I’m currently in the process of re-downloading everything on x265 because of the smaller files sizes. Whats do you guys think? Also has anybody experience with Tdarr?

  • Xianshi@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I prefer x264 since all my devices can play it, though x265 is great for file sizes.

    • Kidnose@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      This. I actually went the opposite route to OP, replaced everything 265 to 264 to avoid playback issues. My content is played on many different devices so 265 simply won’t cut it.

      • Stephen304@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        For me the math worked out that it was cheaper to get a nuc with quick sync than to pay for the extra storage h264 uses, it’s less than half the bitrate (usually ~2Mbit for 1080 compared to 8+), I have 23TB of content and my Intel nuc power efficiently transcodes to h264 on demand if the device needs it.

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        1 year ago

        What kind of devices won’t play x265? I’ve got some rather old hardware and it seems to work just fine on everything.

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          1 year ago

          I sometimes stream from my 2014 ultrabook to my TV… never had a problem with x264, but some x265 encodings cut out/freeze/lag during scenes where a lot is happening (motionwise)

          • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            Same, laptop from '15, TV from '09. If you’re on linux what did you use to reencode, ffmpeg? Never even occurred to me I could do that lol.

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              1 year ago

              I’ve been using Handbrake for a while now - albeit on Windows. It is available for Linux but I can’t guarantee it’s the exact same experience.