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roughnecks

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Post Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:55 am

Transcoding for every file?

Hello,

I'm totally new to this so excuse my ignorance.
If transcoding is enabled, does it work with every file, even if they worked fine earlier without transcoding?

I mean, if I have some .avi which do not need transcoding and can be viewed just fine in my TV, when transcoding is enabled does it do its job even for those files?

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Post Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:13 pm

Re: Transcoding for every file?

roughnecks wrote:Hello,

I'm totally new to this so excuse my ignorance.
If transcoding is enabled, does it work with every file, even if they worked fine earlier without transcoding?

I mean, if I have some .avi which do not need transcoding and can be viewed just fine in my TV, when transcoding is enabled does it do its job even for those files?

Thanks


Welcome!

Simply enabling transcoding does not force all media to be transcoded. The profile selected for your TV is what determines what is transcoded and what is streamed natively. What make/model TV do you have, and what profile is assigned to it in the Serviio console?
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Post Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:15 pm

Re: Transcoding for every file?

I see. I'm using a Samsung TV and I set it to "Samsung TV / player (E/F-series)", so that should be enough :-)
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Post Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:13 am

Re: Transcoding for every file?

I'm looking at that profile, and there are several Matches lines for AVI files. If the video codec in use is h264, mjpeg or dvvideo, then they will be transcoded. I'm a little surprised by the h264 capture, but perhaps that old of a TV doesn't support H.264 video. I see it in a number of other Matches lines as well. I'd have to know the content of your AVI files to say for sure if they are being transcoded. But if they don't use one of those three video codecs, then it should be playing natively.
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Post Tue Oct 22, 2019 8:58 am

Re: Transcoding for every file?

I know for sure that h264 is supported, almost all of the content I watch is like that.

Here's an mkv example:

  Code:
[Informazioni video]
  Codec: AVC1 - Decoder FFmpeg interno(h264, Thread Frame)
  Tipo di input: AVC1(24 bits)
  Dimensioni input: 720 × 404(1.78:1)
  Tipo di output: NV12(12 bits)
  Dimensioni output: 720 × 404(1.78:1)
  Frequenza fotogrammi: 23.976
  BitRate: Sconosciuto

[Informazioni audio]
  Codec: Dolby AC3(0x2000) - Decoder FFmpeg interno(ac3)
  Frequenza di campionamento: 48000 ->48000 campionamenti/sec
  Bitrate: 0 ->16 bit/campionamento
  Canali: 2 ->2 canali
  Bitrate: 192 kbps


And, an avi

  Code:
[Informazioni video]
  Codec: XVID - Decoder FFmpeg interno(mpeg4)
  Tipo di input: XVID(12 bits)
  Dimensioni input: 720 × 304(2.37:1)
  Tipo di output: NV12(12 bits)
  Dimensioni output: 720 × 304(2.37:1)
  Frequenza fotogrammi: 24
  BitRate: 1479.03 kbps

[Informazioni audio]
  Codec: Dolby AC3(0x2000) - Decoder FFmpeg interno(ac3)
  Frequenza di campionamento: 48000 ->48000 campionamenti/sec
  Bitrate: 0 ->16 bit/campionamento
  Canali: 6 ->2 canali
  Bitrate: 448 kbps
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Post Tue Oct 22, 2019 1:22 pm

Re: Transcoding for every file?

I have enabled transcoding for the first time and played a couple videos; CPU usage was "normal", so I guess no transcoding was happening and that's what I hoped.
Soon I'll get a new rig so maybe I'll enable the function again and let it stay.
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Post Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:28 pm

Re: Transcoding for every file?

Both of those look fine for most players. If transcoding is enabled and you aren't seeing a CPU load near 100%, then it's not transcoding. :D
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Post Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:03 pm

Re: Transcoding for every file?

Thanks for your help!

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