____ #### This is the V2 of our color adjusted version of DBZ Kai TFC. #### While a global filter was applied to all episodes on V1, we worked on every single episode for this V2, achieving more accuracy and consistency throughout the serie. ____  | Video source | Resolution | Encoder | CRF | Encoding settings| |---------------------------|------------|---------|-----|-----------------------------------------------| | Funimation US Blu-ray | 1080p | x264 | 13 | [Mediainfo](https://pastebin.com/raw/qL4X43BW)| #### We used the US Blu-ray instead of the Japanese Blu-ray because the latter have a harsh and unappealing sharpening filter applied to the image. Additionally, episodes 099 to 106 are edited differently in the Japanese version compared to the international release, making it impossible to synchronize the English audio with those episodes. | Audio source | Language | Encoder | Channels| |---------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------| | Funimation US Blu-ray | Japanese | FLAC | 2.0 | | Funimation US Blu-ray | English | FLAC | 5.1 | | Subtitles source | Language | Format| |---------------------------|----------|-------------|---------------| | Funimation US Blu-ray | English| ASS | - ### Color adjustment Dragon Ball Kai TFC suffers of an unpleasant green tint and some other visual imperfections. We shifted hues, curves and other things, to fix main issues as much as possible. #### **Disclaimer : This is a global color adjustment, not a shot-by-shot correction, so it's not perfect. The result is not like the originally intended colors, since it's not scene-by-scene correction. Whites are not balanced in TFC, so even after the adjustment, scenes remains unequally balanced as well. The only goal was to achieve something more pleasing to the eyes, less green.** ### [Comparison screenshots](https://slow.pics/c/fas8GAvO) - ### Halo reduction Bright halos around edges have been attenuated with Vapoursynth - ### Use and fix of the original USBD Dolby TrueHD English audio tracks. Explanations by Krycek7o2 : The original USBD Dolby TrueHD English audio tracks for Dragon Ball Z : The Final Chapters had significant sound quality issues affecting multiple episodes. The problems included: - Muffled dialogue - Weak bass response - Poorly balanced sound effects - Issues when downmixing to stereo or playing on 5.1 systems - Root Cause The issue stemmed from a 0.001ms desync error during the mastering process, causing an 'echo' or 'doubling' effect. This affected episodes 111-167 in the FUNimation US Blu-ray release. - Proper Fix To correct the issue, the center channel must be resynced to the stereo image, not vice versa. This ensures uniformity across all channels without desyncing rear and LFE channels. Kanzenshuu user Daisetsu's insights were crucial in identifying and addressing this audio synchronization problem. - ### Additional audio tracks : __________________ - #### **Episode 106 5.1 TeamFourStar audio track restoration. Explanations by Krycek7o2** In addition to the original USBD audio mix on episode 106, we are also providing an alternate track. During episode 106, the fantastic group behind Dragon Ball Z Abridged, TeamFourStar was brought in to record lines for the Cell Games reenactment during the episode's final moments. Like many who watched their hilarious fan cut of DBZ on YouTube, this was a fantastic moment to witness as worlds collided. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be. As it was alleged that Toei was alerted to this, and much to the chagrin of fans, the cameo was quickly eliminated. Besides a small teaser shown online and on Xfinity TV's on-demand service, it was never released on any official physical media or streaming service. However, the clip did surface online and proved to be as hilarious as TFS has always been. I present a complete reconstruction of that scene; using RX iZotope and various other tools, I extracted the vocals of the TFS cameo leak, restored them to the best of my abilities, and re-inserted them into the 5.1 lossless audio from the Blu-ray release. - The voices were extracted from the leaked clip - cleaned up the extracted vocal tracks - volume and eq matched to the official tracks - Extracted the front stereo image from lossless Blu-ray audio - took out any residual dialogue from the replaced VA's - synced the cleaned-up TFS vocals to the extracted stereo image - Seamlessly included the restored audio in place of the replacements Unlike many who just took the clip and haphazardly inserted it into downmixed or web-dl audio, I wanted to have a true 5.1 lossless version of this. And while it's not 100% lossless, it's about 97%, which makes me happy, and I am sure many will love it too. This work was a labor of love; as a long-time fan of TeamFourStar's work and having met them at a local con a few years ago, they called my son the hype... I am happy to restore what is, to my eyes, the perfect ending to their abridged work. ____________ - #### **Episodes 158 & 167** : In DBZ Kai The Final Chapters (the international version), episode 158 & 167 have original insert songs (respectively Let It Burn & Cha la Head Chala). We added the version of these tracks from the Japanese blu-ray (without insert songs) as additional tracks, restored with English Opening and Ending by Krycek7o2. - ### Enhanced English subtitles The subtitles have fixed terminology and slight spelling and punctuation corrections. Episodes have a basic subtitles track Some episodes also have stylized subtitles with advanced signs  - ### Additional patches to change default tracks : ### WARNING: DO NOT APPLY ANY OF THESE PATCHES WHILE SEEDING THE TORRENT SINCE IT MAY SEED BROKEN FILE CHUNKS. REMOVE THE TORRENT FROM YOUR CLIENT FIRST, OR MAKE A COPY OF YOUR FILES. To use the patches, you must install MKVToolnix and place the .bat files in the same folder as the episodes. Patches apply instantly to the episodes (just like renaming), it'll not remux and will not create new files. - English audio + basic signs - [Download](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h5Dzo_bRADfS32AoiFqGi679AKlTtAc3/view?usp=sharing) | [Mirror](https://archive.org/download/dbz-kai-tfc-cc-v2-default-tracks-patches/English%20%2B%20basic%20signs%20by%20default.bat) - English audio + stylized signs - [Download](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RbjfPYHgUYzaUwzw0N_A6h7hpQdJx0nr/view?usp=sharing) | [Mirror](https://archive.org/download/dbz-kai-tfc-cc-v2-default-tracks-patches/English%20%2B%20stylized%20signs%20by%20default.bat) - Japanese audio + basic subtitles (by default on this torrent) - [Download](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i_6VtRx4kw-vsjUYm3T91iXw95VnktEH/view?usp=sharing) | [Mirror](https://archive.org/download/dbz-kai-tfc-cc-v2-default-tracks-patches/Japanese%20%2B%20basic%20subtitles%20by%20default.bat) - Japanese audio + stylized subtitles - [Download](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PnMc6JG9hot0sF-acHTgV5V6rw4CY2zq/view?usp=sharing) | [Mirror](https://archive.org/download/dbz-kai-tfc-cc-v2-default-tracks-patches/Japanese%20%2B%20stylized%20subtitles%20by%20default.bat) Note 1 : These patches work with "C:\Program Files\MKVToolNix\mkvpropedit.exe". If your mkvpropedit.exe is located somewhere else, just edit the .bat files to point to your path. Note 2 : The .bat patches apply to the current names of the files, if you renamed your episodes, edit the .bat files accordingly. ---------------- ### Credits : #### Huge thanks to Krycek7o2 for providing the blu-ray remuxes, thoroughly fixing all English dub 5.1 tracks as well as restoring the TeamFourStar version of episode 106 and episodes 158/167 from the Japanese blu-ray. #### nemu-chan and BestGirl for translating some signs #### iKaos for providing raw OCRed subtitles #### Ploffy for checking/fixing subtitles OCR errors and other corrections #### Daisetsu for his deep analysis of 5.1 track issues that helped Krycek7o2 fixed them #### BestGirl, iKaos, JySzE, Krycek7o2 for helping seed the torrent