Directv genie setup

[DenyAll]

No problem. If you set the debug level to DEBUG you can also see the ffmpeg command being invoked (not sure if you see this in TRACE). From that you can easily tell if the video/audio is being copied or transcoded - if the ffmpeg command contains -c:v copy then the video stream is being copied; and likewise if the invoked command contains -c:a copy the audio stream is being copied. The magic word is "copy" - if there is anything else other than the word "copy" after the -c:v or -c:a command then it is being transcoded.

Useful information, thank you again, especially for not giving a non-linear reply such as "Why not just buy a SMART tv or use Chromecast, etc..." I enjoy the challenging path

For your amusement, the longer story is:

'Have a 50" Sony r50xbr1 (rear projected LCD) manufactured just prior to SMART software inclusion. Also have the newest Genie DVR and a Philips blu-ray which (again) was manufactured just prior to standardized smart software. It plays DivX/XVid 4/5/6 and mpegs, the former in AVI containers but no x.264 or mp4 containers. It'll read video files of these formats from data-formatted DVDs but not from DVD-DLs, limiting file sizes. It'll also read from a USB thumb drive but I had none over 1GB. I also have a broken burner in my laptop which won't burn video DLs/BRs.

So, of course, rather than spend less than $50 for any of many solutions, the need for the most complex and cumbersome solution was irresistible.

Apologies for minor deviation from OP thread.

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Dennyall & DougF any more on this setup ?