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Asking for suggestions on managing media (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by jhdeval@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have an extensive movie/tv show library. Been collecting for years and is a mixed bag of media types. I would like to convert all to h265 or something similar to try and conserve space. Currently my media is sitting at around 30TB's I know from a previous post that is not as significant as some others but converting one by one would be a nightmarish undertaking. I am hoping someone has a cli script to do the conversion.

I am currently using radarr, sonarr, lidarr and readarr for my media I know lidarr and readarr are dead and am looking for an alernative either for those or the full stack. I would also like to perform the conversion of media from the downloaded format to what is suggested to the best format.

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[–] edent@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The question is why do you want to convert them?

If you use something like JellyFin as your media server and client, it will transcode them as you watch them. If you're on your phone using crappy WiFi, it will adapt the bitrate down automatically. If you're at home using a projector connected by Ethernet, you'll get the original file.

If you think you're running out of space, it's often easier and cheaper to buy more HDDs. H265 and modern audio codec will save you a maximum of 50%. For about £200 you can get a 15TB HDD.

[–] jhdeval@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is not necessarily about saving space so much as it is about uniformity. And yes my server is beefy but you get 3 or 4 people all transcoding at the sane time and that beefy server will choke. As I have said I have been collecting for many years with a very large mixed bag of codecs I am just trying to clean up the mess that is my media.

[–] edent@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

OK, but why do you care about uniformity? If it's just some OCD-adjacent urge - that's fine; do what makes you happy.

But from a technical point of view, VLC will play back no matter what the codec and compression level.

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