There is a fixed set of raws (captures) available for fansubbers to use (though these are not made with fansubbers in mind, they're simply japanese warez).Originally posted by: NL|MegaMika
What's that strange noise in the episode? From beginning till end the sound isn't that well. Too bad, they had some sound problems in episode 95 too (part where Naruto uses Rasengan). I hope AonE takes more time to fix this, since the translation and video quality are the best.
Visually, there is one with extremely thinned lines and little background detail (I don't think any group uses that one at the moment, but I could be mistaken), one with strangely warped lines and other impurities (ANBU uses this one, as well as other groups afaik), one or two with simply overall subpar quality, and a rather pure version, which maintains visual appearance as close to the original broadcast as possible, which AonE uses.
Now all of these raws have visual defects, and my job is to find the lesser of evils. I have come to the conclusion that the one AonE uses now is the overall best one, as visual quality is acceptable (especially after enhancing the sharpness), and audio quality is also doable. Now the problem is, that some kind of noise reduction has been applied, which is audible when you have some sense of sound, even more so when you have hi-fi speakers and/or turn up the volume for watching.
This cannot simply be fixed. The only possibility is to take higher quality audio from one of the other raws, and attempt to synchronize it with the cut and splice points of the original raw. This process is not perfect, painstaking, and would delay release time at least a day. So I hope it's not too bad, please bear with it.
I will also use this moment to voice the need of a dedicated capturer located in or near Tokyo (in other areas Naruto airs later, I've heard), which would take away these issues and raise overall release quality another notch or three. So if you know someone, I'll be waiting.
Thanks, and keep enjoying our releases!