Issues with website

several groups have adopt x264 mp4 as the new standard, as they're smaller, faster to encode, better
quality and play on mobile devices, ps3, xbox360 and so on without re-encoding. the downside is that
they don't play on many standalone dvd players.

because there are fewer groups doing xvid avi, in most cases it'll longer for the xvid to come out
than previously, plus the x264 mp4 will come out quicker than the xvid avi did in the past so it
will make it *seem* even longer if you're waiting for the xvid avi.


groups doing x264: asap bajskorv c4tv d2v diverge ftp kyr lmao lol momentum sys tla yestv

groups doing xvid: fqm 2hd momentum (after they've done x264)


not sure about other groups at the moment so we may want to add to this list when we know for sure.

i'm also not sure what eztvs policy is, they seem to be doing both of some eps and only one of
others (even though both were released). whether that's intentional or not i don't know... i would
have though if it were they'd do an announcement so i presume it's just a time management problem -
with almost twice as may releases it'll take almost twice as long to get them listed.

there are lots of software converts from any format to dvd. to me dvd's are old a simple (wdtv box)
has wipeout any convertion. to send to my ipod must be mp4. just look at the future what the best.
just saying lol take this as you will.

really hope eztv doesn't stop doing avi.

from what i understand, "the scene" is stopping the xvid .avi releases and going with the x264 .mp4
releases - not much eztv can do about it.

not all scene groups are stopping, just some of them - others are against the idea (see the list a
few posts earlier of which groups have made their preferences known).

but it'll change things... fewer groups will be doing xvid so that means they won't be able to do
all shows and they'll take longer (it'll seem even longer because the x264 is quicker to encode than
xvid).

pity because mp4 does not play on my standalone dvd i have to convert it and put it on disc, i usually
drag the files to a pendrive.have noticed an awful lot of programmes still in the on tonight section which
are no longer showing. however thanks a lot for the site as i am at present virtually housebound
through illness and your site helps beat the boredom. thanks for all the effort

i really hope that the scene groups dont stop doing the xvid/avi's. i understand that the x264/mp4's
maybe a quicker encode. but from what i have seen the last little while is that the groups are getting
the xvid/avi's out just as quick as the x264/mp4's, just they arent putting them up here but on another
tracker which will remain unnamed. i do how the groups go back to the way they used to be with
putting up there work here for the show's, i do really enjoy this site and the features it has. i also
would like to thank the various groups for the work that they do do in bring the various shows and
episodes to use here

please stop uploading mp4. avi is much more universal. i use this sight religiously, but may switch
to another site, or just look-up my own shows because mp4s are ridiculously inconvenient. im obviously
not the only one who feels this way, so it would be great if you guys rectified this problem and went
back to doing the great work you do. thanx guys. mp4/x264 sucks.

i don't think the guys here at eztv can do anything, but i want to get my voice out there, so to speak.

i understand the move to x264, i do, i just think that its not the right time. 90% of people won't have the
hardware/software capable of playing these files (myself included) so its a little bit of a waste. maybe in a
few years the change would be a lot simpler, but not now, its too soon, and its hurting the average user.

i'd hate for this new format to be what stops me from using eztv, since i've been a loyal user for years,
but i gotta see my shows!

all the tv avi s i want seem to be being posted by ettv pretty promptly... now if only they had rss

i agree entirely with this, nothing i use except my laptop can play x264 and i have found mysef
visiting sites i would normally stay away from in order to get xvid or .avi.

i am sorry but i have to agree with those who asks to stick with avi. i tried to watch several shows in mp4,
but in one player the sound is ahead of the picture, in other - the picture is blurry. this is such a great site!
with your help i 've watched all my fave shows. but if it goes this way i think ill have to go somewhere
else... i am sorry

well, pointless coming here now. tbp carries the xvid/avi files i need and there is where i will,
reluctantly, go. eztv has become a useless site for me now. i'm not sure where people are saying
the file sizes are smaller -- the same 1hr tv show in this new "format" are the same 350mb (or 175mb
for the half-hour shows) as the tried-and-true defacto standard when i download them... i'm a bit
miffed that rather than spend the time catering to the needs of the community whole, we've been
washed aside and pushed into one standard only. this is how facebook does things -- force you to
the new design, like it or leave it.

well, i'm leaving it. since we can't delete our account on here, would someone with site admin
privs please do me this final favor.

cheers,

i object, it is not pointless to come to eztv, why, i now use it as a tv guide 🙂

quick question, would this little device be able to play x264 files?

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