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?
  • @[email protected]English
    11•6 months 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.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•6 months 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%
    • Sunny' 🌻OPEnglish
      4•6 months ago

      Yeah I simply wasnt aware of this, thought it was smart to change to the latest standards - but comments here have pointed out that its not worth chaning, plus it will change itself over time. Thanks anyways!