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Do you have a separate 4k library? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A new TV offers the possibility to watch 4k movies to me. I am thinking about upgrading my library but I'm not sure if I want to replace my 1080 collection. I've read that some use a separate 4k library.

Do you? How do you deal with it? I mostly add movies with trakt and radarr automatically. Do you use separate accounts?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think people who have separate libraries don't have access to hardware transcoding, or prefer not to use it. That's the only reason I can see for it. My library is fully mixed, if a connection or device cannot support the resolution or codec, my server will transcode it in real time. Is transcoding the best quality? No, but if it's transcoding because a device can't handle higher quality I'm unlikely to notice the difference between a 1080p file and a live transcode of a 2160p file. We don't have a ton of TVs in the house and the main event TV is high enough quality that I'm now downloading most things in UHD.

This is the perspective of someone with a dedicated 24/7 media server with plenty of storage that is easily expanded.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or we don’t have the upload pipe for it. Or both.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most people would be streaming to another TV in their home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The OP and I are talking about hosting video for people outside our homes. I have many friends and family who use my Plex server all over the world

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OP doesn't say anything about that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I meant the OP of the comment I’m referring to, wrong terminology I guess

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You and I are the only two people in this thread, that's why I was confused.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Clearly I am confused too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well I guess we're in good company then. lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Indeed