u/Ryland301

So I have media from my discs that I run through handbrake to compress to take up less space on my plex server. I've been making a compressed 4K version and 1080p version of all my 4k titles. However, the two files are usually within 2-3GB in size of each other. I'm wondering if it's really worth it in any scenario to keep the 1080p and 4k versions of the file versus just keeping the 4k and letting it transcode if needed. The server has an rtx 3060 in it if that makes a difference in this situation.

I use this preset on everything 4k and have never had this issue. I don't know why. The output is seemingly cropped with black bars on the left and right when viewing in VLC. Changing anamorphic to auto (even though I want it off) and checking allow upscaling at the same time will set the final dimensions to the correct 3840x2160 16:9 aspect ratio, but there are still black bars, at least when I did a preview with those settings.

Any advice on what I'm doing wrong here or what the issue could be would be greatly appreciated.