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?

  • comi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    2-3gb for 720p

    ~8 gb for 1080p

    ~20 gb if you want film grain

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Just download the largest 1080p or 2160p file you can find. That will be the one with the highest bitrate. It's that simple.

    • WranglesGammon [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      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

      :kitty-cri:

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        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".

  • Cloudx189 [comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Look for them to specifically say "webrip" if youre torrenting. 1337.to has some rips but please use a VPN.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      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.

  • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    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.

  • bloop [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    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

  • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    "10bit" tends to be a good sign as it's the claimed bitrate. Though older computers might have trouble playing at that bitrate.