Anime RAWs

[StaticX]

ok, So I've decided to do some Anime Raws (Mostly Dual Audio) and I would like to know some suggestions encoding-wise.

 

I'm doing them in 10-Bit (even DVDs) but I'd like to know what settings most encoders have for encoding RAWs (e.g. CRF 17? 18? 4-6 reference frames, you get the Picture)

 

Thanks in Advance

[Zero93644]

ok, So I've decided to do some Anime Raws (Mostly Dual Audio) and I would like to know some suggestions encoding-wise.

 

I'm doing them in 10-Bit (even DVDs) but I'd like to know what settings most encoders have for encoding RAWs (e.g. CRF 17? 18? 4-6 reference frames, you get the Picture)

 

Thanks in Advance

 

Based on a lot of trial and error and comparisons to what encoding settings others use I chose to use these settings for my encodes. But to each his or her own. Hope this helps. 

 

480p

 

Video

ID : 1

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : High [email protected]

Format settings, CABAC : Yes

Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames

Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

Duration : 23mn 21s

Bit rate : 1 925 Kbps

Width : 640 pixels

Height : 480 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 4:3

Frame rate mode : Constant

Frame rate : 23.976 fps

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 10 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.261

Stream size : 322 MiB (63%)

Title : Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 01 Angel Attack

Writing library : x264 core 138 r2358 9e941d1

 

Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=11 / 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=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=17500 / vbv_bufsize=17500 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

 

720p

 

Video

ID : 1

Format : AVC

Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec

Format profile : High [email protected]

Format settings, CABAC : Yes

Format settings, ReFrames : 8 frames

Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC

Duration : 2h 8mn

Bit rate : 2 738 Kbps

Width : 1 280 pixels

Height : 720 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Constant

Frame rate : 23.976 fps

Color space : YUV

Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0

Bit depth : 10 bits

Scan type : Progressive

Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.124

Stream size : 2.45 GiB (70%)

Title : Galaxy Express 999 Movie Bonjour

Writing library : x264 core 138 r2358 9e941d1

Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=8 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=11 / 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=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=18.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=81 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=31250 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00

 

Also be sure to crop properly and not just resize. For example in these screenshots look closely at the sides you will see black bars. They can appear on all sides of the video and sometimes change during the opening, middle and ending. 

 

 

Edited January 16, 2015 by Zero93644