Encoded Initial D - Second Stage into MKV h.264 format with English and Japanese audio, along with English Subtitles as well.
I improved this a lot compared to the old release. I put my old encodes to shame without a doubt.
I fixed a lot of the combing/interlacing issues that caused smeared looking lines in the previous encodes. I went through frame by frame for hours, and gave them special treatment where possible. The lines and details for most of the video are very much improved as a result of this. You can see examples, and detailed information about it in my forum.
I improved the overall detail, increased the overall image a little with less cropping, and reduced the artifacts much better.
I synced and used the 5.1 lossless audio from the Japanese Blu-Ray for the Japanese audio source this time, instead of using the 2.0 Japanese audio from the DVD like last time. I also added about 2.3K more video bitrate.
SCREENSHOTS
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