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    Converting MKVs to MP4: Would This Decrease File Size?

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    • NicN
      Nic
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      MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles 🙂

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      • ?
        A Former User @Nic
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        @Nic said:

        MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles 🙂

        So now we know where AJ got these torrent-ed files..

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch @A Former User
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          @thecreativeone91 said:

          @Nic said:

          MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles 🙂

          So now we know where AJ got these torrent-ed files..

          Already known as he has posted about it blatantly more than once.

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          • coliverC
            coliver @Nic
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            @Nic said:

            MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles 🙂

            I've gotten MKVs from some legitimate sources... but since it is a FOSS alternative it is being used to package a lot of pirated media.

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            • tonyshowoffT
              tonyshowoff
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              I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @Nic
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                @Nic said:

                MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles 🙂

                This is true...quite true.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @tonyshowoff
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                  @tonyshowoff said:

                  I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

                  More like brutally destroying the quality.

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                  • thanksajdotcomT
                    thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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                    @thecreativeone91 said:

                    @Nic said:

                    MKV is pretty well adopted in piracy circles 🙂

                    So now we know where AJ got these torrent-ed files..

                    Not denying nor admitting to anything...

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      Bigger drive is definitely the better answer. Not free, but drive space is pretty cheap and a permanent solution. Doing handbreak work requires a tremendous amount of disk and CPU resources. I've done this a lot for my own movie collection compression and the amount of time and effort that it takes is absolutely crazy.

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                        thanksajdotcom @tonyshowoff
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                        @tonyshowoff said:

                        I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

                        You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

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                          A Former User @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @tonyshowoff said:

                          I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

                          More like brutally destroying the quality.

                          Especially considering the source. They likely have been transcoded a few times already.

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                            A Former User @thanksajdotcom
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                            @thanksajdotcom said:

                            @tonyshowoff said:

                            I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

                            You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

                            Then you didn't read the content of them.

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                            • thanksajdotcomT
                              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Bigger drive is definitely the better answer. Not free, but drive space is pretty cheap and a permanent solution. Doing handbreak work requires a tremendous amount of disk and CPU resources. I've done this a lot for my own movie collection compression and the amount of time and effort that it takes is absolutely crazy.

                              I have a non-NAS external drive I ordered a power cord for. The original got lost somehow. I'm going to network it via the USB port on the other NAS, as I have a WD MyPassport (500GB) being used by the main NAS. I think the Seagate GoFlex that I'm doing this with is 2TB, but it may be 3. It'll be a good landing platform for the compressed/multi-archive downloads I get that I then extract onto the final destination.

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                              • thanksajdotcomT
                                thanksajdotcom @A Former User
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                                @thecreativeone91 said:

                                @thanksajdotcom said:

                                @tonyshowoff said:

                                I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

                                You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

                                Then you didn't read the content of them.

                                I did. But he's Tony over here and Antal? over there...I think.

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                                • tonyshowoffT
                                  tonyshowoff @thanksajdotcom
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                                  @thanksajdotcom said:

                                  @thecreativeone91 said:

                                  @thanksajdotcom said:

                                  @tonyshowoff said:

                                  I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

                                  You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

                                  Then you didn't read the content of them.

                                  I did. But he's Tony over here and Antal? over there...I think.

                                  Yeah, I got all alias here, so the cops can't stay on my trail.

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                                  • thanksajdotcomT
                                    thanksajdotcom @tonyshowoff
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                                    @tonyshowoff said:

                                    @thanksajdotcom said:

                                    @thecreativeone91 said:

                                    @thanksajdotcom said:

                                    @tonyshowoff said:

                                    I answered this on Spiceworks already, but for the sake of cross posting since you did, I will say again: get a new drive, lowering quality is always a terrible idea, you can't go from lossy to lossy without destroying quality.

                                    You did? I don't see the response, unless I'm just not recognizing your handle over there.

                                    Then you didn't read the content of them.

                                    I did. But he's Tony over here and Antal? over there...I think.

                                    Yeah, I got all alias here, so the cops can't stay on my trail.

                                    ROFL

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