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?

  • GamesRevolution@programming.devEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I really love AV1, it’s very small in file size and it’s completely free, meaning that it should play anywhere were it was implemented

    • kaya@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Wish AV1 was more widely used, better licensing than x265 while same compression afaik

      • LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        It’s open, so no licensing.

        Also, compression-wise, it’s either equal or better from what I’ve seen

      • ruben@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        10 months ago

        There are a moderate amount of tightly connected releasers who encode and release AV1. Just add av1 to any search on 1337x and you can find them.

  • Xianshi@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

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

    • Kidnose@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 months 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.mlEnglish
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        10 months 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.

      • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
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        10 months 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.

        • IceSeaHunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          10 months 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)

    • hyper@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      10 months ago

      My bad, I was asking about video codecs.
      But I agree FLAC for audio. Although I convert to ALAC when using apple products which is basically the same.

  • ayaya@lemdro.idEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For codecs it is highly dependent on the release group. For 4K it is the only valid option, but for 1080p a lot of groups make their x265 encodes too small and sacrifice quality. Take a look at the group rankings in the trash guides for sonarr and radarr for a general idea if who is the best/worst.

    As for Tdarr, you should only really use it for audio and subtitle processing. For one you should not re-encode video so unless you’re starting with remuxes you’re further degrading video that is already degraded. And for two it’s best left to the people who know what settings to tweak for each movie or episode. There is no universal setting that works well for everything so while you might be able to get acceptable quality with automation it’s never going to be great. The best groups already took the time and effort to get it right so you might as well get those and save yourself the time/electricity.

  • Virual@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    English
    1·
    10 months ago

    HEVC 10 bit in order to reduce banding for animation, especially during dark scenes. I know H264 Hi10 exists, but it has poor hardware support, so using HEVC 10 bit is the best option (I don’t own a single streaming device that supports HW accelerated Hi10, besides my PC). Also, an added benefit is reduced file size. I find that doing my own encodes is very rarely worth it, but when I do, I use FFmpeg in the CLI and not tdarr.