Do you prefer x264 or 265 HEVC?
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?
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Maybe something isn’t right in my setup but I see a noticeable difference in quality between the two. If I have two different files of one movie, one H265 and one H264, I find the H264 picture looks better most of the time
That's not really a measure of the codec, but rather a measure of the encoder. A lot of x265 encoders are awful. They go with x265 for the smaller file sizes and over-compress it, similar to the old YIFY. Groups that use x264 already aren't as concerned with file size (if they were, they'd use x265), and choose settings that optimize for quality.
Do you know any good x265 encoders on top of your head?
Tigole. QxC and UTR. On 1337x
Same size?
H265 should always be smaller for comparable quality to an H264 file due to the better compression (as shown in OPs image)
Is your client compatible with h265? If not, the video may be getting converted with a loss of quality in the process.