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Storage space and new codecs: So much collected as h265. (links.hackliberty.org)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've amassed a sizeable hoard, nearly all encoded h264 or h265.

The space savings made by AV1 are attractive, but I don't want to move on it until after I've acquired hardware capable of AV1 GPU accelerated decode.

Even then, the cost of reacquiring some works has to be weighed. Storage space gets freed; but how often do I actually revisit some cherished items?

Anybody else having to make similar evaluations?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

A 16Tb manufacturer recertified drive is USD160 which should sort storage (and later get a second for offline backup). I'm actually holding out until I get GPU encode (apparently CPU is somewhat better, but power considerations, maybe next gen). Do wish the scene would get on with switching, though, are we dinosaurs?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

AV1 is really only practical for content that has a high quality source like a bluray release. Most streaming sites aren't using AV1 yet, so anything from them would have to be transcoded. Transcoding a low bitrate source to another format will cause a loss in quality. It's not really worth it unless you want really small files to watch on your phone.

AV1 hardware acceleration is becoming fairly common, so I wouldn't be surprised if the streaming sites start switching to it soon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I assumed the context here was torrenting rather than streaming, download blu-ray remuxes and encode to your liking.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Streaming sites are the source of the TV torrents until the season is over and the bluray is released.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

True, but OP refers to 'some cherished items'

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As a note, AMD 7000 series GPU for AV1 encode, the encoder is flawed and can only produce factors of 64x16 pixels, as well as a special 1920x1082 ratio. If your have a lot of 1080p content, it will be recorded with two lines of black pixels on the left and right, and then set to crop it out on video playback.

Just something to keep in mind if you go with that series of GPUs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks for that, worth knowing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

My Jellyfin server currently downs support decode for modern formats, so I’m actively avoiding them and it’s getting considerably more difficult