This BD is a really bad upscale. It's absurdly oversharpened, with massive ringing and haloing. I tried fixing it with dehalo_alpha, but I could only do so much There is a strong argument to be made that the DVDs are better. I'd upscale the DVDs myself, but nyaa doesn't allow that. DVD Version: https://nyaa.iss.one/view/1279846 Source: R2 BD Codec: AV1 yuv420p10le CRF 21 + Noise Table Audio: Opus 96kbit Stereo JPN (PCM BD source) Opus 96kbit Stereo ENG Subs: Coalgirls ASS (Vapoursynth) ``` video = core.fmtc.bitdepth (video, bits=10) video = core.knlm.KNLMeansCL(video, d=3, a=1, s=4, h=2.5, wmode=0, wref=1.0, device_type="gpu") video = haf.DeHalo_alpha(video,darkstr=0,brightstr=1, ss=2.0,lowsens=50, highsens=30) ``` Executed in parallel: ``` ffmpeg -i rawinfile -vf "vaguedenoiser=threshold=8:method=hard:percent=100" -an denoisedoutpipe.y4m ffmpeg -i rawinfile -an rawoutpipe.y4m ./aom_build/examples/noise_model --input=rawoutpipe.y4m --input-denoised=denoisedoutpipe.y4m --fps=30000/1001 --output-grain-table=noisetable.tbl --width=1920 --height=1080 ``` (The y4ms are named pipes) Executed sequentially: ``` ffmpeg -i infile -f yuv4mpegpipe - | aomenc --passes=2 --pass=1 --kf-max-dist=900 --end-usage=q --cq-level=21 --cpu-used=3 --lag-in-frames=35 --auto-alt-ref=1 --bit-depth=10 --enable-fwd-kf=1 --row-mt=0 --film-grain-table=noisetable.tbl --fpf=passfile -o /dev/null ffmpeg -i infile -f yuv4mpegpipe - | aomenc --passes=2 --pass=2 --kf-max-dist=900 --end-usage=q --cq-level=21 --cpu-used=3 --lag-in-frames=35 --auto-alt-ref=1 --bit-depth=10 --enable-fwd-kf=1 --row-mt=0 --film-grain-table=noisetable.tbl --fpf=passfile -o outfile.mkv ```