Downloaded a copy of The Northman. Tried to watch it. It looks like the Lego Movie it's so blocky, especially in shadows. I know this has something to do with the compression and encoding. What should I be looking for in a good rip? What is the sure-fire format or whatever I need to get to have something that doesn't look like a youtube video?
Just download the largest 1080p or 2160p file you can find. That will be the one with the highest bitrate. It's that simple.
Yeah my 13.6GB rip of Avengers.Assembly.9.xXx.fAsT-rELoAd.480p looked awesome, but now due to unrelated issues my computer is really slow whenever I try to wank off to Diane Feinstein being all professional and bipartisan on CSPAN
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I get this is a virus joke but I'm assuming OP knows not to run executables or binary files when expecting a video file. 13.6 GB is still smaller than most legit BluRay remuxes.
I changed my comment to include "1080p or 2160p".
Look for them to specifically say "webrip" if youre torrenting. 1337.to has some rips but please use a VPN.
This.
If I'm unlucky and the movie I want is a (very) old upload at Rarbg and the seeding is anemic or the torrent is nearly dead - I sigh because have to hope for the best at other sites. I'm lazy so I don't want to read technical specs like bitrate. A high bitrate is a great thing but the rip still might be shit. A lot of people don't know what they are doing. Also - many torrents have no specs at all.
As I sail the high seas, I've found that if the ripper takes the time to encode 5.1 sound the video is usually good to go. Yes, I know 5.1 has nothing to do with visuals but again, if someone takes the time to include 5.1 the rest of the rip is pretty high quality.
The blockiness comes from compression due to a low bitrate. If you have the hard drive space a “remux” is a lossless Blu-ray rip
"10bit" tends to be a good sign as it's the claimed bitrate. Though older computers might have trouble playing at that bitrate.
