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:
- Smaller file size (obviously)
- Image quality good enough that I cannot spot the difference, even on a high-end TV or projector
- Preserved audio
- 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?
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?
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 Zootopiayeah, I would redownload all of those instead of transcoding. They are all available with very good encodes publicly
Unmanic is way easier to understand than Tdarr. I use it to transcode DVR recordings recorded using Plex and a HDHomeRun tuner. Digital TV uses MPEG2 which has pretty large file sizes.
Just FYI, despite what media companies would like you to believe, making copies of media you own for your own use is not piracy. It’s allowed by law under fair use.
Consider online file converters. Just pay for a month or two, obviously need a good internet connection.
