## High School DxD NEW BorN HERO + OVAs, OSTs, NCEDs and OPs and mid episode cards, AV1 by **ScarletNeko** ## --- ### **Quick Info** ### | --- | Source | This Encode | | --- | :---: | :---: | | Video Codec | AVC | AV1 | | Video Format | YUV420P10LE | YUV420P10LE | | Framesize | 1920x1080 | 1920x1080 | | Framerate | 23.976fps | 23.976fps | | Audio Codec | FLAC | WavPack | | Audio Profile | Lossless | Hybrid Lossy | | Audio Bitrate | --- | 2.0bps | | Images Codec | JPEG, PNG | JPEG-XL | | Images Profile | Lossy, Lossless | Lossless Transcode, Lossless | --- ### Encoders Used ### Video: `aomenc-av1-lavish 3.6.0 Endless_Merging 2023/03/01` Audio: `WavPack 5.6.0 x64` Images: `JPEG XL encoder v0.9.0 5d13d62` --- ### Links ### Sources: [Main Source](https://nyaa.si/view/1479910 "[IK]") MediaInfo: [S01E01](https://pastebin.com/UsTBHDJJ "All episodes follow this pattern") Subtitles: [IK] (FFF, SCY, LostYears) AniDB: [Season 01](https://anidb.net/anime/8660 "https://anidb.net/anime/8660") | [Season 02](https://anidb.net/anime/9409 "ハイスクールDxD NEW") | [Season 03](https://anidb.net/anime/10691 "ハイスクールDxD BorN") | [Season 04](https://anidb.net/anime/12498 "ハイスクールDxD HERO") --- ### Notes ### - The input files were mislabeled as VFR, but they are CFR. Still used a vs script to load them anyway. - A lot of zoning was used, though the base settings included CQ23, there were small parts that needed to go as high as CQ12, while the OP and ED were CQ27 with reconstruction (only the episodes ones, the no credits were CQ23). - All images were encoded using JPEG-XL Lossless, this means that the Lossless ones (PNGs) are still lossless, and the JPG ones were losslessly transcoded, you can even get the original JPG file back. - OST: all FLACs were re-encoded using FLAC version `git-ba5172e5 20230127` with `-8ep --lax -l 24 -p 4096`. They might not play on very old decoders, but their MD5 matches their sources, so they can be safely transcoded again if needed. - OST: all MP3s were re-packed using MP3Packer version `v2.04-268 (SSE4.1, 64-bit)` with `-z` which is a lossless operation. This was **NOT** a transcode, but an optimization. - OST: Added replay gain data for all the audio files. - The eyecatch images were extracted from the AVC source (not the AV1 encode) with Vapoursynth to PNG, then encoded to JPEG-XL Lossless. - Chapters were slightly changed, their names were standardized to the way I usually do them and there is a chapter now dedicated for the mid episode eyecandy cards. - You can save around 5.48gb if you don't get the English audio tracks (which are 5.1 surround), and a further 3.97gb if you don't get any of the Audio CDs --- ### Some Words ### Finally, this one took way, waaaaay longer than it should had. That's because I did a lot of zoning for all of the episodes, some scenes were really problematic which I had to selectively zone them instead of raising the CQ of the whole thing. But it just happens that I'm quite lazy and procrastinate a lot, and zoning is quite a tedious process so yeah... Anyway, it is finished and I hope people like it. This anime is all over the place on quality, the source is pretty bad at times and I don't mean [IK] or the source [IK] used, the BDs themselves are bad. I tried some simple descaling it to see how it would do, but there is far too much variation, it is not a one setting fits the whole episode, so I decided to keep it 1080p, it was already taking long enough without having to worry with a different source resolution for every frame. I do have some things planned for next, hopefully they won't take so long. I might someday release a thing or two on the "other side of the site" if you get what I mean. And once again I ask, what you guys think about using WavPack Hybrid for Audio CDs? So people who don't want the lossless can not download the correction file and play just the lossy core as normal, and who want the lossless can download the lossy core plus the correction file which in players such as Foobar2000 for example gets automatically reconstructed on the fly. --- As usual, my releases are meant to be watched using **mpv**, preferably on a PC. It probably works on other players as well but that is beyond me. I have some plans for next releases already, but I'm always open to suggestions, principally of older media such as DVDs and LDs, controversial media such as the stuff I'm looking for, and any kind of loli content! If I can find a source or someone provides it for me, I can encode! As someone who works alone (not in any team or group) and is not into any closed circles, it is hard to find things sometimes. If you have something I'm looking for and is willing to share or would like to be encoded but don't know how to do it yourself or just don't want to bother with it, you can talk to me via IRC and I can do it for you! I'm not online 100% of the times there but I do eventually show up. --- # Currently looking for the following things! Preferably ISOs but any Raw, Remux, Bloated or Good Encode work. **Very High Priority!** The older the medium it was sourced from or the less censored it is, the better! # - Urotsukidoji (超神伝説うろつき童子) - Midori - Shoujo Tsubaki