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  • How To: Convert 720p 300+ MB Anime Into 90 MB Without Significant Quality Loss

    Most of us can begin to run out of space on Hard disk due to very large collection of Anime that is releasing every day. They are usually 300+ MB especially if they are 720p and these are the only versions who are the best quality wise. This tutorial will guide you on how to convert these Animes into a very nice size of about 80-90 MB without major quality loss.

    Click on Read More to begin the tutorial.


    To begin our encoding lets start first by downloading the encoder that we will use for our encoding. It is totally free so don’t worry.

    Download MiniCoder from links below.

    Installer

    Standalone(No Install)

    After installing MiniCoder run it to begin the process. You will be greeted with this screen.

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    Click on the setting tab to determine the settings we will use for encoding our video. See the screenshot below.

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    1. Video Settings
    They are the main source of importance here. Select a suitable bitrate for the video you are encoding. If you encoding 720p Animes then a video bitrate of 500-550 will be good enough.
    If you don’t want to manually calculate the bitrate and just want to specify a targeted size that you want, select the file size radio button and enter the file size you want, it should be mentioned that the lower the size the lower the bitrate will be so quality will suffer.
    In the quality setting keep it at very high, it will take more time but the quality will be better in the end. Leave the codec setting as x264 as it is the best quality wise.

    2. Pre-Processing Settings
    Nothing to change here so leave them. If you want to resize then you can select any size but leaving it is better.

    3. Audio Settings
    Keep them as they are in the screenshot above or if you want then you can tinker with them

    4. Post-Processing Settings
    Leave them, if you want to remove some noise or sharpen the video then you can change it but it is not recommended.
    The last option for subtitles is for embedding subtitles into videos. They will be hard coded into videos. You can select any subtitle file and it supports majority of the subtitle format.

    After all these settings are done. Select the options tab and you will get a screen like the one shown below.

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    1. In the output settings, specify the output directory where all the converted animes will be saved.

    2. Select priority of process, keep it at normal if you don’t want to use much of the processing power. Keeping it at high will make your PC lag a lot during converting.

    3. Just ignore these options, they are not necessary

    Now we are done with the setting. Click on the Input tab to begin the encoding process. Right click anywhere here to get the option of adding or removing files or you can simply drag and drop the files that you want to encode here.

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    Select your video file and then click on start to begin the encoding process.

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    Sit back and enjoy while it converts your anime. It will take about 1 hour to convert a 720p anime on a dual core system, it will be faster on i5 or i7. Below are some comparison shots of the result Decide for yourself.

    Note: Please Click on Each Screenshot to view it in full size.

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    Original Anime Screenshot 1

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    Encoded Anime Screenshot 1

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    Original Anime Screenshot 2

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    Encoded Anime Screenshot 2

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    Original Anime Screenshot 3

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    Encoded Anime Screenshot 3

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  • How To: Jailbreak iPhone 3GS And iPhone 4 on iOS 4.3.3 Using Redsn0w (Windows)

    The following are instructions on how to jailbreak your iPhone 3GS or 4 on iOS4.3.3 with Redsn0w on Windows.

    The complete guide after the break.

    Before updating your phone to 4.3.3, you need to keep in mind that an unlock is not yet available for the baseband on 4.3.3. To unlock a phone on 4.3.3 you will either have to update using a custom firmware which doesn’t update your baseband or you will have to update to the 06.15 iPad baseband if on the 3GS. While 06.15 may render the phone unlockable, updating to it comes with its fair share of problems such as:

    1. There is no way to come back down from 06.15, and there’s no hiding the baseband version from Apple. You’ll be voiding your warranty in a very obvious way.
    2. If some future baseband comes out with a critical fix, you won’t be able to update to it if it remains down in the 05.xx sequence (then again, you wouldn’t update to it if you wanted to keep your unlock anyway).
    3. Starting with FW 4.2.1 if you have 06.15 on your iPhone you won’t ever be able to restore to stock firmware (it will fail). You’ll need to only restore to custom IPSWs (then again, if you’re an unlocker you should already be doing that).
    4. There are reports that 06.15 may disable your GPS. The iPhone Dev-Team is currently working on a fix.

    Tools You’ll Need:

    iPhone 3GS 4.3.3 Official IPSW. Click Here.

    iPhone 4 4.3.3 Official IPSW, Click Here.

    Redsn0w 0.9.6rc16. Click Here.

     

    Step One

    Download the iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 official IPSW (Depending on your phone). Download and extract Redsn0w. For convenience, place all of them in a folder on the desktop, like so:

     

    Step Two

    Connect your iPhone to the computer and launch iTunes. When the phone shows up in iTunes select it from the list of devices on the left.  Now hold down Shift and press the restore button. You can also choose to update but restore is recommended; it’s always better to get a fresh start.

     

     

    Step Three

    As soon as you press Shift+Restore, a window will pop up asking you to select the IPSW file to be used. Point it towards the Official 4.3.3 IPSW you placed in the Jailbreak folder on the desktop.

     

    Step Four

    Once iTunes has successfully flashed your phone to the desired firmware, navigate to the Jailbreak folder on the desktop and launch Redsn0w.exe.

    **Windows 7 users may need to run RedSn0w in Vista compatibility mode. You can do this by right clicking the executable and selecting Properties from the contextual menu

    Once redsn0w opens, click the browse button.

     

    Step Five

    A windows will pop up asking you to select the Official IPSW file for your desired firmware. Point it towards the Official 4.3.3 IPSW you placed in the Jailbreak folder on the desktop.

     

     

    You will then be asked (if using a 3GS) if your device is a newer “fixed” model. If your’s is, then press the Yes button, click the No button otherwise. If you aren’t sure then simply press the Yes button.

     

     

    Step Six

    Once the firmware has been successfully identified click Next. Redsn0w will then prepare the jailbreak data.

     

     

    After the data has been prepared you will be shown a menu where you can select different jailbreak options. You may select specific options depending on your needs, but for now we will only select “Install Cydia”. Select that option and then hit next to continue.

     

    Step Seven

    Connect the iPhone to the PC and then proceed to switch it off. Once the phone is fully turned off click Next. Remember to hold the phone in your hand before you press next  as you will have to press various buttons on the phone to make it  enter DFU mode.

     

    Step Eight

    After pressing next, instructions to enter DFU mode will appear. To enter DFU mode, hold the power button for 3 seconds, then without letting go of the power button press the home button and power button together for 10 seconds after which let go of the power button and continue to hold the home button until your PC detects the phone. It may take several tries to get into DFU mode.

     

    Once the phone has entered DFU mode, the process will begin. The phone will reboot.

     

    When it’s completed it will show you this message. The phone will then reboot and the rest of the process will continue on your device.

     

     

    When your iPhone finishes rebooting (5 minutes or so) it will be jailbroken with Cydia on the SpringBoard. Your device will now be Jailbroken on 4.3.3.

     

    Feel free to leave any suggestions or queries in the comments below.