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its added as part of our encoding process using free software, its all out there on the internet, try doom9 for tips and advice, we dont provide technical support of that nature.
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The ImageSource filter for avs works a treat, I find.
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why are the HD in .mp4 and not in .avi?
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.avi is a bad, terrible container that has a lot of overheads and generally doesn't support most modern encoding formats. Really, we shouldn't be using it for our SD either, but there you go.

I think the question you're really looking for is "why are your HD encodes using h264 rather than xvid", which is something not immediately obvious from the filenames. The filenames are purely what we call 'container formats' - they're a specific way of containing the video and sound that your player will play back. They can have many different formats inside them, though. Technically we can have a .avi using the same encoding method as our HD videos (though not to be recommended!) or a modern container (such as .mkv) using the same method as the SDs.

Basically, the SD versions use the Xvid codec which was developed - and really kind of died - around the mid-00s. It's not a particularly great codec for modern usage, and has some fairly glaring encoding faults, but it's tolerable enough for video where quality isn't that big an issue, and it also has very low playback requirements, which means it was generally suited to playback on machines that were common around that period in time.

The HD versions use h264, which is a modern codec that's constantly being improved and made more efficient. It has better compressability - meaning you get more quality for the same filesize. It can also deliver a maximum higher quality level than xvid, which suffers when dealing with bright reds and other things. The downside is, as you may guess, it needs a more powerful machine to play back.

Nowadays, using the correct tools to play back videos (MPC-HC with CCCP on a computer) most devices made in the last 5 years or so should have no problem playing back h264/.mp4 at SD resolutions. I would like to hope Xvid will finally get to rest in the graveyard of encoding obscurity fairly soon. :)
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Re: Frequently asked questions

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How exactly do you guys tranlslate the episodes?
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Google Translate and Babelfish combined with excessive quantities of alcohol and general bullshittery, as well as tireless editors who do all the work themselves.

At least where Magenta's concerned.
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serious answer, please
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we time, we translate, how hard is that to understand

if you mean the dialog, then by ear, or japanese subtitles, depends whats avaliable
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You can delete your posts in this forum
yes,but how????????
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you see that little x in the bottom corner of your post, hover over it and see what it says
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Azazel wrote:you see that little x in the bottom corner of your post, hover over it and see what it says
what x???I only see a [EDIT] and [!]
-If all that I'd been said is a spoiler, then kindly delete them or put -snips-
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I think regular users can't delete their messages. Ask a moderator to do it
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MaskedRideEclipse wrote:
Azazel wrote:you see that little x in the bottom corner of your post, hover over it and see what it says
what x???I only see a [EDIT] and [!]
http://tvnihon.com/forums/faq.php#f2r1

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I got a question. Who won the Podcast. Or did it just die again. Cause you guys closed the thread.
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Post by tennomichi »

For the media gallery, are we only supposed to submit a toku related media or is it anything goes (as long as it doesn't go against the rule)?
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