Early web-encoded releases (like those by YIFY or anoxmous) occasionally suffered from video artifacts such as "stuttering," audio desynchronization, or "gray dead pixels" caused by encoding errors. A "patched" file often means the original release had a flaw, and a secondary file (a patch) was released to fix the video stream or subtitle track without forcing users to re-download the entire movie. In many cases, the file was simply re-encoded and re-released with the tag [patched] to denote it was a corrected version of a previous bad release.
: They used the .mp4 format rather than .mkv , making them playable on almost any device without needing specialized software like VLC. theintouchables2011720pblurayx264anoxmous patched