Does UMS support "seeking in transcoded streams"?

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JennieL
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Does UMS support "seeking in transcoded streams"?

Post by JennieL »

Hi,

I have a bunch of videos in h264.mkv format that I want to transcode & stream to a DLNA client, e.g., my Panasonic BluRay player.

My 1st try was using MediaTomb DLNA player + ffmpeg script to do the transcoding.

Video & Audio are perfect -- but NO action commands (Pause, SKip, Fast Forward, etc) work at all on the Client.

In a chat in #ffmpeg, I was told that the problem is that with MediaTomb (from its FAQ),

"seeking is not possible in transcoded streams"

and THAT is the reason my controls are non-functional. Suggestion is : find a server that supports it.

So, my 1st question is: does UMS support seeking in transcoded streams? so that I might expect the video controls to work for the stream?

Jen
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