# Movie Sizes (MP4)

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-sizes-mp4/576615>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-mac\
**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-sizes-mp4/576615 "2020-04-18T15:07:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![briantleonard\_hotmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@briantleonard\_hotmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/briantleonard_hotmail_com)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-sizes-mp4/576615/1 "2020-04-18T15:07:11Z")

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Does anyone know why the file sizes for the movies I have ripped vary so much? I have about 200 DVDs and ordered a 1 TB external hard drive, but now I am wondering if I should get 2 TB external hard drive instead.

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**Author:** ![briantleonard\_hotmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@briantleonard\_hotmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/briantleonard_hotmail_com)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-sizes-mp4/576615/2 "2020-04-18T15:19:01Z")

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I’m using TuneFab DVD Ripper by the way.

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**Author:** ![kwodz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@kwodz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kwodz)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-sizes-mp4/576615/3 "2020-04-18T17:55:01Z")

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Without knowing exactly what settings you are using to rip/transcode the videos, it’s hard to say. But, assuming it is using constant rate factor (CRF), the file size will be as big as it has to be to ‘look good’. There is a lot of God info on the h264/5 encoders at the following : [https://slhck.info/video/2017/02/24/crf-guide.html](https://slhck.info/video/2017/02/24/crf-guide.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/movie-sizes-mp4/576615/4 "2020-07-17T17:55:03Z")

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