[MEncoder-users] Removing strange noise around edges

[Phil Ehrens]

Fredrik Eriksson wrote:
> Phil Ehrens wrote:
> 
> >Going one tiny step further OT:
> >
> >The problems he is seeing are probably on the old, crappy HK bootleg
> >dvd's. The *new* HK bootlegs (the dual audio ones) are fine... moral
> >issues aside. There are of course excellent fansubs as well.
> > 
> >
> nope, it's the retail dvds from VIZ... the dotcrawling is present in the 
> Maison Ikkoku dvds I have from them as well, though it is less appearent 
> since there are so many other issues with those dvds. Maybe I should try 
> to get hold of the japanese retail dvds, they usually have much better 
> quality. It would cost too much though, but if I can find somewhere to 
> get subtitles I might consider it in the future...

Hmmm... I have HK boots that are direct rips of the retail dvd's,
and they don't have these artifacts. You know, there *are* boots
that look exactly like the retail dvd's... the only difference is
that they are region 0 ;^) The horrible blooming of the red in your
example png is also not typical of the retail dvd's.