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Asking for suggestions on managing media (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I have an extensive movie/tv show library. Been collecting for years and is a mixed bag of media types. I would like to convert all to h265 or something similar to try and conserve space. Currently my media is sitting at around 30TB's I know from a previous post that is not as significant as some others but converting one by one would be a nightmarish undertaking. I am hoping someone has a cli script to do the conversion.

I am currently using radarr, sonarr, lidarr and readarr for my media I know lidarr and readarr are dead and am looking for an alernative either for those or the full stack. I would also like to perform the conversion of media from the downloaded format to what is suggested to the best format.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

Hell, I've found ripping a DVD to MKV results in a 3-5gb file.

Then converting that MKV using handbrake, I can bring the size down as much as 75%. When you're talking about a thousand videos, that adds up.

TV series (especially older stuff) I can consistently reduce 80%+. This makes a real difference for shows that were on for 10 years.

And these all look fine on a 65" TV from 6' away. Why store more if I don't have to?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Ripping straight from physical to media is just the remuxing process.
    What you are doing is called an encode.
    It can be good. But not as original as the original.

    It's like saying an MP3 is as good as a FLAC...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    It's not as good as the original, but again, you can't tell the difference on a 65" TV, especially with old TV shows that are 4:3

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago
    1. This comment is 6 months old xD Let it die in peace
    2. Never said it's unwatchable. But you will loose detail.
      I am usually watching encodes myself as remuxes are way too size-heavy for my liking. Only special movies get the remux quality treatment.
      Whats more important: Preserving the better part of the bitrate. Crus it too much and you have Netflix at home :p
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