Video Steaming (in home)
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@brandon220 said in Video Steaming (in home):
On the ripping software and Plex, I have everything set to the highest it will allow. I think it all goes back to the ripping but I am not sure.
What hardware is your Plex server on? You basically have to transcode on the Plex server unless you're playing on a semi-modern computer. It's my understanding that not many inexpensive streaming devices have the processing power to do on-the-fly transcoding, and if your Plex is on a NAS or something, that's probably not powerful enough to do the transcoding either.
It sounds like you're ripping and transcoding all in the same program. How big are the finished files? If you're transcoding at the highest possible level, you'd just be straight ripping the Bluray and the files would be like 30+ GB per file. If you're compressing bluray the finished files could be ~3GB depending on the movie, and DVD ~1GB, which would still be really good quality.
I haven't done this in a while but I used to use MakeMKV to rip, and HandBrake to transcode. Both of them used to be free. I've never been disappointed in the quality going this route.
Here's a pretty good rundown of processing power that you need to transcode
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201774043-What-kind-of-CPU-do-I-need-for-my-Server- -
Plex is running as an Ubuntu Server (17.04) VM in Hyper-V Server 2016. Going off memory - I believe it has 4 vCPU and 8G RAM. It seems to transcode fine and can support multiple streams.
I'll have to try playing it directly off a PC this evening.
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@brandon220 said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dafyre On the ripping software and Plex, I have everything set to the highest it will allow. I think it all goes back to the ripping but I am not sure.
Ripping does not produce MP4s. If you have MP4s, you are transcoding, just not on the fly.
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@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
Interesting thread.
I've never fully understood the converted not converted thing.
I read last night about codec H.264, etc but I'm lost.
Isn't anything on a digital medium converted from the analog world we live in?
One thing I was reading was saying that using Handbrake to make a H.264 file would produce a 2 GB file while using MakeMKV you make a MKV file that's 40 GB (this is based upon ripping SW EPIII Blu Ray).And now re-reading the article, I can't tell what codec the MKV is in.
/sigh
MKV and MP4 are nearly identical and don't matter at all. It's all what codec and what settings you convert to. Converting is the issue. If you concert, quality is lost.
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@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
Interesting thread.
I've never fully understood the converted not converted thing.
I read last night about codec H.264, etc but I'm lost.
Isn't anything on a digital medium converted from the analog world we live in?
One thing I was reading was saying that using Handbrake to make a H.264 file would produce a 2 GB file while using MakeMKV you make a MKV file that's 40 GB (this is based upon ripping SW EPIII Blu Ray).And now re-reading the article, I can't tell what codec the MKV is in.
/sigh
MKV and MP4 are nearly identical and don't matter at all. It's all what codec and what settings you convert to. Converting is the issue. If you concert, quality is lost.
It's just a question of how noticeable the loss is.
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@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
Interesting thread.
I've never fully understood the converted not converted thing.
I read last night about codec H.264, etc but I'm lost.
Isn't anything on a digital medium converted from the analog world we live in?
One thing I was reading was saying that using Handbrake to make a H.264 file would produce a 2 GB file while using MakeMKV you make a MKV file that's 40 GB (this is based upon ripping SW EPIII Blu Ray).And now re-reading the article, I can't tell what codec the MKV is in.
/sigh
MKV and MP4 are nearly identical and don't matter at all. It's all what codec and what settings you convert to. Converting is the issue. If you concert, quality is lost.
what type of file would you expect if you're ripping but not converting from a Blu Ray?
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@dashrender Bluray is in h.262 in a BDMV container...
I have great success with MakeMKV for blurays. It basically repackages the BDMV to MKV container. I also then reencode it into h.264 in an mkv container with Handbrake. (Optional, but I'll sacrifice the small quality difference I see for the substantially smaller file)
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I'm going to try MakeMKV later and see if there is a difference in the raw MKV file (noticeable) and then go from there.
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how did the file look when playing directly from a local computer?
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@dafyre said in Video Steaming (in home):
@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
Interesting thread.
I've never fully understood the converted not converted thing.
I read last night about codec H.264, etc but I'm lost.
Isn't anything on a digital medium converted from the analog world we live in?
One thing I was reading was saying that using Handbrake to make a H.264 file would produce a 2 GB file while using MakeMKV you make a MKV file that's 40 GB (this is based upon ripping SW EPIII Blu Ray).And now re-reading the article, I can't tell what codec the MKV is in.
/sigh
MKV and MP4 are nearly identical and don't matter at all. It's all what codec and what settings you convert to. Converting is the issue. If you concert, quality is lost.
It's just a question of how noticeable the loss is.
If there is value to the compression, it's very noticeable.
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@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
Interesting thread.
I've never fully understood the converted not converted thing.
I read last night about codec H.264, etc but I'm lost.
Isn't anything on a digital medium converted from the analog world we live in?
One thing I was reading was saying that using Handbrake to make a H.264 file would produce a 2 GB file while using MakeMKV you make a MKV file that's 40 GB (this is based upon ripping SW EPIII Blu Ray).And now re-reading the article, I can't tell what codec the MKV is in.
/sigh
MKV and MP4 are nearly identical and don't matter at all. It's all what codec and what settings you convert to. Converting is the issue. If you concert, quality is lost.
what type of file would you expect if you're ripping but not converting from a Blu Ray?
MP4, but we are talking about DVDs here.
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@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
Interesting thread.
I've never fully understood the converted not converted thing.
I read last night about codec H.264, etc but I'm lost.
Isn't anything on a digital medium converted from the analog world we live in?
One thing I was reading was saying that using Handbrake to make a H.264 file would produce a 2 GB file while using MakeMKV you make a MKV file that's 40 GB (this is based upon ripping SW EPIII Blu Ray).And now re-reading the article, I can't tell what codec the MKV is in.
/sigh
MKV and MP4 are nearly identical and don't matter at all. It's all what codec and what settings you convert to. Converting is the issue. If you concert, quality is lost.
what type of file would you expect if you're ripping but not converting from a Blu Ray?
MP4, but we are talking about DVDs here.
what kind of file would you expect for DVD?
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@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
@scottalanmiller said in Video Steaming (in home):
@dashrender said in Video Steaming (in home):
Interesting thread.
I've never fully understood the converted not converted thing.
I read last night about codec H.264, etc but I'm lost.
Isn't anything on a digital medium converted from the analog world we live in?
One thing I was reading was saying that using Handbrake to make a H.264 file would produce a 2 GB file while using MakeMKV you make a MKV file that's 40 GB (this is based upon ripping SW EPIII Blu Ray).And now re-reading the article, I can't tell what codec the MKV is in.
/sigh
MKV and MP4 are nearly identical and don't matter at all. It's all what codec and what settings you convert to. Converting is the issue. If you concert, quality is lost.
what type of file would you expect if you're ripping but not converting from a Blu Ray?
MP4, but we are talking about DVDs here.
what kind of file would you expect for DVD?
VOB
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Just a comment:
If you're running it from a ReadyNAS you likely have a very under-powered processor and should avoid transcoding period. If you're viewing this on a device like a Roku or Apple TV they have lists of natively supported formats I highly recommend checking out. My server is complete overkill and I still do that.
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@wirestyle22 The data is on a ReadyNAS 2120 and the server is a separate VM.
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@brandon220 said in Video Steaming (in home):
@wirestyle22 The data is on a ReadyNAS 2120 and the server is a separate VM.
No need for another server if you aren't transcoding. You can get cool features that way, but sometimes we stream straight from the ReadyNAS via a file share. Not handy, but lets you test the files.
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Try Handbrake instead of Magic DVD Ripper and ticking the option to make it web optimized and see if that helps.
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So - what was the outcome? Did it look better running locally on a PC?
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Quality is the same. Going to try an MKV file as soon as MakeMKV site is back up.
