Release by [ItachiUchiha]
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> Slowpics comparison : https://slow.pics/c/EHpN4X8U

> Sources :
(1)
[SCY] Death Parade (BD 1080p Hi10 FLAC) [Dual-Audio]
https://nyaa.si/view/1078685
(2)
Death Parade (2015) [Bluray.1080p.x264.FLAC.ITA.JPN.ENG.Subs.Ita.Eng.v2] [19.8GB] [stress]
https://nyaa.si/view/1467104
(3)
[Beatrice-Raws] Death Billiards [BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC] rev
https://nyaa.si/view/1085220
(4)
[Beatrice-Raws] Death Parade [BDRip 1920x1080 x264 FLAC] rev
https://nyaa.si/view/1085223

> Episodes :
JPN BDRip Video (with filters), JPN+ENG Audio, ENG Subs :   Source [1]
ITA Audio, ITA Subs :                                       Source [2]

> OAV "Death Billiards" :
JPN BDRip Video (with filters), JPN Audio :                  Source [3]
ENG Subs :                                                   Source [2]
ITA Subs :                                                   Source [2]

> NCOP & NCED
JPN BDRip Video (with filters), JPN Audio :                  Source [4]
ENG Subs :                                                   Source [1]
ITA Subs :                                                   Source [2]

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> Encoder :        SVT-AV1-PSY v2.1.0-A        (https://github.com/gianni-rosato/svt-av1-psy)

> Encode summary :
Episodes 1-12 :                 AV1 (crf 14)  +  JPN OPUS 128k (2.0) + ITA OPUS 128k (2.0) + ENG OPUS 256k (5.1)  +  SUBS ITA [BD] (FULL+SIGNS) + ITA (FULL+SIGNS) + ENG (FULL+SIGNS)
Death Billiards (OAV) :  AV1 (crf 14)  +  JPN OPUS 128k (2.0)                                              +  SUBS ITA [BD] (FULL+SIGNS) + ITA (FULL+SIGNS) + ENG (FULL+SIGNS)
NCOP :                   AV1 (crf 14)  +  JPN FLAC (2.0)                                                   +  SUBS ITA + ENG
NCED :                   AV1 (crf 30)  +  JPN FLAC (2.0)                                                   +  SUBS ITA + ENG

> Settings for all episodes & the OAV & the NCOP (zones were used for the EDs of EPs 2,4,5,7,8,10,11) :
& "C:\av1an\av1an.exe" -i "${inputpath}$file" -e svt-av1 -w 12 --set-thread-affinity 2 --resume --verbose -c mkvmerge -m lsmash --zones "${inputpath}${filename}.txt" -a "-c:a copy" -v "--crf 14 --preset -1 --film-grain-denoise 0 --film-grain 14 --tune 3 --aq-mode 2 --variance-octile 8 --variance-boost-strength 2 --sharpness 3 --keyint 240 --input-depth 10 --lp 2 --color-primaries 1 --transfer-characteristics 1 --matrix-coefficients 1" -o "${outputpath}$prefix$filename$extension" --temp "${inputpath}temp_$filename"

> Settings for the NCED & the EDs of EPs 2,4,5,7,8,10,11 :
& "C:\av1an\av1an.exe" -i "${inputpath}$file" -e svt-av1 -w 12 --set-thread-affinity 2 --resume --verbose -c mkvmerge -m lsmash -a "-c:a copy" -v "--crf 30 --preset 7 --film-grain-denoise 0 --film-grain 40 --tune 3 --aq-mode 2 --variance-octile 8 --variance-boost-strength 2 --sharpness 3 --keyint 240 --input-depth 10 --lp 2 --color-primaries 1 --transfer-characteristics 1 --matrix-coefficients 1" -o "${outputpath}$prefix$filename$extension" --temp "${inputpath}temp_$filename"

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> SSIMULACRA2 --every 2 (w/out fgs)

grav1synth remove "${outputpath}$file" -o "${outputpath}$clean_encode"
cmd.exe /c ssimulacra.py "${inputpath}$file" "${outputpath}$clean_encode" --every 2 -m v2_zig -ts $timestamp --progress --transcript --jsonunique "$json"

Final Scores:
    Average: 87.26177960748173
    Standard Deviation: 2.41761719013
    Median: 87.77356970382453
    5th Percentile: 82.48534229558521
    95th Percentile: 90.0169579250555

Notes: the scores are a few points down compared to what they normally would be, as the source has a fair amount of grain that I decided to reduce and reproduce differently (finer grain ex: https://slow.pics/c/Mo9Xv1Wb)