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?

  • William@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    If you’re only watching on 1 TV, I don’t think there’s any reason to keep them a separate 4k library. And if your server can handle transcoding easily, there’s still not much reason.

    If you have an often-used second (or third, etc) TV with lower resolution and your server doesn’t handle transcoding well, then it’s probably worth keeping them separate.

    I’ve also started to disagree with the guide about file size. I don’t think I can tell the difference, and I’m not trying to preserve media for the future. So long as the video has the features I want, I think just about any file size is fine.

    • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
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      9 months ago

      If you’re only watching on 1 TV, I don’t think there’s any reason to keep them a separate 4k library

      The only problem is that Radarr doesn’t support multiple copies/editions. You need to run two Radarr instances.

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Why wouldn’t you just have the 4k versions then? It’s not like 1080p screens are making a comeback.

        • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I have kids that like to stream on their own devices, and they’re not all 4K. Saves my server from overworking itself by not having to transcode.