The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) EXTENDED 1080p AV1 OPUS 5.1-UH

Description: A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/
Languages: English

LOTR 1080p Encoder Notes: Total encoding time for the trilogy was 89h 26m on an i9-12900k. Three Bluray remuxs were used totaling 178GB. The file size was reduced to 37GB for over 12 hours of content. SVT-AV1 Mode 3 was used, which favours quality over encoding speed. The bitrates of the video streams are 6200kbps, 6400kbps and 8300kbps respectively. These are 20 year old sources. A higher bitrate (file size) was required. LOTR 2001 had to be re-encoded three times. Careful analysis of screenshots showed the bitrate was too low. LOTR 2003 required an even higher bitrate (due to more fast paced scenes) to ensure smooth motion.

Original Series: The original (instead of remastered) series was used for 1080p, due to complaints about colour issues. The grass looked like dead sod, after analysis of screenshots around the watermill. This problem is resolved with the upcoming 2160p HDR10 release, if your display supports HDR. Otherwise, the recommended solution is the original series for 1080p.

Five Star Movies: These are 5 star movies with a 9/10 IMDB user rating and above a 90% metascore from review critics. Studio don't make old movies like these anymore. This trilogy a hidden gem.

Distribution Note: This trilogy will be distributed with 16MB piece sizes, to make it easier to seed. The uploader will be launching with 20 upload slots per torrent at two gigabits. This is what that speed can handle. Please seed back generously. Most of the initial bandwidth will come from the swarm. Torrents will be serviced by the uploader one at a time for each IP address. Simply keep the torrents running. Older torrent clients like uTorrent may have trouble connecting to libtorrent rakshasa. If you're getting slow speeds or no transfer, restart the torrent or wait for more seeders.












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