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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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[–] Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The issue is more political than technical. Hopefully AV1 will fix that.

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure it's just more of a hardware age issue. Smart TV makers don't put much effort into their firmware, so if they don't support a codec now they probably won't support it ever. Devices made before a certain year probably won't ever support H265. I suspect we'll run into the same thing with AV1, unfortunately. It's another objectively superior codec that will have compatible issues. 🤷

[–] Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Except h265 is only ever used for 4k outside piracy. This is because Codec licensing issues.

Once it's conceivable to do so, it would make sense for Netflix to announce it won't make new Netflix ports for TVs without AV1.