I've been downloading hd from usenet over a year now and found that a lot of good releases come from various p2p torrent sites. Assuming it was always the case, I sometimes wait for the p2p release, or replace my scene release when it arrives.
But when I look at the nfos, I notice that a lot of releases are almost the same exact file size and bitrate. Sure, plenty are monsters, with 20GB files for some 1080p movies, but especially 720p movies tend to track the scene releases. My limited understanding of encoding leads me to believe that there are basic settings to get the most transparent encode to source.
So what is it that makes them better quality? How much of a factor is bitrate? How much depends on the source quality? I realize these are basically encoding questions, but I hoped the most active section oriented towards torrents, where these files originate, might have some folks who could enlighten me.
But when I look at the nfos, I notice that a lot of releases are almost the same exact file size and bitrate. Sure, plenty are monsters, with 20GB files for some 1080p movies, but especially 720p movies tend to track the scene releases. My limited understanding of encoding leads me to believe that there are basic settings to get the most transparent encode to source.
So what is it that makes them better quality? How much of a factor is bitrate? How much depends on the source quality? I realize these are basically encoding questions, but I hoped the most active section oriented towards torrents, where these files originate, might have some folks who could enlighten me.