I have a DVD hard copy, but no DVD player. Anyway, I found the DVD online and downloaded it, only problem is it’s a 7GB mkv. Is there a method to shrink it down by around 6GB?

  • sabreW4K3OPEnglish
    1·
    5 months ago

    Thanks, is there an app you would recommend to do it?

    • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
      7·
      5 months ago

      I personally use ffmpeg on the command line, but I think there are some apps that add an UI for easier use.

      Plex media server can also do some pre-set conversions. Either way you probably want to do that on a computer, it take a couple of hours to convert a movie even on my i9 CPU.

      • sabreW4K3OPEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        I’ll leave it running over night 😭

        Thank you.

    • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      I would recommend FFShare, it is free and open source, but not available on google play store.

      With h.265 and 480p, you should be able to shrink the video file by quite a lot. You need to set these settings first before selecting a file.