What file format do you store your media in? (slrpnk.net)

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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?

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[-] gwheel@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

I don't reencode anything, I keep the raw bdmv rip and remuxed mkv for jellyfin. Even if the difference is imperceptible, as long as I have the storage space there's no reason to spend time fiddling with conversion when it can only make things look worse.

[-] Tregetour 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As an experiment, take any remux from your collection and encode it by dividing the raw video bitrate by 2.5

What you'll invariably find:

Perceptible quality degradation at 100 per cent scale: 0%
" @ 200 per cent scale: <1%
Space saving: >50%

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