[Judas] ID Invaded - 02 [1080p][HEVC x265 10bit][Dual-Audio][Eng-Subs]

How do you make your files so small, but keep the quality, AT 1080p DUAL AUDIO!? You are seriously helping me free up serious space on my HDD.

LOL! Sorry I just have to laugh.

Sigma the issue isn't that Judas is performing miracles... the issue is that 75% of the other encoders are doing it wrong. They use x265 but spend almost no time tweaking their settings. Most Anime compresses very effectively. It has lots of large areas that are the same color etc. I admit I'm not an expert but I've downloaded TONS of stuff and I bet Judas if he tried could even shave another 10% off the size with only a 1% loss in quality(hmm 220MiB is pretty good for 1080p, maybe not). Although I'm new to Judas he seems to have the right idea so don't take that as any sort of knock on him. I get it 99% of these people are doing this for free so I don't bitch much. However you know what they say about free stuff... more often than not you get what you pay for...:)

Anyway when you see any x265 post with huge file sizes cringe and run. The quality won't be any better. It just a lot of bloat in the files. PSA releases 4K 5.1 audio 2 hr long movies that are only 2-4 gigs. They look great on my 4k 55" TV. Purist will say I'm wrong. Technically they are right. The color might be a little tiny bit sharper, or the one glitch every 30 min might go away... if the file is 10 gigs instead of 2.5. Multiply that over 40 movies and it adds up fast. Its not worth it for the average person. If you have a 100" 8k TV sure get that big file and go wild. You prob have the money to buy the BR so stop being a cheep bastard. For us little people I'll take my slightly gimped but really small file.

Bottom line x265 video + Opus audio + mkv file format == pure win (if the encoder knows his settings)
PS - VLC Media Player is your friend. And so is Linux. ;)

Wow Dark_Man, lots of good info. However, I must disagree with you on the VLC Media Player part. In my opinion, VLC is among the worst. I have used it, and have found the most quality with KCP's MPC-HC Black player. Additionally, MX Player for Android is the best mobile one (I watch a significant amount of my anime on my phone at night, since I have a super good screen on my phone. And I'm aware that Linux is the third big OS (alongside Microsoft Windows and Apple iOS), but what computers come with Linux?

Very few computers will come with Linux installed. That's because Linux is free.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions

I use Slackware but that is b/c I'm old school. I learned Unix before Linux even existed. In fact my fist PC was a 386 running SCO Xenix(1989) which is the OS that inspired the creation of Linux. I moved from SCO to BSDi & FreeBSD. Slackware is made by the same people that make FreeBSD. If you really want to play with Linux it will run on ridiculously low powered hardware. Its not the best OS for games but for anything else its far superior to anything MS or Apple makes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi

Go get an old junk machine or one of these for $20-50 at Microcenter(or mail order it) and put Raspbian on it. Linux used to be something only hard core computer guys like me could do. These days anyone can get it to work. Several of the distributions make it were its self installing like Winblows. Ubuntu seems pretty popular but I've never tried it.

As far as players go MPC is what I used back when I actually had a windows machine. I liked it but it doesn't work on Linux. I gave up on MS 2-3 years ago and never looked back. When it comes to compatibility(both codec and OS) and free with no adds no one beats VLC. I get all the latest x265 updates every 3-6 months. I've never had quality issues. Maybe winblows is the problem not VLC. shrug

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_player_software

If you want to make your own x265 files try this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HandBrake