I have a collection of about ~110 4K Blu-Ray movies that I’ve ripped and I want to take the time to compress and store them for use on a future Jellyfin server.

I know some very basics about ffmpeg and general codec information, but I have a very specific set of goals in mind I’m hoping someone could point me in the right direction with:

  1. Smaller file size (obviously)
  2. Image quality good enough that I cannot spot the difference, even on a high-end TV or projector
  3. Preserved audio
  4. Preserved HDR metadata

In a perfect world, I would love to be able to convert the proprietary HDR into an open standard, and the Dolby Atmos audio into an open standard, but a good compromise is this.

Assuming that I have the hardware necessary to do the initial encoding, and my server will be powerful enough for transcoding in that format, any tips or pointers?

  • ancoraunamoka@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    Are those your own blurays? Then share them before compressing.

    Transcoding is hard. There is no way that your transcoding settings are going to be a one size fits all. I am currently encoding the famous iKaos Dragonball release and I did 48 samples before deciding what configuration to use.

    You are better off downloading stuff from torrent, especially for newer media. You’ll find a community that put 100x your time collectively on transcoding. That will also save from your tremendous electricity costs.

    Also look into vmaf for quality metrics. Consider that switching to uncompressed 1080 might bring you close to your goal with very very low effort.

    Btw, can you share the title list?

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      Yeah, sure thing.

      Abominable
      Ad Astra
      Aladdin (Live Action)
      Aladdin
      Alien - Covenant
      Alien
      Ant-Man and the Wasp
      Ant-Man
      Aquaman
      Arrival
      Austin Powers In Goldmember
      Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery
      Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me
      Avengers - Endgame
      Avengers - Infinity War
      Baby Driver
      Batman and Robin
      Batman Forever
      Batman
      Batman Returns
      Big Hero 6
      Black Panther
      Bohemian Rhapsody
      Brave
      Captain Amercia - Civil War
      Captain America - The First Avenger
      Captain America - The Winter Soldier
      Captain Marvel (2019)
      Cars 2
      Cars 3
      Cars
      Cinderella (Live Action)
      Close Encounters of the Third Kind 40th Anniversary Edition
      Deadpool 2
      Deadpool
      Detective Pikachu
      Doctor Sleep
      Doctor Strange
      Everything Everywhere All At Once
      Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald
      Finding Dory
      Finding Nemo
      First Man
      From Up on Poppy Hill
      Frozen II
      Frozen
      Gemini Man
      Godzilla (1998)
      Godzilla - King of the Monsters
      Gremlins
      Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1
      Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
      Halloween
      Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
      Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
      Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
      Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
      Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
      Howl's Moving Castle
      Incredibles 2
      Incredibles
      Inside Out
      Interstellar
      Iron Man 2
      Iron Man 3
      Iron Man
      IT (2018)
      John Wick 3 - Parabellum
      John Wick - Chapter 2
      John Wick
      Joker (2019)
      Jumanji (1995)
      Jurassic Park III
      Jurassic Park
      Jurassic Park - The Lost World
      Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom
      Jurassic World
      Kiki's Delivery Service
      Kingsman - The Golden Circle
      Kingsman - The Secret Service
      Logan
      Maleficent - Mistress of Evil
      Maleficent
      Mary Poppins Returns
      Moana
      Monsters, Inc
      Monsters University
      My Neighbor Totoro
      Pacific Rim Uprising
      Paprika
      Ponyo
      Ratatouille
      Robin Hood
      Spider-Man - Homecoming
      Spider-Man - Into the Spider-Verse
      Spirited Away
      Starship Troopers
      Star Trek - Beyond
      Star Trek - Into Darkness
      Star Trek (2009)
      Tangled
      The Cat Returns
      The Expendables 2
      The Expendables 3
      The Expendables
      The Good Dinosaur
      The Hulk
      The Jungle Book
      The Karate Kid (1984)
      The Lion King (Live Action)
      The Lion King
      The Little Mermaid
      The Matrix
      The Matrix -  Reloaded
      The Matrix -  Revolutions
      The Predator
      The Princess and the Frog
      The Secret Life of Pets 2
      The Secret World of Arrietty
      The Shining
      The Wizard of Oz
      Thor
      Thor - The Dark World
      Toy Story 2
      Toy Story 3
      Toy Story 4
      Toy Story
      Turning Red
      Up
      Us
      Venom (2018)
      Wall-E
      Waterworld (2019)
      Wonder Woman
      Wreck-It Ralph
      Zootopia