# I Freed Up 700GB+ Converting my Videos Using Tdarr

DevFeed: [I Freed Up 700GB+ Converting my Videos Using Tdarr](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/i-freed-up-700gb-converting-my-videos-using-tdarr-10669.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/tadarr-server/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2022-04-16T15:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Transcodings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transcodings.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>)

Tags: [arm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arm.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [homelab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homelab.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on using Tdarr with Docker and Windows to transcode videos with a GPU. The author reports converting a video collection to H.265 and saving more than 700 GB of disk space.

## Source excerpt

Tdarr is a distributed transcoding system that runs on on Windows, Mac, Linux, Arm, Docker, and even Unraid.It uses a server with one or more nodes to transcode videos into any format you like.Today, we'll set up the Docker and Windows version of Tdarr using a GPU to regain up to 50% of your disk space back.I converted my video collection using Tdarr to h265 and saved over 700 GB of disk space....