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Netflix officially removes Basic - the cheapest ad-free tier (m.gsmarena.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Netflix execs needs a new jet.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (18 children)

Cool, I was planning to cancel this month anyway. I just finished ripping all of our DVDs and Blurays, so I have quite a bit of content ready to go. I have told my wife and kids I'll buy whatever they want, within reason, and rip it to our private streaming service. I think we'll end up saving quite a bit of money eventually this way, and we have no ads with our self-hosted video service.

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

I've tried ripping my DVDs and can't get it to work. Can you share details on how you did that?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I use Handbrake or MakeMKV depending on the disc. MakeMKV I mostly use for Bluray, Sometimes the odd DVD doesn't work correctly with Handbrake.

In Handbrake, I just select the Quality and keep original Audio source, I've not needed to change any of settings.

If you use MakeMKV, Its "raw" so large file size (Some Bluray files I've had are like 40GB), You can run that file through Handbrake to reduce it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This may be more involved than most people are willing to go but just wanna add:

This can be painfully slow without a dedicated GPU. Even low-mid range dedicated is gonna be a huge upgrade over CPU or integrated GPU so get one of those (if you can) or prepare to leave it overnight.
I recommend playing with Handbrake settings a little. Use options with HEVC (x265) or AV1 for significantly smaller file sizes at the same level of quality. If you're leaning towards x265, an Nvidia card using the NVENC option is gonna be significantly faster.
Handbrake has a preview feature which outputs a 30 second segment at the given settings. Very useful if you wanna tune the quality/file size.

Bonus: Look into Jellyfin for a streaming service like interface

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I should try Handbrake. I've been using MakeMKV and Movavi. If you can rip and convert in Handbrake all at once, that would save me a bunch of time.

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