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		agret on Feb 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X265 3.0 released > The scene values quality. It's why their file sizes seem large to some. So many groups are still releasing shows & movies in XviD so I don't think that's necessarily true, you think by now everyone would be on x264.

nominated1 on Feb 6, 2019 [–]

I was referring to The Scene [1]. They stopped releasing in Xvid around ~2012. What you're talking about are known as "peer groups". These groups/individuals do as they wish (to put it kindly).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez_scene

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