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[–] 30 points 8 months ago (7 children)

For watching on a phone, probably not.

For watching on a real TV, definitely.

If you're downloading for a permanent collection, I'd get the 1080p version. If you're downloading temporarily to keep on your phone, then save the space.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Based on the TRaSH Guides, x264 is better for 1080p content and x265 is only worth it for 2160p and above. But I don't know how they would compare in the case of 720p x264 vs 1080p x265. I think I would prefer 720p x264 if it had a higher bit rate.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The biggest issue with downloading x265 stuff from the high seas is that so many of them are just x264 that's been re-encoded in x265, resulting in smaller file sizes but reduced quality as well. x265 is superior in almost every way technically speaking but it needs a good source material, not an x264 reencode. Their "golden rule" is more like a rule of thumb and I absolutely wouldn't use some blanket criteria like resolution or dynamic range.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    What would you say the source size shoukd be to make a decent x265? I sometimes encode on my own and I always use the best version I can find. However, sometimes some rare version arw only on certain streaming services with size approx of 20gigs (a movie of course). Is it good practice to make x265 out of 20gigs AVC if no better source is available? I usually try to make 5gigs result

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