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		unethical_ban 55 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When a video codec wins an Emmy What is odd is that the power-seeders, the ones who actually re-encode, don't do both. You see H264 and H265 released alongside eachother. I'm surprised it doesn't go H265/AV1 at this point.

bobdvb 55 days ago [–]

You would dilute the seeding pool, which will already get diluted enough.

unethical_ban 55 days ago | [–]

What I wonder is "Why still H264?" I guess it's because some people don't buy new video cards every 6 years and don't have H265 on their hardware.

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