Fixed version of APEX Tenchi in Tokyo

[Nazo]

It seems that decimus28UMO was nice enough to provide fixed extracted subtitles in the comments for APEX's Tenchi in Tokyo that we have here. Now, I'm just looking for someone to actually do the work of muxing in the .srts and update the torrent for everyone's benefit...

[macros74]

I looked into this and tried it out with episode 1: it seems to have worked. Will do some further tests with other eps though to be sure.

What I did was:

-Used OGMDemuxer to extract the different streams from the .ogm container
-Replaced faulty .srt file with corrected one
-Used mkvmerge GUI to mux the streams into a .mkv container

But to be sure: this is what's wanted? It does mean creating new files after all.

Setting English as default audio track would be preferred I take it?

Edit: I could make episode 6 (has the most issues) available for download so you can check it, just let me know.

[Nazo]

If it was just a straight conversion to .mkv I wouldn't have gone for it. But considering how it seems that there are issues with the torrent, then I'm fine with that. I've wanted to watch this (for completion's sake) for a while...
Also, I don't really care about which audio track is set as default. I'll be using the Japanese track, but I'm not going to care which one you set.

[macros74]

Also, I don't really care about which audio track is set as default. I'll be using the Japanese track, but I'm not going to care which one you set.

Well, perhaps other people do. I myself don't care either to be truthful (I override those settings), but hey...

Should I wait for another staff member to comment?

[Xiong Chiamiov]

Generally, those who download dual-audio releases watch the English dub.  So, English audio and signs-only subtitles (if they exist) for defaults.  They're easily overrideable anyways.

[Zalis116]

Generally, those who download dual-audio releases watch the English dub.  So, English audio and signs-only subtitles (if they exist) for defaults.  They're easily overrideable anyways.

That doesn't hold quite so true for older series like this one, where HQ fansubs or softsubbed single-audio rips don't exist. Really, it doesn't matter as long as the streams are properly labeled. The Tenchi in Tokyo DVDs don't have Songs/Signs Only tracks, so that simplifies things a bit.

And as I stated in the torrent comments, if any encoders out there want to do a brand new release from the source, I can try to provide it.

[macros74]

I'm done with the muxing and such, everything seems to be ok, but I will spotcheck each episode to make sure.

[archivisth]

I'm done with the muxing and such, everything seems to be ok, but I will spotcheck each episode to make sure.

Did you use the files in the current torrent, or the v2's that APEX did of the first 17 episodes? The v2's are 640 x 480, but I'm sure if the new subs will work with the revised rips.

[macros74]

The old (current) files. Otherwise you would get a mix of containers/codecs/resolutions.
Besides, I haven't got those H264 releases...

If you want a "perfect" H264 640x480 release it would probably be best to take Zalis up on his offer (mentioned above).

[archivisth]

Okay.  The V2 APEX releases do look better, and I have all 17 of them, but they had other problems, iirc.

[Cassius]

Late last year I started to rip it from my DVDs.  I think my initial plan was to rip them for my convenience, but I stopped after episode 13 as I lost interest in watching it.  I am just a novice at ripping and encoding and mainly do it for the convenience of a digital copy, so I don't know if my rips would hold up well to others.  If anyone is interested I could provide an episode or two for comparison. In the unlikely event that they were wanted, I could finish the series and make an offer.