[kmplx] Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World (2003) | (DVD 576p Hi10p Opus) [Dual-Audio] | Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World

Category:
Anime - English-translated
Date:
2021-04-11 21:26 UTC
Submitter:
Komplex
Seeders:
124
Information:
Discord: smplstc_kmplx | https://nyaa.raphtalia-al.ru/user/Simplistic | https://myanimelist.net/anime/486
Leechers:
3
File size:
5.2 GiB
Completed:
7968
Info hash:
7d28743d5c9ca6606c3864d17f946ba6cd1c6c8b
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### **⚠ NOTICE ⚠: My seedbox will go offline on** [October 13, 2023](https://time.is/1200PM_13_Oct_2023_in_ET). After that, my torrents with no seeds will be "Seeded by Request" You can contact me on discord for that if necessary. That also means It's high unlikely that I will be releasing, or fixing any more torrents for the time being. [I've been seeding all my torrents pretty consistently over these past 3 years](https://i.imgur.com/irUlgaJ.png), so I think I've done pretty well compared to the average releaser. If anything ever changes this announcement will be updated. *Last modified September 18, 2023* --- Errors reported after [May 11, 2021](https://time.is/1200PM_11_May_2021_in_CT) are not guaranteed to be fixed. **Please** report any errors you find before this date. --- ### **Release Description** This is a modified version of the x4subs release. I replaced the horribly low quality Japanese audio with a fresh encode from the USA BD (and added the dub). ***Also, if anyone cares. The translation for the subtitles seem to be the same as the official [ADV Films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.D._Vision#cite_ref-AboutADVVision_2-0:~:text=ADV%20collapsed%20and%20eventually%20liquidated%20their,have%20been%20re%2Dreleased%20by%20other%20companies.) one*** **Full Changelog** - Added English audio - Replaced Japanese audio - Created a signs track - Added, named and re-timed chapters from the USA BD --- ### **Track Information** - **Video**: Japan? DVD transcoded to 10-bit AVC at CRF 18 by [x4subs](https://nyaa.raphtalia-al.ru/view/464453) **3.57 GiB** - - **Audio track 1 [ENG]**: Opus 5.1 @ 512 kb/s **1.01 GiB** - **Audio track 2 [JPN]**: Opus 2.0 @ 256 kb/s **576 MiB** - - **Subtitle track 1 [ENG]**: Signs/Songs | KAA **(ASS)** - **Subtitle track 2 [ENG]**: Full Subtitles | KAA **(ASS)** - - **Chapters**: Named **(XML)** --- ### **Release Information** **Sources** Video & Subtitles - https://nyaa.raphtalia-al.ru/view/464453 English/Japanese Audio & Chapters - [USA BD From a friend](https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/products/kinos-journey-complete-collection-sd-blu-ray) **Mediainfo of every file** https://pastebin.com/raw/6uT7iREb **Quality Assessment Screenshots & Release Comparison** https://imgur.com/a/eMQ1B5T --- **I'm not taking requests; I'm making these for my own collection, but I've decided to upload them.**

File list

  • [kmplx] Kino's Journey꞉ The Beautiful World (DVD 576p Hi10p Opus) [Dual-Audio]
    • Episode 01 - Land of Visible Pain.mkv (407.5 MiB)
    • Episode 02 - A Tale of Feeding Off Others.mkv (359.0 MiB)
    • Episode 03 - Land of Prophecies.mkv (419.4 MiB)
    • Episode 04 - Land of Adults.mkv (451.6 MiB)
    • Episode 05 - Three Men Along the Rails.mkv (410.1 MiB)
    • Episode 06 - Coliseum Part 1.mkv (476.9 MiB)
    • Episode 07 - Coliseum Part 2.mkv (418.1 MiB)
    • Episode 08 - Land of Wizards.mkv (393.6 MiB)
    • Episode 09 - Land of Books.mkv (367.5 MiB)
    • Episode 10 - A Tale of Mechanical Dolls.mkv (381.7 MiB)
    • Episode 11 - Her Journey.mkv (403.1 MiB)
    • Episode 12 - A Peaceful Land.mkv (401.8 MiB)
    • Episode 13 - A Kind Land.mkv (395.1 MiB)
    • Kino's Journey꞉ The Beautiful World (V2).sfv (666 Bytes)

Comments - 35

Aryma

User
2021-04-11 22:35 UTC
I have several questions! : how did you take these Screenshots? why there an audio big difference between the source and the encode ? why did you use Opus ?

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-11 22:41 UTC (edited)
ShareX and [mpv.net](https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net) in fullscreen, I know this isn't the correct way to make comparison screenshots, but it allows me to also get the OSD in the screenshot for others to know what timecode I'm at. I'm also uploading them to imgur, so It doesn't really matter what method I use. It's just there for basic comparisons, not finding every missing pixel. --- The source (x4subs) uses a Vorbis encode from what I assume is the DVD. The thing is, DVDs don't usually come with lossless audio. It's always lossy, meaning all the other uploads have re-encoded audio. If you're talking about why the Opus encode looks different from the DTS-HDMA source, it's because of how opus works. The frequency range of most headphones and humans is 20hz-20khz meaning anything after that point is kinda useless, so Opus cuts that out to save space (It will exceed it if necessary though). --- I use Opus because it's simple to work with and a has a good quality to size ratio.

valid

User
2021-04-11 22:58 UTC
was the existing dvd encode really better than the bluray?

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-11 23:10 UTC (edited)
@valid Depends on how you want to look at it. [x4subs](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/749351946741088349/830942165034860574/unknown.png) - Has slight moozzi syndrome [kuchikirukia](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/749351946741088349/828393854155620362/unknown.png) - non-working ordered chapters [USA BD](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/749351946741088349/828393767110574080/unknown.png) - USA BD Could probably be fixed with some filtering, but with my limited "knowledge" in encoding it would probably be worse.

janmayenese

User
2021-04-12 01:50 UTC
The kuchikirukia one doesn't use ordered chapters. I think it uses linked mkvs and only works on MPC-HC by default.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-12 02:09 UTC (edited)
> ordered chapters. I think it uses linked mkvs Same thing, different name. >and only works on MPC-HC by default. Yeah, fun times for everyone using VLC/MPV (there's a lot of us) EDIT: Actually, that's not true kuchi's danmachi release works just fine on MPV. There's just something wrong with the kino release.

herkz

Trusted
2021-04-12 02:35 UTC
expecting things to work in vlc is a mistake anyway

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-12 02:40 UTC
expecting vlc to work*

janmayenese

User
2021-04-12 03:08 UTC
Sorry, I'm mixing up ordered chapters, linked mkvs, and segment linking: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/8463 The separate feature I was thinking of was segment linking

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-12 04:12 UTC
Ah.

Kulot99

User
2021-04-12 04:37 UTC (edited)
kuchikirukia has some of the best releases for titles such as Texhnolyze, Hyper Police, and Macross. Unfortunately the aforementioned use the type of linked MKVs not supported by mpv player. Ordered chapters work fine with mpv. I haven’t come across another uploader that uses that specific format besides kuchikirukia. Their releases are tailored specifically for MPC. Anyways, thanks@Komplex. Nice release.

sameer

User
2021-04-12 04:41 UTC
wasn't it only his older releases where at times he used segment linking

Kulot99

User
2021-04-12 04:50 UTC
I think their last release to use segment linking is coincidentally, Kino.

kuchikirukia

User
2021-04-12 11:49 UTC (edited)
That reminds me I never released Planetarian to Nyaa. Fixed. This isn't better than mine. There's some ugly crawling with respect to the series' scan lines. It's obvious at 3:38 when it's zooming in on the tent ceiling. 11:38, the pan across the rooftops is just terrible. The DVD has a really nice look to it and this just isn't it.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-12 14:10 UTC (edited)
>This isn’t better than mine. Yeah no shit, but it's the only option for those who want a fully working release.

kuchikirukia

User
2021-04-12 14:31 UTC (edited)
Ain't hard to undo linked mkvs. Throw the opening into mkvtoolnix, append the episode, then append the ending, and hit mux. Repeat for each episode. Though it's easier to just download a real player. Oh, and I misread your comment Kulot99. My last release to use linked mkvs was actually my most recent release (Planetarian), which was only on PTP until now. Linked mkvs require the opening or ending to be at the very beginning or ending of file (no prologue or preview [unless you cut the previews]) so they're not suitable for the majority of series. They're much easier to make which is why I use them when able.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-12 14:55 UTC (edited)
>Ain’t hard to undo linked mkvs. Throw the opening into mkvtoolnix, append the episode, then append the ending, and hit mux. Ah, I never considered trying to append them in that order. That seems to break fonts though, so you'd still need to figure what to do for that. (you should put this advice in your release description) >Though it’s easier to just download a real player. Yeah, you should... I think I stopped using MPC because it always had this weird pixelated look with I assume only affected HEVC videos. I'm pretty sure with some extra software or playback setting tweaks it could be easily fixed, but I just decided to move onto MPV instead. (like everyone else) >Linked mkvs require the opening or ending to be at the very beginning or ending of file (no prologue or preview [unless you cut the previews]) so they’re not suitable for the majority of series. I'm sure you probably know this but, Kino is also one of these shows. (previews) --- Normally I probably wouldn't care, but I plan to group watch this with some people and (the same friend who provided the audio) *obviously* wants to use the Blu-ray he paid for. The problem is [syncplay](https://syncplay.pl/) would get confused with the episodes having different timecodes, so we would all need to all use your release or all use the Blu-ray, so I ended up making this.

Kulot99

User
2021-04-12 15:49 UTC (edited)
@Komplex After appending the opening/ending together with the episode, you'd have to combine the subtitles into one file (as they are split into 3 in this case, OP/Dialogue/ED). That means re-timing subtitles as a full episode, rather than as their own separate entities. The time-shifting parameters would be identical for every episode. You'd have to time-shift the dialogue for each subtitle (same shift parameters) and copy/paste the properly re-timed OP/ED into each subtitle file (including the font style information if it's missing). It would be far easier to use the subtitles from your release and re-time them if necessary. @kuchikirukia. Welcome back. Will check out your Afro Samurai release. I switched over to mpv because complex subtitles don't run well with MPC (I believe there is a libass plugin though). mpv is far more customizable and I prefer it over MPC/madVR for shaders (madVR doesn't run as well for me). MPC isn't officially supported anymore unlike mpv which is still growing. I tried MPC-BE but it still lacked in comparison. It would be ideal if mpv added segment linking as a feature. It is what it is. Appreciate both of your releases. Cheers.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-12 16:19 UTC
@Kulot99 Yeah, I figured as much.

Deago

User
2021-04-21 16:53 UTC (edited)
Will you also make a release for the [movies](https://nyaa.raphtalia-al.ru/view/467857)? Unfortunately, I couldn't find "Episode 0" ova from x4subs.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-21 17:26 UTC (edited)
>Will you also make a release for the movies? The BD didn't include them, so there were no improvements I could make. >I couldn’t find “Episode 0” ova from x4subs. Yeah, you're going to have to get it from [kuchikirukia](https://nyaa.raphtalia-al.ru/view/1069013).

Kulot99

User
2021-04-27 20:41 UTC
Here's a torrent where someone already stitched together kuchikirukia's release. The subtitles aren't aesthetically pleasing. Previews are still omitted. Nonetheless, a good resource for those that want the forementioned encode without linking. https://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5241524

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-27 21:32 UTC (edited)
We Sherlock Holmes out here

Kulot99

User
2021-04-29 15:47 UTC
Ha @Komplex. I only checked the first episode and the subtitles from your release seem to match perfectly.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-04-29 16:09 UTC
Ah, it's always nice when that happens.

EK13

User
2021-05-29 15:35 UTC
Is this 2003 version?

Komplex (uploader)

User
2021-05-30 04:34 UTC (edited)
I'm not sure. It might be, it might not be.

HachiRokuNiSanKyu

BANNED User
2022-08-12 20:24 UTC
>Opus Pretty sad that this is the best option available.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2022-08-15 18:37 UTC (edited)
Well, I didn't think it was worth bloating a rather average DVD encode with an extra 10 GiB of 2003 audio.

Jaegers

User
2022-11-25 20:14 UTC
Thanks for the release, but let's be honest. You bloated this an extra gig by adding the English audio. It wouldn't hurt to have high quality JP audio. I don't see how the year it was made has anything to do with whether or not it was worth releasing lossless.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2022-12-04 21:32 UTC
Because, believe it or not, audio quality has vastly improved since 2003. Opus is virtually transparent with modern day Hi-Fi audio, let alone whatever 90s gear this was recorded on. Not to mention, my comment was pointing out the insanity of pairing 4 GiB of video with 10 GiB of audio...

Animorphs

User
2024-12-03 12:11 UTC
All these yappers yet I can assume no-one actually watched the show, because episode 3 is just completely missing the subs from 2:28-2:42. They're there in niizk but not KAA.

Komplex (uploader)

User
2024-12-03 13:25 UTC (edited)
Normally I watch my projects before releasing them. But in this case something misaligned and I haven't watched it till this day. And by no surprise it's fucked me over. I'll see if I can get a fix out by the 10th, but no promises.

Animorphs

User
2024-12-03 13:59 UTC (edited)
I'll probably do a (lazy) release tbh, cos every episode needs touching up. And yeh after some more checking, ep3 is also missing the subs at 3:30 and 6:40 too. Haven't checked ep4 and beyond yet.