Code Geass - 01-07

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Title: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Feature length: Approx. 10h 25min (25 minutes x 25 episodes)
Video codec: H.264/AVC (using x264)
Audio codec: Vorbis (using libvorbis aoTuVb5)
Video resolution: 704x480 anamorphic (displayed in the original 16:9 aspect ratio)
Video framerate: 23.976 fps
Video bitrate: Approx. 2010kbps
Audio bitrate: Approx. 160-190kbps (Vorbis Q6)
Audio language: Japanese
Subtitle language: English (ASS)
Container: Matroska (with segment linking)
Source: Japanese R2 NTSC DVD
Size: 2 DVD-R for the entire series

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This release uses the Matroska features known as "ordered chapters" and "segment linking". In this case, it means that each episode file is encoded without the opening and ending themes; these are instead contained in their own files and are automagically linked in at the appropriate place when you play each episode (provided that your playback platform has proper support for these features, more on this later) as long as the files are in the same folder. Also included are some bogus files that, when played, behave as if they were the entire series in one big "movie" file.

The actual linking is done by something called Segment Unique Identifiers (SUID's) and not by filenames, so you can freely rename the files. However, remuxing the files will change the SUID and hence break the linking, so don't do that. (The one exception to this is if you use Haali's GDSMux and explicitly tell it to use a given SUID).

If your playback platform lacks support for these features, it will just play each episode without the opening/ending theme. It's possible (and pretty simple) to use mkvmerge (GUI) to remux the episodes to remove the file linking and put the OP/ED into each file, but I leave figuring out how to do this as an exercise to the reader. (Hint: you'll have to use append/split a lot.)

The reason for using segment linking like this in the first place is to save space; the OP in particular eats tons of bitrate. Not having to encode it once per episode helps a lot with getting good quality without even huger files.

To get proper playback on Windows, using the CCCP (http://cccp-project.net) is strongly recommended. If you insist on standalone components, just get the latest version of Haali's media splitter and make sure to enable loading of linked files. Unfortunately MPlayer does not yet support segment linking so *nix and MacOS users will have to either remux or watch without the OP/ED.