It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Systemlord_FlaUsh on 2025-01-29 03:47:04.

I'm considering if I can downsize my movie collection with AV1 in order to save storage space and therefore the need for more HDDs. Did anyone do the above mentioned step, especially for 4K rips and was it worth it for you?

I also consider using my 4700U laptop to do this, otherwise I have only a 9700X/5700 XT system at the moment but I guess it will take forever, if not days. The laptop just draws 15 W and it would mean no problem letting it render 24/7 as it doesn't get hot or loud either. I would not mind if it took months or a year to complete the effort, it would slowly free storage space as I would begin with the biggest movies.