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A Few Odds and Ends

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 | Posted by OZC | Edit Post
I just wanted to mention a few assorted things that were a bit too long for Twitter but each too short for their own posts.

- Batches. I'm WAAAAY behind on batches for the Patlabor Original Series OVA, MS IGLOO, and especially Zegapain. I'm going to be working on encoding all the bits of bonus material for these, but I don't think I'll have the time to work on them with any real focus until around Thanksgiving since I'll have a few extra days off. So sit tight and I'll get those done as soon as I can.

- Regarding those batches, since they haven't been released as the final versions, I'm still debating if I should change the subs to match the new style on the Planetes release. I'll be putting a poll up in a few days to get feedback on that, so please vote.

- How about mobile encodes? As a lot of people are aware, HP recently liquidated their stock of their Touchpad tablet. Myself and at least two of our staff that I know of got one, and so I've been experimenting with playing back our encodes on it. Here's what I have found:
  • MKVs work using Kalemsoft Media Player ($6 on their site if they ever fix their PayPal, $7 from the webOS catalog but updates are slower)
  • Subtitles, including .ASS subs like we use, now work as of the latest build. Custom fonts and effects do not work, and there are some issues with multiple lines not all appearing (such as secondary dialog).
  • 1080p encodes will play if subs are not enabled and your Touchpad is overclocked to 1.5GHz. Since the screen on the thing is only 720p, this is kind of pointless unless you want to watch the dub with no need to download the 720p file as well.
  • 10-bit files don't work, but since we haven't gone 10-bit for anything, this is a non-issue.

- Digimon Xros Wars manga. See the post after this one for more details.

- Redline. This movie is awesome. If you haven't watched it, you are missing out. Manga has licensed it and is dubbing it, with a BD release set for January 17th, 2012. This is one of those anime films thatis capable of breaking out of that "anime niche" and could go mainstream if given the chance. Seriously. It's that good. I really urge everyone to check out the fansubs and then pick up a copy of the BD when it releases. Amazon or TRSI have it up for preorder.

OZC

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