1](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=1) ID : 2 Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Codec ID : A\_FLAC Duration : 23 min Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 2 220 kb/s Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 11.719 FPS (4096 spf) Bit depth : 24 bits Detected bit depth : 20 bits Delay relative to video : 39 ms Stream size : 379 MiB (42%) Title : FLAC 5.1 \[CTR\] Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17) Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Audio [\#2](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=2) ID : 3 Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec Codec ID : A\_FLAC Duration : 23 min Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 628 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 11.719 FPS (4096 spf) Bit depth : 16 bits Delay relative to video : 39 ms Stream size : 107 MiB (12%) Title : FLAC 2.0 \[CTR\] Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17) Language : Japanese Default : No Forced : No Text [\#1](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=1) ID : 4 Format : ASS Codec ID : S\_TEXT/ASS Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha Duration : 23 min Bit rate : 1 023 b/s Count of elements : 1225 Compression mode : Lossless Stream size : 179 KiB (0%) Title : Signs \[Baal/Cman\] Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Text [\#2](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=2) ID : 5 Format : ASS Codec ID : S\_TEXT/ASS Codec ID/Info : Advanced Sub Station Alpha Duration : 23 min Bit rate : 1 121 b/s Count of elements : 1513 Compression mode : Lossless Stream size : 196 KiB (0%) Title : Subtitles \[Baal/Cman\] Language : Japanese Default : No Forced : No Text [\#3](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=3) ID : 6 Format : PGS Muxing mode : zlib Codec ID : S\_HDMV/PGS Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs Duration : 23 min Bit rate : 1 254 b/s Count of elements : 56 Stream size : 216 KiB (0%) Title : Signs \[Funimation\] Language : English Default : No Forced : No Text [\#4](//www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=4) ID : 7 Format : PGS Muxing mode : zlib Codec ID : S\_HDMV/PGS Codec ID/Info : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs Duration : 23 min Bit rate : 11.9 kb/s Count of elements : 618 Stream size : 2.03 MiB (0%) Title : Subtitles \[Funimation\] Language : Japanese Default : No Forced : No Menu 00:00:00.000 : en:Opening 00:01:30.007 : en:Part A 00:09:36.034 : en:Part B 00:22:09.995 : en:Ending 00:23:40.002 : en:Preview **CTR Releases:** Collecting the best available sources around the internet and packing them up so you don't have to. My releases cater specifically to English audio viewers, though Japanese viewers are of course welcome. More details can be found on the individual release threads or at [my index](http://kametsu.com/topic/54803-the-ctr-index-your-new-home-for-bloated-1080p-dual-audio-releases/) on Kametsu, where you can also pitch me on whatever shows I go after next. Enjoy. -ctr