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I don't consider hardisk now although I have tons of them. I keep multiple copies of those files but it is a pain in the ass to distribute the same backup to different disks simply because their R/W rate is too slow. After transfering files, I run validation program to make sure they are all right. These processes take me a week or so. And I have to do this regularly to ensure errors do not accumulate through time. Therefore now I want SSD but the price is still 4X of HDD per TB.

Slight degradation in quality is not my concern, since ultimately I use realtime upscaling tools to watch them. But I don't know how exactly H.265 affects the quality of a video.

By making the file smaller, I can 1) distribute to other disk faster, 2) validate correctness faster, 3) set a higher redundant rate because now I have more free space.

But the problem is will H.265 become obsolete before it becomes infrastructure. You know AV1 is a better algorithm and companies are pushing it.

Or H.265 is not available in the future due to I don't know royalty issue or something like that?