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| |FPS stands for Frames-per-second, and describes how many video frames are displayed each second in the video-stream. This is a very newly added field, and as such it cannot be creqed just yet. If the file is in a matroska video container (mkv), the FPS can change whenever the video needs it, so these files cannot be accurately entered here. For most files the frame-rate will be 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30 or sometimes even 120fps. In Japan and the US, DVDs and TV-shows are mostly encoded/broadcast using 24, 29.97 or 30fps, while in Europe, 25fps is most often used. So depending on the origin of the file, you can make assumptions about its fps. | | |FPS stands for Frames-per-second, and describes how many video frames are displayed each second in the video-stream. This is a very newly added field, and as such it cannot be creqed just yet. If the file is in a matroska video container (mkv), the FPS can change whenever the video needs it, so these files cannot be accurately entered here. For most files the frame-rate will be 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30 or sometimes even 120fps. In Japan and the US, DVDs and TV-shows are mostly encoded/broadcast using 24, 29.97 or 30fps, while in Europe, 25fps is most often used. So depending on the origin of the file, you can make assumptions about its fps. |
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| |This specifies whether the file has softsubs or hardsubs, softsubs are a separate stream only rendered when the video is being output to the screen. Hardsubs are encoded as a part of the video-stream. | | |This specifies whether the file has softsubs or hardsubs, softsubs are a separate stream only rendered when the video is being output to the screen. Hardsubs are encoded as a part of the video-stream. |
| {{eyecatch|Note:|Creqing for this has not yet been implemented.<br>But it should be soon.}}
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| |Flags you can set should include whether the subtitle stream is especially designed for the hearing impaired, or if it has director's comments in it. | | |Flags you can set should include whether the subtitle stream is especially designed for the hearing impaired, or if it has director's comments in it. |
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| |Sometimes the date when an anime aired/was released is wrong - if you see any inconsistencies when it comes to this, you should try to find 1: official mention, 2: 90% of the (japanese) sites on the internet agree ... provide links!<br>
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| |You can '''add relations yourself''' by just clicking on the "Add/Edit: Relations" link at the bottom of the anime entry. There you then specify what kind of relation the anime has, and what other anime it has the relation to.
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| |If you can find a better picture than the one currently used, you can upload it to Anidb using the [http://anidb.info/cgi-bin/picupload.pl Pic Upload function] and then enter the image name you were provided.
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| For episodes, the easiest thing to fix is probably the play length - it is not always an exact measure, as it only stores minutes, and people do not tend to round consistently, so if the info is 1 minute off, that is most likely the reason. You can easily get the play length from most files (unless they contain multiple episodes). When it comes to the different titles, you need a good source, and usually fansub-translations will not suffice!
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| Episodes Quick Jump: [[How to get started with creqing#|Top]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Sources_3|Sources]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Titles_2|Titles]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Play_Length|Play Length]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Air.2FRelease_Date|Air/Release Date]] | [[How to get started with creqing#Description_2|Description]]
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| Screenshots of the titles as displayed on the screen, or pictures of the titles as written on DVD-covers or booklets are usually valid as Kanji and English title sources.
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| If you need a free image host, take a look here: [[Recommended Links#Image Hosting|Recommended image hosters]].
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