I thought this video was rather interesting, because at 12:27, the presenter crunches the numbers to find out how many years it would take for a new computer purchase to be more environmentally friendly (in regards to total CO2 expended) compared to using a less efficient used model.

Depending on the specific use case, it could take as little as 3 years to breakeven in terms of CO2 if both systems were at max power draw forever, and as long as 30 if the systems are mostly at idle.

  • Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Subtitles can provoke transcoding. I’m not sure if it’s when they’re embedded or not but may be a starting point.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      I’ve seen that error, so I re-encoded without subs. Now it says it’s transcoding because the device doesn’t support the codec, which I know isn’t correct.

      Thanks!