2011-06-26, 23:12
I'm searching for ideas.
I am about to hit the wall on how much data I can put on my NAS. Down to my last 40GB.
My wife will kill me if I by another 2TB drive. That would be the third this year. So, for the sake of conversation, let's assume that isn't an option.
I currently have all my movies in their original formats(.VOB). Everything is nicely arranged in folders by name and year and sucking up an aproximate 4.5GB each. There in lies my problem. I have started converting them all to .MKV using handbrake and passing through all the audio which reduces the file sizes to about 1G. That is very nice, but the question I am struggling with, is do I or don't I delete the original files.
Not to sound like a hoarder, but I a large part of me doesn't wanna get rid of it. What happens if there is an error in a movie, I want to burn it to DVD...
Am I totally out of my mind? What do you guys do with your video collection?
Is there a slick way of zip filing the .VOB structure so that I can keep it? My initial attempts at .zip with these files had 4% compression - not exactly a solution.
I appreciate your input.
TRP
I am about to hit the wall on how much data I can put on my NAS. Down to my last 40GB.
My wife will kill me if I by another 2TB drive. That would be the third this year. So, for the sake of conversation, let's assume that isn't an option.
I currently have all my movies in their original formats(.VOB). Everything is nicely arranged in folders by name and year and sucking up an aproximate 4.5GB each. There in lies my problem. I have started converting them all to .MKV using handbrake and passing through all the audio which reduces the file sizes to about 1G. That is very nice, but the question I am struggling with, is do I or don't I delete the original files.
Not to sound like a hoarder, but I a large part of me doesn't wanna get rid of it. What happens if there is an error in a movie, I want to burn it to DVD...
Am I totally out of my mind? What do you guys do with your video collection?
Is there a slick way of zip filing the .VOB structure so that I can keep it? My initial attempts at .zip with these files had 4% compression - not exactly a solution.
I appreciate your input.
TRP