#### **v4 Notice:** Overhauled encode with improved dot-crawl removal, chroma noise reduction, and compression artifacts treatment. See comparison screenshots. Muxes in the available English audio track and also applies additional subtitle QC to signs, eliminates some minor scene bleeds, retains honorifics, among other fixes. Includes unstyled original subs for those that prefer them.  ___ #### [**Movie Information**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkside_Blues) ### **Video** Source | Resolution | DAR | Format | Bitrate | Framerate | MediaInfo :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | R5 DVD | 708 ✖ 480 | 4:3 *(Anamorphic)* | H.264 10-Bit | ~6400 kbps | 23.976fps | [**Link**](https://pastebin.com/ZU36NSYX) ### **Audio** Language | Channels | Format | Bitrate | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | Japanese | 6ch | AC3 | 448 kbps English | 6ch | AAC | 238 kbps ### **Subtitles** Language | Style | Format | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | English | Styled Modified R1 Dialogue | ASS | English | Styled Modified R1 Signs/Songs | ASS | English | Unstyled Unmodified R1 Dialogue | SRT | English | Unstyled Unmodified R1 Signs/Songs | SRT | #### **Filters used:** DDComb, KNLMeansCL *(for chroma noise removal)*, DFMDeRainbow5, XAA, FineDehalo, f3kgrain, aWarpSharp2 *(chroma sharpening only)*, Hysteria, BalanceBorders #### [**Encode Comparison vs. Source & v3 Release**](https://slow.pics/c/bEFRHQF7) **Updated Notes:** An updated encode for this lesser-known work by Kikuchi Hideyuki *(Demon City Shinjuku, Wicked City, Vampire Hunter D)*. Filtering to reduce dot-crawl, haloing, aliasing, as well as UV sharpening and noise removal to eliminate chroma bleed and rainbowing were applied. Luma-adaptive grain matching was also applied in the dark & midtone regions to ameliorate source macroblocking. Subtitles were further revised in typesetting, and slightly retimed in places.