I recently started building a movie/show collection again on my home NAS.

I know that generally H.265 files can be 25-50% less bitrate than H.264 and be the same or better quality. But what’s the golden zone for both types? 10 Mbps for a 1080p H.264 movie? And would it be like 5 Mbps for H.265 1080p to be on par with H.264? What about 4K?

For file size: would it be 25GB for a 2 hour 1080p movie to be near or at original Blu-Ray/digital quality?

  • HulksInvinciblePants@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I think you can safely remove about half the native bitrate and be perfectly within the range of “indiscernible”. I don’t like to think of H.265 as a means to use a lower bittrate. I like to use it to retain more quality at sensible rates. 25-30mbps is fine for most content, with a more prized movie getting a bit more overhead. Deleting non-used tracks and the likes is also a plus.