On 08/12/18 01:42, Stuart Henderson wrote:
On 2018-08-12, John Long <codeb...@inbox.lv> wrote:
I don't get why anybody would want transcoding in 2018.
They don't usually *want* transcoding but are forced to do it by poor
codec support on client devices.
Exactly. The only reason I use Serviio is for the on the fly transcoding
and remuxing. It is nice as it allows me to watch my not-insubstantial
Divx collection on non divx certified devices. For example, I have a few
BDP-S5200 bluray players that only support h264 in an m2ts container.
Rather than remuxing my >4TB mkv library, Serviio will instead remux my
mkv into m2ts containers on the fly whenever I happen to be watching
something from my bluray player. Remuxing has no quality loss, it only
moves the video encoding into a container format that is compatible with
your device. Serviio will only transcode files as a last resort.
Similarly, I have a few Xbox 360's which only support avi and WMV video
containers, and mp3 for audio over dlna. I would rather have reduced
quality from transcoding, than no quality content at all. The
transcoding feature is also useful for ensuring compatibility on all
browsers when using the integrated HTML5 media player. At the end of the
day, it all comes down to being able to ensure codec compatibility among
devices with wildly varying codec support.
