Comments on: Weekly Round-Up: October 20th

By: Karura

Karura — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:09:07 +0000

I’ve seen episode one of Bakumatsu now (it’s mentioned in the 27th Oct round-up); it wasn’t great but entertaining enough to stick with. Will probably watch episode 2 tonight or tomorrow.

By: reslez

reslez — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:48:13 +0000

I’m afraid I agree with you on Hataraki Man. I was hopeful until I watched the first episode, and you nailed it — none of the characters connect, and the heroine is far too weak to hold one’s interest. ~ I hope you’ve had a chance to see Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto, the first episode of which has finally been subbed (not a series I would dare to attempt raw). I can’t say I understand what happened even if it *was* in English, but it seemed entertaining at the outset.

By: Karura

Karura — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:48:21 +0000

Most of the screencaps I take rely on the unintentionally amusing captions, so the softsubs are a pain for me (if I want the subtitles to be screencapped too, I have to switch deinterlacing on).

MPC doesn’t like taking screencaps for me, which rules it out for my screencap-heavy viewing style. I do try to use Zoomplayer for mkv but I got annoyed to rant after it said the subs were switched on but nothing was displaying.

By: Skane

Skane — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 04:48:14 +0000

Well, after all is said and done, it is the majority of .MKV files that have softsubs, not hardsubs.

By: necromancer

necromancer — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:29:33 +0000

Oyasumi hardsub their .MKVs (Welcome to the NHK, etc) and Shinsen have hard subbed a few of their .MKV releases. There are others but my memory is bad.

By: Skane

Skane — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:58:18 +0000

Eh?!?! .MKV releases with hardsubs? Which ones are these? The groups I download from all use softsubs. Static Subs, Eclipse, Doremi, GG, LIME, LuPerry, Kiss-Kyuu, etc…

The ONLY .MKV file I have with hardsubs is from Wind( for Lovely Idol). Most .MKV files use softsubs, not hardsubs.

Are you sure you are not confusing .MKV files with something else?

Cheers.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:04:06 +0000

I had problems with my VLC player after trying to watch chevlier d’eon ep 5 and red garden 9both episodes) so much so that my VLC crashed completely and i had to uninstall it and d/l it again…how very bothersome! ^_^

and giggles ‘tea-sipping Brittanic Empire’.

and…no more mushishi! *sobs inconsoulably* and possibly has lost the ability to spell anything correctly today (sorry).

By: necromancer

necromancer — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:40:47 +0000

To Skane: What about groups who release .MKV files with hardsubs? I see more hardsubbed MKVs than softsubbed versions, last softsub I watched was .hack//Roots.

By: Skane

Skane — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:48:44 +0000

The only times I have problems playing .MKV files are when I try to play HD-Fansubs. You know, those that are at 1024×768 resolution or higher. My processor dies trying to read those files.

However, for normal 640×480 or 704×396 files, my PC can happily play those files using MPC and CCCP.

Another reason why I like .MKV files? I can extract the frames from it without the subtitles, negating the need to download a seperate RAW file. Not to mention that I can customise how I want the subtitles to look like.

To me, .MKV is not about being new and fancy. It is about convenience. ;)

Cheers.

By: tj han

tj han — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:22:14 +0000

I never understood all the MKV hate. I actively seek out MKV/h264 versions to download because they are just so much better. Besides, VLC is a pretty crappy player to use.

Two main flaws with VLC – the fonts are bull and the slider bar is too rigid.

I have never failed to play anything properly with MPC.