For years, the video piracy and encoding scene was dominated by x264. It was the gold standard: compatible with everything and offering a great balance between size and quality. Then came x265 (HEVC). Initially slow to adopt due to hardware limitations, it has now matured into the definitive choice for building a high-quality, space-efficient library.
For 95% of users, PSA or QxR via 1337x is all you will ever need. The x265 codec has finally won the format war—it is time to reclaim your hard drive space.