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If there was about to be a long term internet outage and you have limited storage, is it better store fewer Movies and TV shows in high resolution, or store more of them but in lower resolution? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It do do dat thang

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

wat thang do it do, doe?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It do da thang it do, dawg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

is it better than the H265 alone without changing the container format?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

H.265 isn't a container format, it's an encoding format. You have to have a container to hold the encoded video stream, whether it be MKV, MP4, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

i know. that's what i'm asking. which one is better, H265 with MP4 as container (since it's the standard) or MKV as container.. i do transcoding a lot but haven't experienced using MKV as the container. that's why i'm asking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

MKV is open, so I prefer that. My TV and Plex/Jellyfin also plays them fine. So I tend to prefer that. It's also more powerful than MP4 if I'm not mistaken? Like it can hold subtitles and stuff? I don't remember off the top of my head.

(Also the piracy scene tends to prefer MKV nowadays as far as I can tell. At least for larger stuff like movies and long-episode television series.)