I was talking french scene. One major french torrent site went down, and has been replaced by another, where maybe half the uploads are H265. That means Blu-ray rips, original H264, are all converted to H265 to save space and make quicker downloads with same quality.
HDR are mostly remuxes, and some compressed versions in H265. When some people are asking for H264 versions in the comments, they get rebuffed. I think it shows a trend that is going to expand. Also unlike other trackers, full blu-rays are being phased out.
The french repack scene (where they get the HD from a foreign release, and resync it to french & english tracks) is I'm guessing now about 70% going H265. I think it's a sign of change that is going to be widespread as time go by.
I'm all for H264 though, it's been around and is fairly stable in quality.
HDR are mostly remuxes, and some compressed versions in H265. When some people are asking for H264 versions in the comments, they get rebuffed. I think it shows a trend that is going to expand. Also unlike other trackers, full blu-rays are being phased out.
The french repack scene (where they get the HD from a foreign release, and resync it to french & english tracks) is I'm guessing now about 70% going H265. I think it's a sign of change that is going to be widespread as time go by.
I'm all for H264 though, it's been around and is fairly stable in quality.
