Bigmack3000 84 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Is there any real upside to converting dvd rips to h264, or is it fine leaving them as mpeg2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 736 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 If you're going to convert them you might as well convert them to h.265 / HEVC. Sent from my SM-G960U1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 If you're going to convert them you might as well convert them to h.265 / HEVC. Sent from my SM-G960U1 using Tapatalk Not necessarily. 264 is much more compatible right now and transcoding 265 to 264 can be quite expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 736 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Cost really depends on which way you look at it. Do you want to buy more drives or better processors and GPU's but eventually you run out of drive space without adding more storage cases/racks. Then there's the case for using client hardware that supports h.265. More and more support it now and as the big guys such as Netflix nix their services on older hardware more and more will support it too. I'm thinking towards preparing the library for the future here. As a side note, I see no difference converting mpeg2.ts to h265.mkv over h264.mkv using Handbrake in MCEBuddy; IE conversion times are typically the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 As a side note, I see no difference converting mpeg2.ts to h265.mkv over h264.mkv using Handbrake in MCEBuddy; IE conversion times are typically the same. It is the other way (265->264) that is more resource intensive... It just isn't a blanket statement that 265 is "better" right now. It depends on a lot of factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14913 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 OP - the answer to your original question is "it depends" as well. x264 is more widely supported right now than mpeg2 so it may be beneficial to make this conversion. It just depends on your devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy 736 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I can't argue with the experts!! LOL I get what you're saying but I'm going that route to save on my dwindling drive space. I have some odd 25 to 30 TB mostly h.264 and I don't want to buy more drives. I've started to prefer HEVC to conserve space. I guess that's part of the reason I added a GTX 1060 to my system. It's a small cost and I'm not seeing much in the way of performance degradation. I'm recording between 5 and 10 or more shows a day and things are running smoothly for the most part, even with some outside clients transcoding and MCEBuddy running two simultaneous conversions on half throttle (2 of 4 cores). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I'd say yes, convert them. Part of the conversion process will deinterlace the media. So you'll never have to worry about whether your player can deinterlace. It'll just play much better. And mpeg2 is just antiquated, and poor quality. When converting, you can also use filters to 'deblock', and improve picture quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmack3000 84 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 Thanks for the advice, everyone! Would Emby convert de-interlace / deblock, or am I better going through handbrake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37067 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Yes it will deinterlace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamB 2352 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I can't argue with the experts!! LOL I don't think anyone here is claiming to be experts. I agree there are a lot of factors in converting any media from on coded to another. Lossy compression to lossy compression is even more complex. https://www.quora.com/Should-I-convert-my-H-264-videos-to-HVEC-H-265-to-save-space-Will-I-lose-quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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