hardsubs and video conversion

[bluaki]

So I recently learned how to make hardsubs along with some other video encoding tricks

I can convert and distribute whatever you guys need and can't find already converted elsewhere. Preferably videos I already have downloaded.

For file format:
I'll convert any Hi10P to HiP because I assume any video player that can't render .ass subtitles also can't handle Hi10P, but I'd rather not convert much 10-bit video just because you don't want to get an updated VLC/MPlayer/Media Player Classic
PS3, 360, smartphones, and probably most other recent devices use .mp4 (not mkv) with x264/aac
.avi with xvid/mp3 is worse yet strangely popular; I assume this means some ancient devices prefer it

For video size:
Source size, usually 720p (1280x720), is of course best for anything that can display it. I can also resize to something like 480p (848x480) or 400p (704x400, the usual size for recent anime hardsubs)

[PLEASEHELP1991]

I'll convert any Hi10P to HiP because I assume any video player that can't render ass subtitles

ftfy

[ME##]

Omg Madoka with hardsubs for my PS3

[Samus Aran]

xvids are worse encodes than mp4s? never knew that, but oh well. xvids are what typically get used for my xbox/ps3-capable encodes

anyway, i don't really remember what you have and which ones i wanted to see sometime soon, but if you do have one i wanna see soon, it'd definitely be cool if you could encode them for me

the kenshin mp4s you've made for me have been a big help 

[bluaki]

ftfy

Despite its name, ASS (Advanced SubStation) is pretty much the best subtitle format ever made.

Omg Madoka with hardsubs for my PS3

I apparently never downloaded Madoka's BD version, so I guess I'll get that first before converting anything

xvids are worse encodes than mp4s? never knew that, but oh well. xvids are what typically get used for my xbox/ps3-capable encodes

anyway, i don't really remember what you have and which ones i wanted to see sometime soon, but if you do have one i wanna see soon, it'd definitely be cool if you could encode them for me

the kenshin mp4s you've made for me have been a big help  

MP4 videos' main limitation compared to MKV is that they can't have (decent) softsubs embedded in the file, but the video and audio codecs used in an xbox/ps3-capable MP4 are actually exactly the same as typical MKVs ("typical" being non-10bit and without the lossless flac audio many BD rips have) and just wrapped in a different container.

Xvid, by contrast, is a much older encoding system which I believe almost always has worse filesize:quality ratio than H.264 and is particularly worse with HD

Nearly everything I watch stays saved and I also have a few things I haven't watched yet
[spoiler=ls ~/Videos]
Accel World
Acchi Kocchi
Air
Amagami SS
Angel Beats
Ano Hana
Aoi Hana
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Aria
Azumanga Daioh
Baccano
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
Bakemonogatari
Black Rock Shooter
Blood-C
Blue Drop
Blue Submarine No. 6
Boku Ha Tomodachi Ga Sukunai
Boogiepop Phantom
C
Canaan
Candy Boy
Carnival Phantasm
Chaos Head
Chobits
Chrono Crusade
Clannad
Claymore
Code Geass
Cowboy Bebop
Daily Lives of High School Boys
Darker Than Black
Deadman Wonderland
Death Note
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
Disgaea
Durarara
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
Eden of the East
ef
Elfen Lied
Fate
Fractale
Fruits Basket
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Full Metal Panic!
Gosick
Gunslinger Girl
hack
Haibane Renmei
Hayate no Gotoku
Hellsing
Hidan no Aria
Higurashi
Hourou Musuko
Hyouka
Idolmaster
Kaiba
Kamisama no Memochou
Kanon
Katanagatari
Kaze no Stigma
Kill Me Baby
K-ON
Kuragehime
Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
Last Exile
Lucky Star
Lupin
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Maria-sama ga Miteru
Mawaru Penguindrum
Mayo Chiki
Medaka Box
Minami-ke
Mirai Nikki
Mouretsu Space Pirates
Nabari No Ou
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Nichijou
Nisemonogatari
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Nyarlko
Ookami-san
Ore no Imouto
Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru
Ouran High School Host Club
Outlaw Star
Pani Poni Dash
Paranoia Agent
Persona
Pokemon
Powerpuff Girls Z
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rinne no Lagrange
Rozen Maiden
Sakamichi no Apollon
Sankarea
Sasameki Koto
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Seitokai Yakuindomo
Sengoku Collection
Senki Zesshou Symphogear
Serial Experiments Lain
Shakugan no Shana
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Shinryaku! Ika Musume
Sora no Otoshimono
Space Brothers
Steins Gate
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The World God Only Knows
Tiger and Bunny
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
Toaru Majutsu no Index
Toaru Majutsu no Index II
Toradora
Trapeze
Trigun
Tsuritama
Usagi Drop
Wagaya no Oinari-sama
Welcome to the NHK
Wolf's Rain
Working!!
Yuru Yuri
Zero no Tsukaima
Zetman
[/spoiler]

The encoding methods I recently learned about are significantly different than what I used for those Kenshin videos. It seems to have better quality control and can make more professional-ish videos. It's pretty much a change from using one video editing utility to separate programs for decoding and encoding each container, video, and audio format.

[ME##]

thank you, bluaki

[TooB]

I would like to ask you to convert Gosick to mp4 for me if its possible to do it within a few days (as i am staying with Kaz and wont have good internet after that)

I thank you in advance.... let me know

[bluaki]

I would like to ask you to convert Gosick to mp4 for me if its possible to do it within a few days (as i am staying with Kaz and wont have good internet after that)

I thank you in advance.... let me know

What do you plan on playing the videos with? A 360?

I just started a script which is converting every episode in the series with no further interaction from me. It'll probably finish within a day.

[TooB]

What do you plan on playing the videos with? A 360?

I just started a script which is converting every episode in the series with no further interaction from me. It'll probably finish within a day.

either 360 or ps3.... either will be fine. Kaz wants to know which subber it is (i think he wants to know if its victorique).
I dont mind who it is. So you already started converting Gosick? Wow.... mindreader....
Thanks alot for this btw.

[bluaki]

either 360 or ps3.... either will be fine. Kaz wants to know which subber it is (i think he wants to know if its victorique).
I dont mind who it is. So you already started converting Gosick? Wow.... mindreader....
Thanks alot for this btw.

360 and PS3 use the same format and it's the one I chose to use.

Yes, it's Victorique (720p BD source), which I believe is an alternate name UTW used for releasing Gosick.

I haven't actually checked that these encodes don't have any errors, but they probably should be fine.

[TooB]

Be sure to post the link for me. Thank you so much for this. I cant tell you how much I appreciate it. Ill share the link with Kaz.

[TooB]

actually if its not too much trouble, could you look into Habane Renmei for me? mp4's also?
let me know thanks

[bluaki]

When it's done converting, I'll upload Gosick at http://bluaki.dyndns.org/Gosick/

As of this post there's one episode uploaded. Feel free to try it and tell me if there's serious problems like desynced audio, skips, parts with a bad quality picture, etc. The other videos for this series will all be about the same file size, which will total about 4.7GB for all 24 episodes.

I even made the script put the filenames in that fancy typical format

actually if its not too much trouble, could you look into Habane Renmei for me? mp4's also?
let me know thanks

I'll start this and Madoka after Gosick is done.

[TooB]

you are the BEST!!!! thank you and i look forward to getting this soon

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

the only reason i enjoyed reading this thread was because i learned there is a file format called ASS