Recorded streams take space. Compression reduces space. Lossless compression keeps quality. Lossy compression reduces quality. Choose wisely.
Compression is trade-off. Your IPTV Reseller Panel provider's stream is already compressed. Re-compressing loses quality.
British IPTV compression options vary. Your IPTV Reseller Panel reseller's H264 stream can be re-encoded to H265.
An IPTV Reseller Panel outputs H264 or H265. H265 is more efficient.
Here are compression methods. Lossless: x264 with crf 0. Same quality. 20-30 percent smaller. Lossy high quality: x265 crf 18. 50-70 percent smaller. Minimal visible loss. Lossy medium quality: x265 crf 23. 80-90 percent smaller. Noticeable loss on large screens.
One subscriber re-encoded his British IPTV recordings from H264 to H265. 1 TB of recordings became 300 GB. Quality loss was barely visible on his 55-inch TV.
The pattern that keeps showing up is this. H265 is better than H264. Same quality at half bitrate. If your device supports H265 playback, use it.
Here is the thing. Use Handbrake. Free. Easy. Select H265. Choose constant quality. RF 18 for near-lossless. RF 22 for good balance.
Another tip. Archive in original format. Keep master copy. Compress a working copy. If compression is too aggressive, you still have master.
British IPTV compression is storage management. Your IPTV Reseller Panel provider's stream is source. Your compressed copy is derivative. Balance quality and space.