I just go via size and video/audio bitrate. Maybe I’m a filthy casual but I don’t think there are any particularly good or bad releases if your standards meet a certain minimum threshold. It’s only the really small ones that end up looking and/or sounding noticeably different (worse).

You should look for AV1 if you can, has even better compression than h.265

I would recommend Qxr, been my go to for years

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