*Bump*
I don't think I ever got a good answer on this. This should not turn into a discussion about if my hardware can handle it or not.
According to this page, it's possible to transcode audio on the fly, so why not video on the fly?
http://www.twonkyforum.com/mediawiki/in ... ranscoding
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- Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:51 pm
- Forum: TwonkyServer
- Topic: Transcoding on the fly
- Replies: 14
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- Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:08 pm
- Forum: TwonkyServer
- Topic: Transcoding on the fly
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11571
Re: Transcoding on the fly
Yes, sometimes remuxing and changing container is enough, and sometimes a full transcode is necessary. My source videos are in general DV/AVI, AVCHD Lite/mpeg and x264/mpeg4. I want them transcoded on the fly to supported formats for my PS3, smartphones and tablets. I do not want to store a copy of ...
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:16 pm
- Forum: TwonkyServer
- Topic: Transcoding on the fly
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11571
Re: Transcoding on the fly
[quote="DaemonBeetle"]Transcoding on the fly is non-trivial. You'd need a top specification Intel i7 system to keep up with it for HD (and even then it probably wouldn't). It is much, much, more efficient to transcode it once and then stream that repeatedly.[/quote] Transcoding on the fly works perf...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:40 am
- Forum: TwonkyServer
- Topic: Transcoding on the fly
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11571
Transcoding on the fly
Hi, I just realized after purchasing the license, that the TwonkyServer does not support transcoding of videos on the fly. Are you serious that the server will try to transcode all of my GBs of video, and store a copy of these files on my HDD? This is not what I call "transcoding support" in a media...