So, what's the difference between the iTunes rips and the

>>30269217
the scootaloo version saturates the fuck out of it so it looks extremely colorful. the itunes version is what you get on tv. it depends what you want.

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>>30269217
nice thread, have a pic

>>30269217
Scootaloo Remastered x264 are a remaster of the best available version of pony by Scootaloo.

Quality is better than iTunes raw thanks to Scootaloo color restoration process.

Audio tracks (Both AC3 5.1 and AAC) has been remastered, please use the AAC track on a stereo/laptop setup.

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A word from Scootaloo group:

We've gone for the restorative side, more than size or 'color', we're not able to clear all the composition faults in pone as flash isn't a video editor.
But we've cleared up the DCT issues from their initial encoding process.
And someone slipped in a cheeky gamma correction, which was missed on the HEVC so they won't look odd.
There was a correction error which happened in the HEVC which when encoded reacted oddly so some color are super... 'bright'
Some episodes will heavily benefit from being cleaned up, and will be smaller but others will be bigger due to needing bits for the debanding or noise reduction due to things like snow, rain ...
Many of the episodes were so noisy we had to restore debanding on everything, so thats can cause an issue with some episodes sizes.

The target size for the video stream is around 655MB, many are coming in lower sizes.

>>30269276
Cheers

>>30269276
Not OP but now I'm confused. Is this saying everything is going to look brighter and the color tone will be different?

Scootaloo version tries to make it look like it is playing directly from flash.

>>30269217
iTunes rips are not encoded. At least they don't look like they are. The scootaloo ones are encoded in x264. That means they chose the settings and compression, and you'll have to take them as they are. The major difference is in the colors. They look brighter and more saturated IIRC. Just download them both, take screenshots and compare them, then pick the one you like most.
Personally, I have the iTunes ones, encoded by me with customized settings.

>>30269628
What do you mean the iTunes episodes aren't encoded?
They're in H264 since S1

>>30269645
It says raw, and Avinaptic doesn't give me a clear read. Anyway, 900MB for a 20 minutes animation is too much for me, so if I have to use re-encoded versions, I'd rather re-encode them with settings I choose. I remember seeing the scootaloo ones had some settings I didn't like, but I don't remember which ones.