Hwbot x265 benchmark has non-normalized download links.

[Guest TonyBombassolo]

https://hwbot.org/benchmark/hwbot_x265_benchmark_-_4k/

Download link on that page links to 

https://mega.nz/file/M8802J5I#PMRS0Ynen4eJP9Kv0kfsTcDnJKNLh3By_tWLJa9Nhdo

However on the rules page

https://hwbot.org/rules?referenceId=5247

if you click the version url ^ there it leads to 

http://hw-museum.cz/data/hwbot/HWBOT_X265_2.3.ZIP

The mega link will NOT properly export or save files *FOR ME*, but the hw-museum one will, however it is on an unsecured FTP site (thankfully all the file update dates are identical)

In a perfect world all benchmark links would be normalized to have the same url or at worst a mirror backup link (or 3), and hosted locally so that benchmarkers would feel confident they aren't downloading virus' or other malware from 3rd party sites. 

 

edit: tagging @havli

Edited October 3, 2022 by TonyBombassolo
edit: tagging Havli

[Leeghoofd]

no problem here for the Mega NZ download...

anyway once we are on the new hosting we got plenty of storage capacity so most benchmarks will become downloadable from there.

[havli]

hw-museum.cz is the homepage of the x265 bench, so all downloads there should be correct. Anything else, I can't guarantee.

[Guest TonyBombassolo]

Maybe we could change the DL link from the mega one to the hw-museum.cz one?

[Leeghoofd]

The museum one is is not always up, so we left the option for the two... again the mega NZ DL works fine here.

Hopefully in November we will host the files ourselves...