Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns | The File of Young Kindaichi Returns - MyAnimeList.net
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns 2nd Season | The File of Young Kindaichi Returns 2nd Season - MyAnimeList.net
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns 2nd Season The File of Inspector Akechi | The File of Young Kindaichi Returns 2nd Season Akechi Keibu no Jikenbo - MyAnimeList.net

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Information:

S1 video: deinterlaced, edges fixed, degrained and dehaloed. (30fps)
S2 video: edges fixed, degrained, dehaloed and debanded. (24fps)

I tried to do as many of the signs as possible, but a few ones that add only little to the story were left out.
There are also no translations/transcriptions of the songs.

Chapters are from the BDMV.
Stereo jpn audio encoded with 256kbit/s.
If you want the source files of these, just ask.

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For requests or questions, join my (small) discord server here: https://discord.gg/8n7H3ArdCW

I highly suggest you to use mpv for playback.

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Summary:

• created signs
• fixed subtitle desync
• encoded the audio tracks from PCM to OPUS (opusenc)
• encoded and filtered video tracks to HEVC (x265, crf 22)
• naming scheme matches AniDB.net

Track-Type	Title	Attributes
video	Japanese	x265 HEVC 10bit 29.970/23.976 FPS 1916x1080
audio	Japanese	48.0kHz stereo OPUS
subtitles	English	ass (default)
chapters

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Source:

[BDMV@U2] - video, jpn-audio, chapters
AnimeRG - subtitles (S1, S2)
HorribleSubs - subtitles (special)

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FFprobe:

Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns (2014) - S01E01 - The Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case, File 1.mkv':
  Metadata:
    creation_time   : 2023-06-11T01:20:05.000000Z
    ENCODER         : Lavf60.3.100
  Duration: 00:23:52.11, start: -0.007000, bitrate: 1675 kb/s
  Chapters:
    Chapter #0:0: start 0.000000, end 34.034000
      Metadata:
        title           : Chapter 1
    Chapter #0:1: start 34.034000, end 124.057270
      Metadata:
        title           : Chapter 2
    Chapter #0:2: start 124.057270, end 767.099700
      Metadata:
        title           : Chapter 3
    Chapter #0:3: start 767.099700, end 1310.042000
      Metadata:
        title           : Chapter 4
    Chapter #0:4: start 1310.042000, end 1400.065300
      Metadata:
        title           : Chapter 5
    Chapter #0:5: start 1400.065300, end 1432.097300
      Metadata:
        title           : Chapter 6
  Stream #0:0(jpn): Video: hevc (Main 10), yuv420p10le(tv, bt709), 1916x1080, SAR 1:1 DAR 479:270, !29.97! fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : [BDMV] Japanese
      BPS             : 1408460
      DURATION        : 00:23:52.097000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 42920
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 252131530
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v77.0 ('Elemental') 64-bit
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2023-06-11 01:20:05
      _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
  Stream #0:1(jpn): Audio: opus, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : [BDMV] Japanese
      ENCODER         : opusenc from opus-tools 0.2
      ENCODER_OPTIONS : --bitrate 256k
      BPS             : 251666
      DURATION        : 00:23:52.107000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 71606
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 45051723
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v77.0 ('Elemental') 64-bit
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2023-06-11 01:20:05
      _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
  Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: ass (default)
    Metadata:
      title           : [MiraiAnime] English
      BPS             : 294
      DURATION        : 00:23:45.120000000
      NUMBER_OF_FRAMES: 482
      NUMBER_OF_BYTES : 52520
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_APP: mkvmerge v77.0 ('Elemental') 64-bit
      _STATISTICS_WRITING_DATE_UTC: 2023-06-11 01:20:05
      _STATISTICS_TAGS: BPS DURATION NUMBER_OF_FRAMES NUMBER_OF_BYTES
  Stream #0:3: Attachment: ttf
    Metadata:
      filename        : LT_italic.ttf
      mimetype        : application/x-truetype-font
  Stream #0:4: Attachment: ttf
    Metadata:
      filename        : GOTHICB.ttf
      mimetype        : application/x-truetype-font
  Stream #0:5: Attachment: ttf
    Metadata:
      filename        : cambriab.ttf
      mimetype        : application/x-truetype-font
  Stream #0:6: Attachment: ttf
    Metadata:
      filename        : AveriaSans_Regular.ttf
      mimetype        : application/x-truetype-font
  Stream #0:7: Attachment: ttf
    Metadata:
      filename        : AVGARDD.ttf
      mimetype        : application/x-truetype-font
  Stream #0:8: Attachment: ttf
    Metadata:
      filename        : arialbd.ttf
      mimetype        : application/x-truetype-font

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Many thanks to Anonymous, AnimeRG and HorribleSubs for making this possible.

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If you find anything that seems out of the ordinary, just post a comment or in my discord and I’ll take a look at it.