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                           Title : Shingetsutan Tsukihime
                           Parts : 2 (of 12)
                           Genre : Action / Drama
                    Release Date : July 2004

                  Feature Length : 24 Minutes
                            Size : 233 MB per episode
                  Audio Language : Japanese
                       Subtitles : 2xEnglish, Czech, Danish, French, German,
                                   Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian,
                                   Spanish, Argentina-Spanish, Swedish
                  Audio Encoding : Ogg Vorbis 2.0 quality 4
                Video Frame Rate : 23.97 fps
                Video Resolution : 704x480 (16:9 anamorphic)
                     Video Codec : DivX 5.2 with single b-frames
                          Source : R2 NTSC DVD

                   Video & Audio : Mentar
                     Typesetting : b0nk
            Japanese translators : jfs, maxx-, Wlah
               Czech translators : Yusaku
              Danish translators : jfs, Wlah
              French translators : Pharmboy
              German translators : Mentar
             Italian translators : Fiori, kamandi19
              Polish translators : Lobuz
          Portuguese translators : Kamina, Rato
           Slovenian translators : ender
             Spanish translators : wormlord1442
   Argentina-Spanish translators : Lantis
             Swedish translators : Unsane, Myrsloik

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This was the first time we decided to try to make a fansub release.
Since the source was Japanese R2, no subtitles or English dubtrack
were available, so we needed some Japanese translators. The firs one
which encouraged me to start the project soon dropped off the face
of earth without warning, leaving us pretty much stranded for quite
a while. Eventually, jfs and Wlah gracefully offered to take over,
and maxx- soon also joined our translation team - so we could revive
it and get to work.

Since Matroska supports multiple subtitle tracks in multiple formats,
we decided to ask for many different language translators which might
be interested in participating, so that this fansub becomes interesting
for lots of different people which are not as experienced in English
as their native tongue. In the end, 12 different languages found the
necessary volunteers, which is quite a list (and a hell to manage).

I can say for sure that after experiencing the ... joy ... of managing
a group of more than 15 volunteers is quite a treat. I definitely
gained alot of respect for fansub groups in the past weeks. It makes
all video and audio encoding feel so trivial ;)

Well, except for some minor YATTA work the video was very easy to
tame. The only real challenge was to find filter chains to help deal
with the codec-killing dark scenes in Tsukihime. MPEG-4-based codecs
do not particularly enjoy dark green on grey on black, so it was quite
problematic not to have the codec block out the frames in the dark.
In the end, the good old Spatial Smoother trick with his dithering
effect allowed me to shape and sharpen the frames enough to dig out
some contrasts and keep it watchable.

Enough talk, time to watch a good anime. Enjoy!
                                                          (Mentar)
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              http://bt.zhentarim.net/pbf.txt

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