Hello! I recently listened to a podcast that talked about how storing media files in .av1 format is very efficient and storage-friendly. I’ve been storing my files in .mkv format, but now I’m considering using Handbrake or a similar service to convert all my video files to .av1 if it’s more compressed than .mkv. So;

  • What format do you store your media?
  • What is the optimal way of storing media?
  • Do you use handbrake or similar services (feel free to suggest) to convert media files?
  • changeableface@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    If you take the plunge to re-encode, check out the self hosted app tdarr, very handy for large libraries, or watching folders for new files, plus you can distribute the load to other computers if you have any spare headroom.

    Encoded over 20tb in a few days with three machines and saved around 6tb of space.

    • Sunny' 🌻@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Ah nice recommendation, have seen that name been mentioned before but wasnt sure what it was for. Now I know! :)

    • Kushan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Another recommendation for tdarr, set it up in January and let it transcode away, going to h265 for all my media - saved me over 40TB of space so far and I haven’t noticed a massive drop In quality or had any playback issues.