Sidonia no Kishi (Knights of Sidonia)

Series

Sav1or	Episodes	MyAnimeList	TVDB	Source
Season 1	12 (S01E01-S01E12)	Sidonia no Kishi	Knights of Sidonia	VCB-Studio, LNS, DragsterPS
Season 2	12 (S02E01-S02E12)	Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki	Knights of Sidonia: Battle for Planet Nine	VCB-Studio, D3, DragsterPS
Movie	1 (S00E02)	Sidonia no Kishi: Ai Tsumugu Hoshi	Love Woven in the Stars	Derfrousr

Release

Encoded in AV1 and OPUS for optimum size and quality. This release is not considered complete as the recap movie is not included. Files are named to support media servers like Plex using TVDB metadata.

Due to mixing BD Director's Cut video and Netflix audio/subtitle sources, there may potentially be issues with synchronization. Do note that not all seasons share the same list of languages.

Encoding Details:

This release was encoded with our very own Normal-Boost encoding setup. As such, the CPU preset and CRF values were selected per scene based on an initial measurement of quality from the first pass and thus the two values listed in the command below are inaccurate. For the most demanding scenes, a minimum of preset 4 and CRF 24 was used. Conversely, the simplest scenes would have a preset of 6 and CRF 40. However, most normal scenes are weighted towards CRF 28. This allows for smaller file sizes and improved quality in select scenes. For more details, experimental data, and other wild conjectures, we invite you to join us in the Discord server.

SVT-AV1-Psy 1.8.0 with Av1an (--photon-noise 2)

--preset 4 --crf 28 --keyint 0 --lp 2 --film-grain 0 --film-grain-denoise 0 --aq-mode 2 --scd 0 --tune 2 --enable-tf 0 --enable-qm 1 --qm-min 0 --qm-max 15 --new-variance-octile 7 --variance-boost-strength 2

This project is a production with the goal of the smallest video size with moderate subjective compromises to image quality. This is not the hallmark of AV1, but close enough. This release should only contain changes to the video stream and audio tracks. The subtitle and attachment tracks are usually copied from the noted sources. Timings are not adjusted except in cases of extreme delay as a result of mixing sources. - Sav1or

Thanks to the helpful people on the AV1 Anime Discord. Come and join us there!

Source

Thanks to the following sources:

• VCB-Studio - S01-S02 Video, S01 Audio, Chapter
• LNS - S01 Subtitle
• D3 - S02 Audio, Subtitle
• DragsterPS, DragsterPS - S01-S02 Audio, Subtitle
• Derfrousr - S00E02 Video, Audio

Media Info