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Why aren't more releases x265? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nearing the filling of my 14.5TB hard drive and wanting to wait a bit longer before shelling out for a 60TB raid array, I've been trying to replace as many x264 releases in my collection with x265 releases of equivalent quality. While popular movies are usually available in x265, less popular ones and TV shows usually have fewer x265 options available, with low quality MeGusta encodes often being the only x265 option.

While x265 playback is more demanding than x264 playback, its compatibility is much closer to x264 than the new x266 codec. Is there a reason many release groups still opt for x264 over x265?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've saved 4.02 TB of what was 28.12TB media collection.

How much kw and months did you use for that? 😮

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm going to choose not to answer that for two reasons...

I don't know the answer
solar panels and batteries are great.

But yes I'm in a position where I was more willing to pay for the power than I was to buy additional storage space as I'm hitting the top of what I can do without significant expense.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

solar panels and batteries are great.

Agree. That's why i want to place my mini-server on my dad's farm, he has solar on the roof.