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    From MIKE POWELL@618:250/2 to SEAN DENNIS on Sat Feb 7 08:24:00 2026
    Trying to synchronize the three HDDs I use to keep my multimedia collection o and I found I had several movies in .ts (MPEG-TS) format from decades ago. ffmpeg to the rescue! Been spending my evening converting those .ts files to *mp4s and learning to use rsync to make sure I have everything synced. Those *ts files, once converted, clean up very nicely.

    Wow, I am not sure I ever even knew that format existed. Does converting
    them save you some space?

    Sometimes the most mundane things can be interesting.

    Indeed they can. ;)

    Mike
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  • From Sean Dennis@618:618/1 to MIKE POWELL on Sun Feb 8 00:59:03 2026
    Hello MIKE,

    07 Feb 26 08:24, you wrote to me:

    Wow, I am not sure I ever even knew that format existed. Does
    converting them save you some space?

    No, it doubles the size, but it is also much higher quality.

    -- Sean

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