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ukbobboy
Aug 04, 2014Luminary
Running Plex Media Server on my ReadyNAS
Hi Guys The following questions may seem silly but everything stems from wanting to turn my ReadyNAS Duo V2 into a media server, here we go: Specifications:- Model: ReadyNAS Duo v2 Firmware: R...
StephenB
Aug 05, 2014Guru - Experienced User
Transcoding reduces the streaming quality, it never improves it.
ukbobboy wrote: ...although I want to stream movies from my NAS to my Samsung TV the streaming quality just would not be good enough.
There are two benefits:
(a) transcoding in the server can be used when the player isn't capable of decoding the original file
(b) transcoding in the server can improve delivery (reduce or eliminate pauses) when the network isn't fast enough.
Either way, the audio and video quality drops some. The changes might be small, and and in some cases not easily perceived. But the output can't be higher quality than than the original input.
I'm not sure if either applies to your Samsung TV.
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