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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?

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[–] PeachMan@lemmy.one 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)

H265 is objectively superior in just about every way UNLESS you're trying to play it on hardware that doesn't support it. The only reason to use H264 is for broad compatibility.

[–] IceSea@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

also its not just pure "compatibility", but I had a time when I played vids to my TV over an old laptop (from around 2015). Worked like a charm. But some x265 vids went into full-on stutter mode in scenes where a lot of stuff was happening... was more a nuisance than a dealbreaker, but still, preferred x264 versions if I could get them

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like your TV isn't fully compatible with x265. You can get around that by using a modern streaming stick that supports it.

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