If you are a lover of cartoons, your collection is probably quite large. A lot of people across the globe have yet to move into the world of streaming. Instead, they choose to store, play, and own their media locally. If you have a 2-3 TB hard drive, HD media ripped and sorted with something like Plex, there’s really no viable downside to this approach.
Except for the storage space, of course.
A Blu-Ray rip movie can range in size from 1 GB to 10 GB, depending on your encoding method, format, and resolution. 10 GB for a movie is a lot, especially when you have hundreds of movies.
This is why it’s best to minimize the amount of storage required without sacrificing quality (and, of course, use compressed files).
Above: video encoded at H265 (37 MB). Below: original MP4 video (150 MB) No significant difference in quality.
That’s also why you’ll be excited to hear about H265, the successor to the H264 standard that many of you are probably using (whether intentionally or unintentionally). It cuts the required storage in half (yes, in half) without compromising on quality (when compared to the H264 standard). And let me tell you, on a Blu-Ray rip, a 50% savings is a lot.
Why and where?
You can use H265 encoding not only for movies and TV shows, but also for home videos or screen videos that you upload to the internet.
Since H265 is still new, it is not supported everywhere. But chances are, current software does. Here is the list.
- VLC (of course)
- pot player
- KMPlayer
- GOM Player (a worthy alternative to VLC)
How to convert video to H265
IFME
One of the easiest ways to batch convert videos is to use IFME (Internet Friendly Media Encoder). It’s a batch utility where you drop files in, specify a path, edit video settings and you’re done.
You can choose to export as an MP4 or MKV file. It’s also possible to change the sound settings – if you know what you’re doing.
I downloaded the 1080p MP4 trailer for the new Hobbit movie. It’s 150MB and I sent it straight to IFME without changing any settings. The app takes about 12 minutes to fully convert but the results are amazing.
Side by side, I can’t see the difference between these two and I haven’t even reached the best part: Final size of converted file? Only 37 MB. That’s a whopping 75% savings over the original MP4 file. You may see similar results for most of your original movies and TV shows.
hand brake
Everyone’s favorite media encoder also comes with H265 support. From the output format, select H265 and you are on your way. I put the same file in Handbrake and what I got was about 50% savings at 87MB.
Can you or should you do this?
Time commitment: Honestly, 12-15 minutes for a 150MB video is pretty long. And this is on an i5 chip running on all four cores and 8 GB of RAM (50% and 60% are used when encoding respectively).
If you’ve encoded/converted video in the past, you already know if it’s worth your current hardware. However, horsepower is something you need to take into account before even thinking about converting your entire library to H265 to save more than 50% on storage. I mean it could take days, or weeks.
What is your favorite format?
What format do you prefer your media in? MKV? MP4? AVI!? Let us know in the comments below.
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