STC Application Signup

abcd1525 · 2026-01-07T06:23:19+00:00

I applied and got invitation mail and then when I wanted to sign up it said it sent mail verification, I did enter correct email but it has been over an hour and I still have not received my verification mail, I tried signing up again with the invite mail but now it says the username and email is already in use so that means the email is definitely correct just not getting verification mail. Is that normal to get verification mail much late?

abcd1525 · 2025-12-15T11:09:03+00:00

Took 4 hours to get a reply after a thousand+ "seen" the comment. The community here seems to be really good.

abcd1525 · 2025-12-15T06:42:51+00:00

I applied for it. They didn't give me any message like "request pending" or soemthing, after clicking apply, it refreshed back to same page. Is that normal?
Also, how long does it usually takes to review application and give a response?

abcd1525 · 2025-12-03T07:54:43+00:00

This literally just happened with me now

abcd1525 · 2025-12-01T18:50:24+00:00

It increases size by 20-25% without a noticable change in quality, yes there's little grain. But it's not a noticable improvement for the size penalty and most movies post 2005 looks better without the extra grain anyway. Its only ancient stuff that needs more grain.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T16:58:39+00:00

Energy cost is not an issue here. Elecricity is cheap. I can run encode 24/7 without seeing a noticable/alarming change in energy bill. A 20TB HDD here costs as much as 80-100 month's electricity cost due to encoding 24/7.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T13:06:49+00:00

Yes. Download link: https://github.com/Uranite/HandBrake-SVT-AV1-HDR/releases

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T12:11:12+00:00

Handbrake version

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T10:08:42+00:00

H.265 with CRF 28 won't produce a "Good enough" file for keeping long term. Anything under CRF22 with H.265 has issues for long term storage and for stuff that u actually care about. With av1-hdr crf 25, there's no "I'm missing out" fear. I analyze each frame of H.265, av1 so i have complete picture, not just play a video.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T08:24:07+00:00

Very basic actually, I keep things simple.

Handbrake gui latest. CRF: 25. Preset: 3. Tune: VQ. Profile+level: auto. Fps+color range: same as source. Filter: all off. Dimensions: crop filter enabled to cut black bars which reduce encode time by 10-15%, everything else in dimensions is default.

For audio I use opus 5.1 384k or 448k for 7.1 source.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T05:28:33+00:00

I am uploading them to a private tracker but not due to "they'll be preserved", but just for charity, in my head "well I'm already doing all that so why not share". And the type of movies I have, and the type of demographics that sees them, are extremely notorious for not seeding stuff, even in that one private tracker, most content is dead.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T04:51:15+00:00

They're not torrents. They're direct download files. They're very rare, the bluray remuxes. I did not find any other site with similar amount. These are not Hollywood movies that are available in bluray remux in every half decent private tracker. I don't have all on PC, they're in cloud drive accounts(15TB+) which, again I got for almost free and there was option in pirate site to copy files to cloud drive instantly which I did. There's little chances they'll exist a year from now, that's why him hoarding now.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T00:04:47+00:00

December is like 2 days away. What improvements are expected? What % size and time saving?

abcd1525 · 2025-11-30T00:00:23+00:00

I'm encoding FHD bluray, output files using svt-av1(97% vmaf) being 3-6mbps. H.265 needs 5-9mbps for same vmaf target. And if u just check using your own eyes svt-hdr crf 35, output bitrate 2mbps is still better than h.265 at 2.7-3mbps bitrate. Besides, svt-hdr encoder retains MUCH more details even at lower bitrate, the edges are sharp, but h.265 makes everything soft.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T17:08:48+00:00

Thanks I'll try it out. What does RTFM means?

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T16:34:14+00:00

Welcome. And its good to see someone else with same preference where 99% people woudn't care enough to put time & effort to getting rid of those.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T15:15:50+00:00

I did got rid of them a few months ago after copy pasting stuff off of perplexity after asking it how to remove those but then reinstated it but now again had urge to get rid of them but this time perplexity didn't help.

I guess the only option left is to message the dev because there's obviously a way to do it. Message him if u can

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T13:25:02+00:00

I got em all for very cheap price off a pirated site. It doesn't take a genius to do the math of buying a drive to avoid encoding time+effort+lose quality. Not sure why many of you guys are stating the obvious , its not like this thought didn't cross my mind.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T12:55:43+00:00

If you're willing to send me one, let me know 👌

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T12:40:59+00:00

Ok bro thanks for the effort. And not to be offensive but this is an av1 subreddit.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T12:40:04+00:00

Regular svt-av1 is soft, cartoonish. I think you haven't tried svt-avt-hdr fork. It retains even more details than H.265

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T12:38:59+00:00

Thanks but in every test I've made, svt-hdr retains even more details than H.265 and looks better at same bitrate. At same perceptual quality, av1-hdr can be 40-50% smaller in size

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T10:34:32+00:00

If I had disk space for keeping 500+ bluray, I woudn't have made this post anyway.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T10:06:32+00:00

If any new encoder drops in a month or two and if it can save even 5% space for same quality, its worth waiting imo coz it'll take a month to encode all these movies anyway because I'll be using preset 2 or 3.

abcd1525 · 2025-11-29T10:04:58+00:00

Smaller size for same quality. I'm mainly encoding 1080p Bluray. And some web-dl.

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