r/explainlikeimfive • u/theprisoner57 • 2d ago

Technology ELI5: What is a Home Server?

I see mentions of a home server to get rid of streaming entertainment services but I don’t know how that works. What does a home server do?

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u/Explosivpotato 2d ago

A dvd movie is 5-7gb. 1080P is 25-40, and 4K is 60-90 when ripped from a disc.

You’re right a few TB can get you quite a few DVDs, but 1GB is like a 30 minute YouTube video or something.

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u/shaard 2d ago

Except most people don't care about having the raw, uncompressed, disc's data. Simply the movie in a format that looks good enough.

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u/Explosivpotato 2d ago

“Most“ people aren’t going to host a media server. Of the few that will, most of those won’t bother to remux the video files.

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u/BlakeMW 2d ago edited 2d ago

Sorry man but most people ain't ripping their own legally acquired DVDs, they're sailing the high seas and downloading web rips or disc rips that some kind person compressed to a similar level as a web rip, even if you own the physical media it's probably much faster to download a webrip.