Hi all!

I’m working on re-encoding a bunch of TV shows from H264 to H265 as well as making the metadata more uniform (especially between seasons).

As I’ve completed a couple of shows, I would like to possibly give back to the community by shareing it so that more people could benefit from it.

What would be the best way for this? Since I download most of it from torrent, I am thinking of having it on torrent as well. How to make sure it gets the exposure it needs (i.e. seeding)?

  • HeneryHawk@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    You’re going from a source of an encoded x264 and reencoding (the already encoded file) as x265?? What are the results like?

    Most people encode from a high quality source like a remux, rather than an encode

    • heartlessevil@lemmy.oneEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, a lot of private travelers will not accept doubly-lossy encoded files as a rule. So you can’t just go from 264 to 265. You need the original lossless file.

      To OP, yeah, you want a seed box. Both to pin the file up and host it for a while, and to preserve your anonymity (the original seeder is under particular scrutiny.)

      • HeneryHawk@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        It will depend a lot on hardware and/or software but I’d bet users would see some artefacting, ghosting, and general noise when they play your x265 file

        As another comment pointed out, an encode of an encode is banned on a lot of trackers… Or at least an encode of an already pretty lossy encode (x264) won’t be allowed

        Does the filesize change much?

  • Nix@merv.newsEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Upload it to private and public trackers, get a cheap seedbox to seed them for a long while