Newbie who wants to get into Uploading, but it confused about everything around video encoding (sh.itjust.works)

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Hello!

I've recently gotten into torrenting. I've managed to get myself into a couple of private trackers, and I'd like to start contributing at some point soon.

But, here's the thing- I'm VERY LOST about how to do that, especially with video. I understand how to create torrents just fine, that's the easy part.

But when I video torrent titled something like:

Batman Begins 2005 1080p BluRay REMUX VC-1 TrueHD 5.1-FraMeSToR

My mind just can't wrap around it. I understand the basic terms inside of that, but not how to actually do any of them. Like, I have the Batman Begins BluRay, how could I, sitting here at my computer, re-create that?

Here's where I'm at. I know that I have a bunch of DVDs/BluRays that I can rip. I usually use MakeMKV to copy files off of DVD/BluRay disks (I've done that quite a bit, since I got my home server up and running). When I do that, what do I actually GET off of the DVD? Like, obviously I get an mkv file that has the video and audio wrapped up in it, but how do I know what quality they came out with? What settings should I set up in MakeMKV to get higher quality?

I'm sure all of this has been asked before, but it's a very hard thing to google properly. I'm real new, and I feel like most of the guides I've read so far have been for other software, are out of date, or expect you to already be well versed in all of this. I figure asking lemmy would be a safe bet to finding some good, beginner-friendly guides. So here I am!

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[-] dudemanbro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here is some basic info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirated_movie_release_types

As someone has said it pretty much goes [Title][Year][Resolution][Source][Codec(s)-Video/Audio][GroupName]

Title and Year: self explanatory

[Resolution]: 1080p, 2160p, HD, UHD, etc

[Source] Bluray, Webrip, Web-DL, Streaming-Provider, Cam, etc...

[Codec]: This can be a lot but kinda depends on what the uploader wants to mention/bring attention to

         Video: x264 (AVC) or h264, x265(HEVC) or h265, AV1,  x266 (VVC), etc...

         May also include stuff like : 8bit (SDR), 10bit (HDR),  DV (Dolby), Hybrid

         Audio: # of channels (5.1, 7.1)

                     Codecs:  Will tell you if the audio is lossless vs lossy

                     Examples DTS:X, TrueHD Atmos, DTS-HD MA, TrueHD, LPCM, FLAC [lossless] vs. DTS-HD HR, E-AC3, DTS-ES, DTS, AC3 [lossy]]

Group Name: Name of group or person that made the file.

Finally there is the container file which nowadays is MKV (Matroska Video file) but you can run into MP4. There are older formats but you don't see them very often so I wont really mention them.

This is a quick run down but there is plenty of info out there that goes more into detail and you can just google questions like: what is lossless vs lossy?

Hope this helps