Waking.life.2001.bluray.sdr.movie.1080p.av1.vmaf96-Rosy

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Release info
Movie Information:
Title: Waking Life
Year: 2001
Director: Richard Linklater
IMDb: Waking Life (2001)
Rating: R
Runtime: 1h 39m
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Language: English

Synopsis:
A man floats through a lucid dream where he encounters various characters who engage him in philosophical discussions. These dialogues delve into the meaning of life, the nature of reality, free will, and the essence of human consciousness. Each interaction brings him closer to realizing whether he is awake or still dreaming.

Cast:
Ethan Hawke as Jesse
Julie Delpy as Celine
Wiley Wiggins as Main Character
Robert C. Solomon as Philosophy Professor
Kim Krizan as Self
Trevor Jack Brooks as Young Boy Playing Paper Game
Lorelei Linklater as Young Girl Playing Paper Game
Notable Features:

The film uses a unique rotoscope animation technique, which gives it a dreamlike visual quality.
Waking Life explores deep philosophical themes, making it a thought-provoking experience about reality and consciousness.

Awards:
5 Wins & 21 Nominations

Trivia:
- The film took 15 months to animate after 3 weeks of shooting.
- It was edited using Final Cut Pro, an unusual approach at the time.
- The rotoscope animation technique was also used in Linklater’s later film A Scanner Darkly.
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File info
Video: AV01 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: av1 main, yuv420p10le, 1920x1080 [default]]
Audio: Opus 48000Hz 6ch 9216kbps [A: English [eng] (opus, 48000 Hz, 5.1) [default]]
Audio: Opus 48000Hz 6ch 9216kbps [A: German [ger] (opus, 48000 Hz, 5.1)]
Subtitle [S: English [eng] (pgs)]
Subtitle [S: German [ger] (pgs)]
Subtitle [S: German [ger] (pgs)]
Subtitle [S: Forced Subtitles (auto)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

General
Unique ID : 260850614892565746474981808476556842350 (0xC43E004310D2751C3E9050D06D0B556E)
Complete name : Waking.life.2001.bluray.sdr.movie.1080p.av1.vmaf96-Rosy.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 2.14 GiB
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Overall bit rate : 3 036 kb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS
Encoded date : 2024-09-15 22:50:15 UTC
Writing application : mkvmerge v86.0 ('Winter') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.4.5 + libmatroska v1.7.1 / Lavf61.1.100
Cover : Yes
Attachments : cover.jpg

Video
ID : 1
Format : AV1
Format/Info : AOMedia Video 1
Format profile : [email protected]
Codec ID : V_AV1
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate : 2 449 kb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 0)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.049
Stream size : 1.72 GiB (81%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : Opus
Codec ID : A_OPUS
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate : 270 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C Lb Rb LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 50.000 FPS (960 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 195 MiB (9%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : Opus
Codec ID : A_OPUS
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate : 280 kb/s
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : L R C Lb Rb LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 50.000 FPS (960 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 202 MiB (9%)
Language : German
Default : No
Forced : No
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Source file info
Waking.Life.2001.BluRay.1080p.AVC.DTS-HD.MA.5.1-FGT
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: German [deu] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16)]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: English [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16)]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz stereo 320kbps [A: English [eng] (dts, 48000 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s)]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz stereo 320kbps [A: English [eng] (dts, 48000 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s)]
Subtitle [S: German [deu] (pgs)]
Subtitle [S: English [eng] (pgs)]
Subtitle [S: German [deu] (pgs)]
Subtitle [S: Forced Subtitles (auto)]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name :Waking.Life.2001.BluRay.1080p.AVC.DTS-HD.MA.5.1-FGT\BDMV\STREAM\00001.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 17.5 GiB
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 24.9 Mb/s
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mb/s
Frame rate : 23.976 FPS

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference fra : 4 frames
Format settings, Slice count : 4 slices per frame
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 35.0 Mb/s
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS XLL
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name : DTS-HD Master Audio
Muxing mode : Stream extension
Codec ID : 134
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossless

Audio #2
ID : 4353 (0x1101)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS XLL
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name : DTS-HD Master Audio
Muxing mode : Stream extension
Codec ID : 134
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate mode : Variable
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel layout : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossless

Audio #3
ID : 4354 (0x1102)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : 130
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 318 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 229 MiB (1%)

Audio #4
ID : 4355 (0x1103)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID : 130
Duration : 1 h 40 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 318 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 229 MiB (1%)
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Encoding settings
ab-av1
crf-search -i"c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --min-vmaf 96
av01 preset 5 crf 32 VMAF 95.24 predicted video stream size 1.07 GiB (8%) taking 2 hours
av01 preset 5 crf 24 VMAF 96.18 predicted video stream size 1.64 GiB (12%) taking 2 hours*
av01 preset 5 crf 21 VMAF 96.35 predicted video stream size 1.88 GiB (13%) taking 2 hours
av01 preset 5 crf 20 VMAF 96.40 predicted video stream size 1.97 GiB (14%) taking 2 hours
av01 preset 5 crf 10 VMAF 96.97 predicted video stream size 4.26 GiB (30%) taking 2 hours

Handbrake 1.8.2 (2024081000)
Video.av1 10-bit 1080p fast decode crf 24 preset 5
Audio.opus 256 kb/s 5.1
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Encoding guidelines

Video Vmaf
2160p movie → vmaf 97-98
2160p animation → vmaf 98-99
1080p movie → vmaf 96-97
1080p animation → vmaf 97-98
720p movie → vmaf 94-95

Audio dts to opus
7.1 opus → 512 kb/s
5.1 opus → 256-384 kb/s
2.0 opus → 128 kb/s

Audio aac/ac3
passtrough =>256 kb/s

Presets
5 → default
4,3,2 → when size is a problem

ab-av1 prompts
av01 → crf-search -i"c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --min-vmaf 98
av01 → crf-search -i"c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --min-vmaf 96 --vfilter "scale=1920:1080"
av01 → crf-search -i"c:\file.mkv" --pix-format yuv420p10le --svt fast-decode=1 --svt tune=0 --preset 5 --min-samples 20 --min-vmaf 94 --vfilter "scale=1280:720"

x265 → crf-search -i"c:\file.mkv" --encoder libx265 --pix-format yuv420p10le --preset medium --min-samples 20 --enc x265-params=fastdecode=1 --min-vmaf 98
x265 → crf-search -i"c:\file.mkv" --encoder libx265 --pix-format yuv420p10le --preset medium --min-samples 20 --enc x265-params=fastdecode=1 --min-vmaf 96 --vfilter "scale=1920:1080"
x265 → crf-search -i"c:\file.mkv" --encoder libx265 --pix-format yuv420p10le --preset medium --min-samples 20 --enc x265-params=fastdecode=1 --min-vmaf 94 --vfilter "scale=1920:1080"
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Tools used
Ab-av1
FFBitrateViewer
FFmpeg
FFmetrics
Freefilesync
Handbrake
Mkvtoolknix
Qbittorent
Scenerulez
Shutterencoder
VVV-virtualvolumeview
Xnconvert