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Hello just making a poll, which one do you prefer? personally I prefer x265 but since the rarbg falldown i've seen that almost all 1080p rips are in x264, what do you think about that, and do you recommend any place to find more x265 content beside those in the megathread?
x265 because I like the file size and am satisfied with the quality.
X265 all day long. Changed out most of my rips and gained terabytes of space back with no loss in quality.
It's amazing being able to hold an entire season of a show in the space that just a couple episodes at 264 would have used.
look for user "QxR" on 1337x. similar quality and size to rarbg x265. altough you might not find everything you are looking for
i have always wondered the difference between the two encodings (beyond the obvious filesize). thanks!
i am also still lamenting the shutdown of RARBG. :(
x265 because all of my devices support it. Once they release a Nvidia Shield TV like device that supports AV1 I'll change once again.
Maybe in the future AV1 will even get faster with the better implementations. It's a great codec just sad that the older Raspberry Pi's just hate x265.
My old ass computers sadly can't handle h265 well so I tend to stick to h264. Moreover, my beamer cannot handle 4K or HDR so that makes more sense overall
Sounds like a time for upgrade
My opinion is based on Rarbg, that was the only time I paid attention. but x265 for sure.
I prefer AV1. The improvement of H.265 over H.264 is not uniform. It takes a lot of effort to get consistent results across content and content types.
I mainly download x265. I have a few AV1 4K here and there but for now will still to HEVC till AV1 get more widely adopted
I have a personal Jellyfin server, and I usually reencode from x264 to AV1. Though if it's a matter of choosing a source, I always go for x264 for the least compression.
x265 all the way, it uses less storage but can still look good.
What happened to RARBG? I'm out of the loop
They shut down last month.
Ah yes, you see these are number terms that indicate how videos are encoded. I absolutely understand how to feel with this post and are worthy of participating in the smart discussion in the comments.
imposter syndrome aside, left is a nice grid, right is a really really bad attempt at drawing a golden ratio. Sure left is better to maintain average quality. Why are people talking about converting to one and then the other? Why is the golden ratio one not symmetric!
I just finished moving all my media to x265 and saved 7TB in the process. Quality looks plenty good to me but I always start from a remux if I can. Totally Worth it for the extra space.
1080p x265, 720p x264
I'd like to have the hard drive space for x264, but as I don't I prioritise 265. If I do download 264 I then use tdarr to convert it to 265 myself.
x265 doesn't work for some hardware scenarios for me (e.g. files served up by UMS from my PC don't play properly on LG TV or using the standard media player on Roku). So I have to use x264 for anything that I won't be watching on a computer or via Stremio.
I prefer whatever codec my hardware supports. Currently Pi 4 does both your options so I don't care which. x265 has slightly smaller file size for the same quality wish is nice.