Title: The Godfather
Year: 1972
Runtime: 02:55:28.135
Notes: The unusually high bitrate is due to the Source's extreme noise.
Stronger denoising isn't possible without deviating from the movie's style (and making Don Corleone look like a wax figure), while lower bitrates significantly reduce sharpness in dark scenes.
These settings are the result of 2 weeks of experimentation. Suffice it to say, I'm not looking forward to Parts 2 & 3.
Video: Codec: AV1
Resolution: 1920x1036
Colour Depth: 10 bits
Bitrate: 2 401 kb/s
Audio: English - Opus - 6 channels @ 264 kb/s
Additional Audio: German - Opus - 6 channels @ 262 kb/s
Italian - Opus - 6 channels @ 253 kb/s
Russian - Opus - 6 channels @ 256 kb/s
English Commentary - Opus - 2 channels @ 92.0 kb/s
Subtitles: English (PGS)
English Forced (PGS)
Chinese (PGS)
Czech (PGS)
German (PGS)
German Forced (PGS)
Italian (PGS)
Italian Forced (PGS)
Korean (PGS)
Chinese (PGS)
Polish (PGS)
Portuguese (PGS)
Russian (PGS)
Russian Forced (PGS)
Romanian (PGS)
Chinese (PGS)
Slovak (PGS)
Thai (PGS)
English Commentary (PGS)
German Commentary (PGS)
Italian Commentary (PGS)
Korean Commentary (PGS)
VEAI Settings: Proteus Fine with Denoise 30
Encoder Settings: aomenc, CPU Used 3, CQ 24, Photon Noise 58
Tools Used: MakeMKV, Topaz Video Enhance AI, Av1an, FFmpeg, eac3to, opus-tools, MKVToolNix, MediaInfo
Source: BD50
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