But ghost, you do have the sense to download and compare first before you delete your original, right? :think
Sure, I compared the 2 versions.

The 1080p looks better. And I made my upsale in the very early days of AI upscaling.


I actually saw the colours looked better on a shop sign vs the ...

The problem with downloading is.. While I'm downloading something, it kinda slows my pc down (So I can't really do much on my pc while downloading without having a bit of lag)

Which is why the pause feature in jdownloader2 helps me so much (I can download bits every now and again and pause it ...

At least the TezFile filename confirms it's a BD rip! Thanks for reposting it.

Scroll down the page to Torrent file content. I am afraid that torrent is a DVD9. Also here:
https://btdig.com/77c51d9ec38b2789de7a5db2d90c9aff2e5a1bde/pistol-opera

Rutracker has a Seeded DVD9, with Russian audio added in with the original Japanese and optional English subtitles:
https ...

4gb, 1080p release seen here - but we only have a 720p? So is this a new release/scan:
https://rarelust.com/kamilla-1981/
Although I think it's one of 1000+ films I've downloaded over the decades and not got round to watching!

Seems like we missed a 1080p version coming out about a year ago
https://www.limetorrents.fun/Pisutoru-opera-aka-Pistol-Opera-torrent-228521.html
This lists a 7.3gb torrent that came out 1 year ago - but because of this I don't think it's going to download. So did anyone get this or another HD rip ...

It was actually available for free on Prime Video. I just had to deactivate my VPN.

https://pixeldrain.com/l/1To8VJeP

Don't expect a HD picture. :(


Thanks for posting it - it's a lot better than we had, and watchable - but for a recent HD release from a company as big as Amazon I was ...

In this film 3 of the characters have freckles. They come out in sunshine! So very important to be careful with the settings. I kept the smoothing effect very very low so this was not lost.

:thumbsup

Also - I fixed the subtitles!
:clap

Fantastic! It has been so long since I actually ...

Night457 wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 11:06 pm That's funny, beat me to it while I was composing the post!

... and Kingfisher's is larger and probably better quality too!

the one you posted is 1080p, and it's a doc anyway, and well encoded and superfast. Thanks!

@David32441: You really shouldn't use the Whipser medium model. It doesn't give you accurate results. Always use the large models. Medium might be good for English to English. And never do the translation with Whipser.

The second line was already wrong:

aXUQK4cXYoJssycaaFfB

It must be: "Yes ...