TV rips go to x264
The largest release groups LOL, LMAO, MOMENTUM and others jointly adopted The SD x264 TV Releasing Standards 2012 TV rips and, from February 22, 16:00 UTC began to release all TV rips in MP4 / x264 format instead of old XviD / avi.
In their opinion, the x264 codec provides better quality and level of compression, as well as provides greater control and transparency over encoding settings. The availability of CRF mode (encoding quality) ensures that in any case the content will be compressed with the optimal bit rate, regardless of file size. Thus, using x264 is much easier to control the good quality of releases.
In addition, representatives of the release groups say that many modern players are able to properly play H264 and AAC encoded video in an MP4 container. For example, TviX, Popcorn Hour, WDTV HD Media Player, Boxee, Xtreamer, PS3, XBOX 360, iPad, and even modern HD TVs do a good job.
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Of course, the decision of the release groups caused widespread outrage among ordinary users, who demand to return to them the usual AVI compatible with old DVD players.
In their opinion, the x264 codec provides better quality and level of compression, as well as provides greater control and transparency over encoding settings. The availability of CRF mode (encoding quality) ensures that in any case the content will be compressed with the optimal bit rate, regardless of file size. Thus, using x264 is much easier to control the good quality of releases.
In addition, representatives of the release groups say that many modern players are able to properly play H264 and AAC encoded video in an MP4 container. For example, TviX, Popcorn Hour, WDTV HD Media Player, Boxee, Xtreamer, PS3, XBOX 360, iPad, and even modern HD TVs do a good job.
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Of course, the decision of the release groups caused widespread outrage among ordinary users, who demand to return to them the usual AVI compatible with old DVD players.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/139373/
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