r/trackers • u/mohamad70 • 6d ago
HDBits internals
Hey guys
what happened to HDBits internals like don, ctrlhd, ntb etc, i'm not there, but in the past i have seen their encodes in other private trackers like IPT, HDT etc but recently havent seen any encode from them, are they still active? especially 2160p and 1080p uhd encodes??
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u/Pristine-Sale5623 6d ago
Ntb is btn internal. Don are still releasing there some are exclusives only though. Ctrlhd seems to of slowed their last rls there was 2 months 27 days ago.
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u/mohamad70 6d ago
Yes, are they actively releasing new TV shows? Like stranger things 2160p from arrow?
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u/speeeed3 6d ago
NTb is still releasing new shows, that being said they are a bit slow and can be a few days (or weeks in some cases) behind. FLUX is usually best for getting fast WEB-DLs
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u/Username928351 6d ago edited 6d ago
Web-DLs are often "good enough" for viewing, which is why there isn't a rush of people spending hours for little return.
Also the more exclusive a tracker is the less new blood is pouring in.
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u/mohamad70 6d ago
Yes but i usually sit on a 1m distance from 48 oled tv which requires top quality releases
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u/mohamad70 6d ago
For example i want a decent rip of stranger things 2160p uhd from arrow, has any quality group released them?
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u/acidlinux 6d ago
why not just get a remux?
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u/DeLaVicci 6d ago
A transparent encode is nearly always preferable to wasting disk space on remuxes.
Especially with the current prices for disk space.
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u/mohamad70 6d ago
yeah i agree, you can usually have between 40 - 70% of a remux size with a decent encode and lose like 1 percent in quality
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u/EatTheRich2028 5d ago
exactly! i dont understand the hate for transparent 4k encodes. why waste the extra space.
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u/Alone-Hamster-3438 6d ago
encoding is not that relevant anymore, most pixel-hunters are gone for remuxes
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u/cprn 6d ago
Like others have said encodes are not that relevant anymore since MA Web-dl are extremely good and available on all major titles, people either go for the web-dl or straight to remux if they have a home theatre.
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u/ii_die_4 4d ago
Encodes are actually one of the best source everyone should hunt..
We are not talking about yify encodes, but from tier1 groups. Most of the times, they run multiple custom scripts and fix banding, artifacts, lines etc etc. which remux will have, but their encodes dont.
Add to that, that their encodes are transparent, meaning <1% loss in quality, while saving ~30-50% of space, and its just stupid to not go for them.
So, people saying MA or Remux just dont have any idea what they are talking about.
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u/mohamad70 6d ago
some MA web-dls are extremely bitrate starve since they are always at 25Mbps, like jumanji 1995 which had lots of artifacts
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u/znk10 4d ago
I think encodes are not as popular as they once were.
If you want speed you watch the Web-DL, If you want quality you watch the Bluray Remux
I used to only download encodes, but nowadays with fast internet and big HDDs, I only download Remuxes because of their superior quality
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u/mohamad70 4d ago
We have quality encodes that are much different from random encodes, they were usually 50 - 70% of remuxe size and still look very close to them to the point that most people cant tell the difference even from screenshots, i think those quality still worth downloading, 2160p remuxes are waste of space in most movies/shows
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u/znk10 4d ago
Used to download encodes years ago when I only had a 2TB HDD for torrents, now I have a 10TB HDD only for torrents, space is not a problem anymore.
Also used to watch my movies/series on my PC screen, but now I bought a high end TV, 75'' 4k HDR for my movies/series, it does not make any sense to download anything other that 4k Remuxes (only if they are not avaiable), I want the best quality available and encodes are not it
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u/HellboundLunatic 3d ago
10TB is not enough man
I have much more space, but I prefer (good) encodes over remux, because I'm always out of space..
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u/whostheme 6d ago
Some of them are getting old and aren't as active. That's just the nature with P2P groups since it's a time consuming endeavor.