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I can't find a good copy of The Pretender. The only copy I was able to find is a VHS copy from TV. This is quite weird, since it's a cult series. I wonder why it's so hard to find a good copy of the show.

I can't find a good copy of The Pretender. The only copy I was able to find is a VHS copy from TV. This is quite weird, since it's a cult series. I wonder why it's so hard to find a good copy of the show.

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I checked those torrents, the uploader did good by ripping the episodes from DVD9's using MakeMKV, but they didn't re-encode the MPEG-2 to x264 (or x265 even better) using HandBrake like they should have done. That is why the torrents are so huge (40G per season).

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

How can you explain this mistake? Is this a common mistake?

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I guess they didn't think about it. Usually DVDrips are re-encoded, unless you are sharing the original DVD image or VIDEO_TS folder. It doesn't make sense not to re-encode them, to save disk space and bandwidth. This is why mp3's were invented. Can you imagine uploading audio all in WAV or raw format?

MakeMKV is nice because it puts the video in a nice mkv container and preserves things like subtitles, chapters, etc, but like I said it only copies the H.222/MPEG-2 after that you have to use another program to re-encode it if you want to reduce the file size.

Still it was nice of them to take the time to share it, like you said it does seem somewhat rare to find on the net.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I am checking right now, and I see that the whole series is made of different quality. The first episodes are VHS quality, while the later episodes are DVD quality. Also, on some streaming sites the series is completely unavailable. I donìt see the logic, since it's a cult series.