except hellsing ultimate's episodes are 40 minutes+

It's quite disheartening to see that people would rather spend the time sharing provably false opinions stated as if they were fact based on misinformation when they could have so easily clicked on a link in the description or read the info.txt file to understand what's really going on. Here we go:

What is the best source available right now?

SCY. Read their image comparison from Sneedex if you don't believe them. Also see what is noted on Sneedex - they seem to agree.

[SCY] Hellsing Ultimate (BD 1080p Hi10 FLAC) [Dual-Audio] Description Excerpt:


There's a BDMV on Nyaa right now with 2 seeders, why not use that?

The BDMV available on Nyaa appears to be the USBD, which the Slowpoke Pics comparisons from Sneedex demonstrates that it is not favorable to an encode from SCY. Even if it were the preferred ITBD, you would have to replicate all the filtering and effort that SCY went through to ultimately make a Mini-encode. Why buy a plastic toothbrush when you could forge your own with solid titanium instead? Why don't we produce our own silk for toilet paper? Must we continue with these strange analogies?

You must always use BDMVs when encoding. Otherwise, don't even bother, right?

Sometimes they simply aren't available, at least not publicly. Sometimes they're known to be worse than other sources, even encoded ones. Sometimes you simply aren't interested in redoing complex filtering just to declare that you used the "best" source for a Mini-encode.

You're not mistaken that using an encode can be a sign that the encoder has no clue what they're doing when they could have clearly used a better source but in this instance, you're completely wrong. What you're using is a generalization that is usually correct but when stated in a case where it doesn't apply, it makes you look like a fool who is just blindly parroting others without having your own original, useful thought.

Don't be silly.

Cheers,
-Sav1or