2011-02-02, 15:44
Hey folks!
I know this is a topic that has widely been discussed: but to be honest, I couldn't figure out which way was the best for my purpose.
I am working on my new htpc basing on an acer aspire zg5 netbook. As one of several options how to finally choose my hardware I am thinking of only using a 500gb hdd, which can easily be plugged in instead of the 160gb hdd actually installed. As the netbook motherboard has, of course, no other sata-ports, this would be my total disc space available, meaning I do matter about movie file sizes.
I am watching movies on a projector (optoma hd700x), which can only display at a resolution of 1280x720 (hd720p), so storing at a 1080p-format doesn't make any sense to me.
Right now, from my second system, I have some high resolution mkv-container files at 1080p. What would you suggest as the best format to store those files? I prefer easy converting methods, a high resolution, and would appreciate having several audio channels in different languages as I do have now. Is DVD video format a way to go? If so, using anydvd-HD? I think at an average file movie size of 4-5gb it would be fine, but not much more.
Thanks for any help and/or suggestions!
I know this is a topic that has widely been discussed: but to be honest, I couldn't figure out which way was the best for my purpose.
I am working on my new htpc basing on an acer aspire zg5 netbook. As one of several options how to finally choose my hardware I am thinking of only using a 500gb hdd, which can easily be plugged in instead of the 160gb hdd actually installed. As the netbook motherboard has, of course, no other sata-ports, this would be my total disc space available, meaning I do matter about movie file sizes.
I am watching movies on a projector (optoma hd700x), which can only display at a resolution of 1280x720 (hd720p), so storing at a 1080p-format doesn't make any sense to me.
Right now, from my second system, I have some high resolution mkv-container files at 1080p. What would you suggest as the best format to store those files? I prefer easy converting methods, a high resolution, and would appreciate having several audio channels in different languages as I do have now. Is DVD video format a way to go? If so, using anydvd-HD? I think at an average file movie size of 4-5gb it would be fine, but not much more.
Thanks for any help and/or suggestions!