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The AI now shrinks my video files on its own and checks the picture stays good

Hard drive prices pushed him to shrink his video library instead of buying more space. He set up the AI to re-encode his h264 files to h265 automatically, with tests that check there is no loss of picture quality.

How it works

  1. Set up the re-encode job with AI
  2. Convert h264 files to h265 automatically
  3. Run automated tests on the results to check for loss of picture quality

Why it’s worth knowing

The files shrink in the background and the setup tests its own work, so he does not have to spot check every video.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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