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most universally acceptable video file formats? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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For holiday gift I was thinking of making USB/microSDs full of TV/movies. The intended recipients are not tech savvy types. They would be using windows computers, normal TVs etc.

What kind of file formats/encodings would be good to package the files in? What is safe and universally usable? And which ones are to be avoided? I'd like to guarentee they'll play without any fooling around with drivers or software.

And I want them to be as small as possible so that I can fit more stuff.

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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

I’ve found x265 is pretty universally supported in 2025

Keep in mind, that most folks may still have their 30-40" TVs from the early 2010s...
They can do H.265 but will seriously struggle with a higher bitrate