The Things We Do for JAV

[Casshern2]

Let’s talk about the fine subject of over the top JAV collecting. What are some things you do or used to do that you assume (or know!) that “normal” JAV collectors don’t or wouldn’t do?

1. I once wrote a program to listen to a specified folder and create a simple HTML page listing all the parts of titles that had successfully been downloaded and upload it every hour so that throughout the day I could check this work-safe page to see what would be waiting for me when I got home.

2. I later modified that program to monitor the progress of my 60fps encodes (I used to encode ALL of my titles to 60fps) and it would upload the content listing of that folder so I could see the progress throughout the day of which titles had completed.

3. I also wrote a program to crawl through my old JAV folder(s) and using the DVD cover thumbnails I created for each title it would create a web page experience where I could click on a cover and it would launch that title in my media player.

All of those endeavors have long since been abandoned. I might try to recreate the last one, though. That was nifty.

 

[CodeGeek]

One or two smaller tools, not worthy to mention. Currently I'm still working a program to bring order in the chaos.

 

[asianphreak]

The crawl utility, maybe at the time, was I am sure a novel idea. But today, you've got a number of robust tools that do that AND MORE. Check out Emby, Plex, and XBMC--just to name a few.

Not only does that help you organize your collection, but it allows you to search through it, tag it, and even play it. You can even identify actresses in each of the videos. Of course, since we're talking about JAV, you're going to have to manually do it... but let's say you have non-porn movies, then it's easy peasy to let it scrape for you by title and populate the database with descriptions, covers, and actors/etc.

 

[Casshern2]

One or two smaller tools, not worthy to mention. Currently I'm still working a program to bring order in the chaos.

Yes! I wish you luck on that!

 

[Casshern2]

The crawl utility, maybe at the time, was I am sure a novel idea. But today, you've got a number of robust tools that do that AND MORE. Check out Emby, Plex, and XBMC--just to name a few.

Not only does that help you organize your collection, but it allows you to search through it, tag it, and even play it. You can even identify actresses in each of the videos. Of course, since we're talking about JAV, you're going to have to manually do it... but let's say you have non-porn movies, then it's easy peasy to let it scrape for you by title and populate the database with descriptions, covers, and actors/etc.

Because of the traffic in the area my PC is located it became clear that any kind of displayed library wasn't a good idea. Otherwise I'd already be all over programs like that. Haha!

 

[WillEater]

Drove over to "Little Tokyo" near Hollywierd to check on EIC books and find out what else they stocked..

 

[Casshern2]

They have them there???

 

[WillEater]

They used to stock EIC books, but sadly, no more..

 

[WillEater]

So I did a "Google" today, and found a used Japanese book store just South of Hollywood in Gardena..

Pretty good Yelp review too.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/book-off-gardena?osq=Japanese+Book+Store

 

[Fisheraaa]

Well JAV forced me to buy some hdds and 2 externals. Aldo ... i think it will be a long time untill ill need to get the next batch of drives. I'm at about 900 gigs of videos with about 1 tb free space.

Now some may ask ... why multiple drives for a collection thats not that big? Well i like to have my collection secured, existing on multiple drives.

 

[natsuxdragon]

I own 2 for western and one for jav but in thinking of wiping out one my HDD so i can separate my studio video collections from AV stars.

 

[weppin]

Just curious, what was the point of reencoding to 60FPS? You can't get any more frames than what the vid was recorded with, right?

 

[Casshern2]

Just curious, what was the point of reencoding to 60FPS? You can't get any more frames than what the vid was recorded with, right?

Sure you can, via Interpolation. The script analyzed the video frame by frame and used the data to create unique in between frames. No frames were lost and intermediate frames were created (not copied!) To create that fluid motion. The same thing you see on most if not all modern TVs that do it in real-time. If you haven't seen an example you should look one up to see what the fuss is about.

 

[weppin]

intermediate frames were created (not copied!) To create that fluid motion.

So the script goes out and rehires the original actors to replay their roles and add motion to the scene - impressive!

 

[Casshern2]

Sorry if you don't understand how it works, friend. If you'd like to there are examples and explanations out there.

Very basically: a video of a ball moving from left to right across the screen - if you have Frame 1 with the ball at the left of the screen and Frame 2 with that ball at the right of the screen, the script analyzes both frames and uses the data to create a frame with the ball at the center of the screen. When viewed at speed (a 30fps video becomes a 60fps video) the added frame makes for a more fluid movement from left to right.

 

[WillEater]

I've been framed..

 

[Casshern2]

I've been framed..

How so??

 

[weppin]

Sorry if you don't understand how it works, friend. If you'd like to there are examples and explanations out there.

Very basically: a video of a ball moving from left to right across the screen - if you have Frame 1 with the ball at the left of the screen and Frame 2 with that ball at the right of the screen, the script analyzes both frames and uses the data to create a frame with the ball at the center of the screen. When viewed at speed (a 30fps video becomes a 60fps video) the added frame makes for a more fluid movement from left to right.

Isn't it just blending of interlaced video? Pretty much. Any encoded file you'd get around here has already had that done in the encoding process, right? Are you ripping and encoding yourself, then?

Once video is progressive, doubling the FPS just doubles the file size. You can't add any more motion.

 

[Casshern2]

I’ll start by answering your questions:

Q: Isn’t it just blending of interlaced video?
A: No

Q: Any encoded file you’d get around here has already had that done in the encoding process, right?
A: If it is a true rip from a physical disc, Yes. If the source was digital to begin with (unDRM version or screen capture), No.

Q: Are you ripping and encoding yourself, then?
A: No

Statement: Once video is progressive, doubling the FPS just doubles the file size.
Reply: I’ve never had an encode that increased the file size 2x, it doesn’t work that way. It certainly increases it, though, but nowhere near 2x. You’re forgetting about the audio stream, which is independent of the video encoding. During a 60fps conversion the audio remains original. And no, that doesn’t mean the audio will only play for half of the video length.

Again, I’ve yet to use the word “doubling” in this conversation because that’s not what is happening. A double constitutes a duplicate. No frames are being duplicated. No amount of explanation can convey what your eyes will see when you view something at 60fps (59.94fps) vs. the same content at the normal 30fps (29.97fps). I’ve always used this method with these tools: http://www.spirton.com/convert-videos-to-60fps/

Statement: You can’t add any more motion.
Reply: That will be your little secret.

I’m going to assume you’ve never viewed the same JAV title encoded normally immediately followed by the same title properly encoded at 60fps. If you’d like I will perform a conversion on a short clip for you to experience that.

 

[WillEater]

How so??

Frame 1 with the ball at the left of the screen and Frame 2 with that ball at the right of the screen

Ouch!