A-Channel Blu-ray Vol. 1 Released!

Source: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=20906238

So we FINALLY released the first BD volume! Despite the fact that the third volume is out already! Woohoo…

Staff:
Same as for the TV versions with the addition of:
QC/Editing: Imako
Insert song karaoke: lygerzero0zero
Distro, encoding: YuSaKu, Squiggy

So that’s the first two releases of the day. What’s the third? Who knows…

Once again, the torrents contain everything (episodes 1, 2, and the specials) while the DDLs are all separate.

1080p:

Episode 1:
(Hotfile)

Episode 2:
(Hotfile)

Special 1:
(Hotfile)

Special 2:
(Hotfile)

720p:

Episode 1:
(Hotfile)

Episode 2:
(Hotfile)

Special 1:
(Hotfile)

Special 2:
(Hotfile)

29 thoughts on “A-Channel Blu-ray Vol. 1 Released!”

M_McCheese August 15, 2011 at 17:58

Yata! I’ve been looking forward to this. Thanks!

wut August 15, 2011 at 18:01

>800mb for a 720p episode

sure is coalgirls in here

lygerzero0zero August 15, 2011 at 18:12

*whistles* I didn’t even realize it was that big. o__o

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Manabi August 16, 2011 at 00:49

I hope you’ll consider a re-encode. I prefer your version but I can’t afford the extra hard drive space for something that horribly bloated. I could store 2 eps of Doki’s version for every one of EveTakus. :( (And yes, hard drive space is an issue for me, I’m running out and can’t afford to buy additional hard drives.)

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1. Black Man August 16, 2011 at 10:52
  
  /me straightens top hat and puts on another monocle.
  
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Gustus_Mack August 15, 2011 at 20:01

At 780MB for 720p the file sizes were a surprise, but they ran amazingly smoothly on my crappy laptop and looked and sounded great on my home theatre big screen. Best encodes I’ve seen since Thora-prime.

Gustus_Mack August 15, 2011 at 20:09

btw, nothing against Coalgirls, but their 720p make the same laptop hack and choke to death even with much smaller files. That’s part of why I’m so impressed with your release.

lygerzero0zero August 15, 2011 at 20:31

You can thank YuSaKu for a job well done on that. ^^ He basically popped out of nowhere and offered to help encode the BDs for us.

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mtwini09 August 15, 2011 at 23:25

Thanks for doing these BDs! Glad I waited instead of getting Doki cause I really loved your release :D

DmonHiro August 16, 2011 at 03:24

Another reason why your release is so large is because you have two FLAC tracks instead of one. I got episodes 01-04 done at about 330MB per episode with FLAC, but I used 10bit.

sinkingmist August 16, 2011 at 03:40

In my humble opinion, 1080p can have FLAC, 720p can probably make do with AAC and a reasonable size (200-400MB, depending on individual episodes’ requirements).
Because I mean really, if someone cared about quality enough to prefer FLAC over AAC, why would they choose 720p instead of 1080p.

DmonHiro August 16, 2011 at 05:21

Because most of the time, 1080p is a waste since the source was not created at that resolution. So far, there have been maybe a dozen shows that actually were produced at 1080p and thus worth being donwloaded like that. Most people get 1080p because it’s supposed to be better, but it’s actually pacebo. I will always encode my 720p with FLAC 16bit. 24bit for FLAC is overkill though.

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1. sinkingmist August 16, 2011 at 13:50
  
  I’m pretty sure a lot more than a dozen shows are produced in 1080p.
  Besides, studio upscales generally look better than upscaling ourselves, and if you don’t have a monitor large enough to need to upscale 720p, then you probably don’t care about video quality.
  Will the difference be very large?
  No.
  Is the difference between FLAC and AAC very large?
  No.
  720p -> AAC
  1080p -> AAC or FLAC
  
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  1. DmonHiro August 16, 2011 at 14:40
    
    OK, my bad, I meant to say that I haven’t SEEN more then a dozen shows produced in 1080p. And yes, to really see the difference between 1080p and 720p you need a pretty big monitor.
    Also, the difference between FLAC and AAC, size wise, is quite large in some cases.
    30 minute AAC 320kpbs: about 60MB
    30 minute FLAC 16bit: about 130MB
    30 minute FLAC 24bit: about 260 MB
    
    Also, I made a mistake. I usually use AAC 320kbps on 720p.
    
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Tsubomi August 16, 2011 at 08:24

I agreed with sinkingmist. FLAC with 720p is over killing. AAC is great enough to have with overall size around 300 to 400 MB.. FLAC is ok with 1080p. i think there are not much difference between flac and aac audio unless someone have too damn good sound system.

DmonHiro August 16, 2011 at 09:22

Not really. Maybe if you have a 1500$ sound system you’ll hear the difference. IMO, AAC 320kbps is enough for 2.0 sound. For 5.1 just use 640kbps. I know the math doesn’t sound right, but not all 6 channels will be active at once, so yeah, it good.

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Squiggy August 16, 2011 at 09:20

I’ll convince to use Vorbis/AAC instead
Easily saves 200mb/ep

DmonHiro August 16, 2011 at 09:23

Don’t youse vorbis. Use AAC 320 kbps.

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1. asdfghj September 17, 2011 at 16:05
  
  Why dont you like vorbis?
  
  And… Are these scripts (http://www.mediafire.com/?73v57uluxilx6) from bd version?
  I’ve already have great 720p raws made by guy from yousei-raws, who likes 720p.
  
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  1. lygerzero0zero September 17, 2011 at 16:33
    
    Those are the updated TV scripts. There’s very little difference with the BD version but since every raw is different, the timing will probably be slightly off. The only other big difference is insert song karaoke.
    
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    1. asdfghj September 20, 2011 at 00:16
      
      Thanks.
      So, will you upload BD version scripts?

Roni August 24, 2011 at 17:45

Hmm, I guess just me being paranoid, but shouldn’t this post have the a channel tag? I dunno, I just feel like its gonna be lost in the future

lygerzero0zero August 24, 2011 at 18:24

Oh, no, thanks for reminding me. I always forget to tag posts. If it happens again just mention it.

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shredder August 30, 2011 at 05:31

is yusaku still going to encode this?

YuSaKu November 14, 2011 at 11:52

@shredder:

Yes, we’re on Volume 5 of the BD’s. Patience, we’ll get there.

@dmonhiro

So nice that you could tear yourself away from Doki long enough to come lecture a better group on how to fansub. BTW your hi10P version looks terrible. Want me to show you how to do it properly? (Yes HM, I’m asking if you want me to 10-bit this xD)

Mirari November 14, 2011 at 14:20

I like how fansubbers comment in other fansubbers site telling them what to do. Let people do their releases however the hell they want. And FYI, 600-800mb for *BLU-RAY* 720p is perfectly acceptable. Especially if it has FLAC. Not to mention two FLAC tracks, one is commentary, which is a plus. And yes FLAC is a *good* thing in 720p. The actual video encode is about 550mb. I never download 1080p. (my pc can’t handle it) But I never download 720p without FLAC. If I have to find a release with FLAC audio and remux it with a better video, I will. I will post a comparison here and in BakaBT offer comments; showing just how 10bit can’t magically help incompetent encoders encode.