The best quality I've ever seen (and encoding settings)

[DrDeceit]

Someone I know did a 720p rip of Dexter Season 1 from his blurays

It is oddly, the highest detail I've ever seen in a movie/show, and its only 720p

Here's some screenshots from Season 1 Episode 1 (no spoilers)
00014 http://picturepush.com/showformat.php?format=img&image=10722611

00010 http://picturepush.com/showformat.php?format=img&image=10722688

00001 http://picturepush.com/showformat.php?format=img&image=10722649

00004 http://picturepush.com/showformat.php?format=img&image=10722675

00003 http://picturepush.com/showformat.php?format=img&image=10722663


Here's the MediaInfo for Season 1 Episode 1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 5 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 53mn 3s
Bit rate                                 : 5 258 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.238
Stream size                              : 1.91 GiB (87%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 65 r1057 5f8a149
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Here's the encoding settings if anyone wants to review them

Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40(pre) / rc=2pass / bitrate=5258 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00

[robjv1]

It's a good looking show! Keep in mind though, the coarse facial hair, the lack of makeup on the actor, and the close ups all enhance the perception of detail. Stylistically, they are going for a rough texture, where on another show the actor himself may have a smoother appearance via makeup and lighting, but not due to different encoding settings.

[somespirit]

these encoding settings are not so good

5 258 Kbps bitrate is plenty high for 720p video - so the result encoding is fine

[DrDeceit]

Well I'm not saying the encoding settings are maximum efficiency

I'm just giving the mediainfo + encoding settings
the encoding settings aren't "optimal", but the bitrate is sufficient, so that makes up for it... I'm not sure exactly what I'm trying to say, but lol...

if the bitrate was too low and encoding settings too low, that's different

[Portioli]

Dexter series have always great PQ.
Even now (season 7) they have one of the best camera rigs ever used.
An awesome combination of Arri Alexa & Nikon D800.
If the footage is good , it is easier for us to make better encodings.
I agree that you could use lower bitrate.

[epsilonalpha]

Bit rate : 5 258 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels

Writing library : x264 core 65 r1057 5f8a149

Right, you must have not seen many good encode.

[lordsmurf]

Even now (season 7) they have one of the best camera rigs ever used.
An awesome combination of Arri Alexa & Nikon D800.

Me want.

[sanlyn]

Very sharp. Really ugly color and blacks, though. Count me out.