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Most preferred way to stream to TV?
I have a ReadyNAS 104. I'd like to stream avi and mp4 files from it to my TV. They are both connected to the network. What's the most preferred way of doing that? I'm guessing one way of doing it i...
Hi StephenB
Thanks for sharing the results of your findings, I will try to relay what I initially realised about the converter (I will use your four point system to avoid confusion):
Point a) Believe it or not, a small minority of FLV files will play without the need for transcoding or converting but, unfortunately, the majority will not.
As for remuxing, apart from what I have just looked up, I must admit that I don't really know what that is. Consequently, if there is an automatic software tool that can "remux" a non-playable FLV into playable one then I would be more than happy to give it a go.
Point b) Yes, the screen sizes initially caused me a problem because my first couple of tries got me screen sizes of 1280 x 800 or ones that produced screen sizes that were too small for my screen, so by going through the various options I settled on 800x 480 as a reasonable compromise.
Point c) You said:
I must admit that I have not noticed any abnormalities when streaming files to my TV but as most TVs nowadays are made for the international market, have the ability to switch from US mode (NTSC) to UK (PAL) etc. then US film or TV frame speeds should not be a problem.
As a side issue, my Now TV box switches my TV into US coding mode by default.
Point d) As you probably guessed, I was not aware that the software tool increased the encoding from 400 kbits to 2 mbits, this is likely where the increase in file-size comes from.
Finally, if you can direct me to a remuxing tool that can change a FLV file to an MP4 (or playable FLV), especially if you have used it before, then I will be more than interested.
regards
UK Bob
Thanks for sharing the results of your findings, I will try to relay what I initially realised about the converter (I will use your four point system to avoid confusion):
Point a) Believe it or not, a small minority of FLV files will play without the need for transcoding or converting but, unfortunately, the majority will not.
As for remuxing, apart from what I have just looked up, I must admit that I don't really know what that is. Consequently, if there is an automatic software tool that can "remux" a non-playable FLV into playable one then I would be more than happy to give it a go.
Point b) Yes, the screen sizes initially caused me a problem because my first couple of tries got me screen sizes of 1280 x 800 or ones that produced screen sizes that were too small for my screen, so by going through the various options I settled on 800x 480 as a reasonable compromise.
Point c) You said:
The tool also appears to be converting the frame rate from US film speed (23.97 fps) to US television speed (29.97 fps).
I must admit that I have not noticed any abnormalities when streaming files to my TV but as most TVs nowadays are made for the international market, have the ability to switch from US mode (NTSC) to UK (PAL) etc. then US film or TV frame speeds should not be a problem.
As a side issue, my Now TV box switches my TV into US coding mode by default.
Point d) As you probably guessed, I was not aware that the software tool increased the encoding from 400 kbits to 2 mbits, this is likely where the increase in file-size comes from.
Finally, if you can direct me to a remuxing tool that can change a FLV file to an MP4 (or playable FLV), especially if you have used it before, then I will be more than interested.
regards
UK Bob
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