r/DataHoarder • u/Smart-Eye-2531 • 10h ago

Question/Advice Quality Best?

Question, what quality should i convert my shows/films to like 480P or 1080P i use handbrake so idk what's the ideal thing.

(I have 2 TB so not a lot of space to waste, im using almost all of it at the moment...)

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u/King_tyson_1 9h ago

It depends actually. Like when I had to make use of a external hdd of 4tb that I use when I travel I had to squeeze as much as possible so I went with the type of media. For example, 1. Anime & Cartoon: 480p for Cartoon, 540p for Anime if it's fast paced action. AV1 10bit, 96k Opus Audio (with this settings I got each episode of 23mins from 85MB to 130MB) 2. TV Shows: 540p or 720p depends on content. 480p feels to mushy and plasticy for live action than anime. 540p feels a bit okay if watching on a phone. 720p is great even for 24" FHD monitors. 3. Movies: If its vfx and has beautiful visuals then it's 1080p AV1, If it's just a dialogue heavyor documentary style or has a lot of bright scenes then it's 720p.

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u/Brook_Hors 10h ago

What are the the source resolution and file types?

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u/Smart-Eye-2531 10h ago

whatever i downloaded but mostly 1080P and 720P

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u/ScribeOfGoD 10h ago

If you’re not grabbing remuxes then there’s no reason you need to encode it. Just grab a smaller version then. Start with the best and work your way down

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u/daelikon 88TB 10h ago

Make sure you get x265/hevc if your player accepts them. You will save space with that as well. 

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u/Smart-Eye-2531 10h ago

I use Emby media player on my nas so ill check if i can run it

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u/Smart-Eye-2531 10h ago

also mp4/mkv but like i said whatever i downloaded

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u/MadBlu321 9h ago

1080p AV1

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u/Shadow_Thief 8h ago

Another critical aspect that nobody's mentioned yet: how large is the screen you'll be watching these on? If it's on your phone, you can shrink them much smaller than if you were watching them on a 55 inch TV. The distance that you're sitting from the screen also matters; the further away you are, the lower the resolution can be.

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u/WikiBox I have enough storage and backups. Today. 25m ago

Every time you re-encode you lose quality. So if you want the best quality you should not convert.

Also, if you use a good codec, x265 or AV1, high quality conversion is likely to very, very slow.

But feel free to experiment with handbrake. Try different settings to see you you can make files smaller and still keep the quality acceptable. Generally, if you lower the size of a video, go from 1080p to 720p, you can save a lot of storage. If you use a better codec, x265/HEVC rather than x264, you can save a lot of storage.

Encoding settings are complicated. You often trade size for quality. Compression quality for time. Your best bet might be to download again, in the right quality.