RARBG sat comfortably in the middle. Their x265 releases were significantly smaller than their x264 counterparts but looked indistinguishable to the naked eye on standard monitors and TVs. They utilized x265 not just to save space, but to maintain transparency.

Many release groups rush to use slow or medium presets to get content out fast. RARBG encoders typically utilized settings leaning toward the .

: Closer to the original RARBG bitrate-to-quality ratio but more efficient.

From analyzing many RARBG x265 releases using MediaInfo , the typical command line looked like this (simplified):

: If you have the CPU power, never use a preset faster than medium . The slow preset is where x265's efficiency truly begins to shine compared to older codecs like x264. To give you the most accurate advice, could you tell me: What is your target file size (e.g., 2GB per movie)?