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MangioneDontMiss@lemm.ee 3 days agoRight now I have about 3000 movies, mostly 4k, and 500 TV shows. As well as a pretty music library. No room for the hentai.
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Then I see why you need moar disks. But seriously, are you ever gonna watch 3000 movies and 500 TV series?
That’s about 25000 hours of content. If you watch 3 hours per day it will take you 23 years to watch it all.
Are you okay, brother?
dmention7@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Honestly, I get it. If you have a relatively small stash of media, say a couple TB worth, you can pretty easily say "well I watched this movie, so I’ll delete it and make room for the next. When you get into the 10’s of TB range, the mindset has switched from it being a dynamic, temporary library to a repository. And it becomes easier just to plug in another 10-20TB drive occasionally, rather than trying to curate thousands of movies and shows.
I can see both sides though. There’s definitely something to be said for being deliberate about the media you consume–and therefore only needing enough storage for your immediate viewing plans. I’m not quite into the 100TB range with my library, but I definitely have moments where I feel like having so many options makes any given option seem less appealing.
MangioneDontMiss@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I’ve almost entirely ditched streaming because of my library. Only service I still subscribe to is crunchyroll. I also run a plex server and share access with my family, so it’s got its uses. Its not just me watching all of it. But I’m probably adding around 5 movies/tv shows to my server almost every day. The threat of ever dwindling disk space looms large.
dmention7@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Same here. I initially had high hopes that my family would take advantage, but apparently my parents would rather bug my siblings monthly for their Hulu/Netflix/Max/Disney+/Prime logins than install Plex or Jellyfin lol.
MangioneDontMiss@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Not sure how you’re doing your match, but I’ve probably watched about 85% of it. And a lot of it I’ve watched multiple times.
But no. I am not ok. lol.