IDEAL SIZE FOR A PLEX FILE?

ashtonjay

I have quite a few films that are like 25-50 gig in size
i was gonna run them through handbrake but whats an ideal size reall for a good quality film viewing

i am a bit of a HD snob

mdbarber

only you can tell what your eyes (and ears) find Acceptable (or pleasing) but the main companies involved have spent a lot of money investigating optimums of file size vs quality....

mushii

If you are a real HD snob, why not stick with 4K BD’s and not mess with them by compressing them or alter them by ripping them?

ashtonjay

becaue my 16tb nas would soon get full if i did that

mushii

I meant a real snob would never rip disks in the first  place, we just play the disks themselves

springtide

I find that for 1080p the difference over say around 8-12GB is minimal... maybe 14GB for an Atmos file.

4K I’d say above 25GB the difference are again small to say a 50GB file.

But maybe my eyes are not as good when in my 20s, but this is viewed on a 65” screen at around 10-12ft

Sloppy Bob

You'll regret encoding them when you upgrade your equipment, get a bigger TV or a better sound system.

Some types of movies it won't make much of a difference such as dramas or comedies, but any film that's been acclaimed for its cinematography, has a lot of fast action, loads of SFX will suffer by reducing the bitrate of the file.

It also takes a really long time to do it properly and to do it properly needs quite a bit of experience with settings, filters etc. Just banging in a CRF of 16 to Handbrake and leaving it to it doesn't get great results.

Bigger NAS/ 2nd NAS

Or be selective over what you rip and store.