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What exactly is transcoding?
Hi, I'm looking to dive into ReadyNAS and get all of my pictures and music somewhere central so they're shared across all of my devices. As a bonus, and something I don't do today, I'd also like t...
StephenB wrote: However, there are a lot of non-compliant H.264 MKVs floating around.
I'd be ripping my own DVDs, so I suspect I'm not worried about things that are "floating around" since I'd be able to control the format I suspect (but I'm new to this...)
StephenB wrote: However, you don't necessarily have to use real-time transcoding. Another option is to convert your media offline into something your devices can play.
Thank you - this line helps clarify a ton for me. It sounds like so long as I rip into a format that the players support, I'd be fine. This wasn't the way my mind was working - I was thinking that some devices just weren't going to stream, but I guess that's not really the case.
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