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Stream all files, no transcoding
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:59 pm
by carmody
Hi,
what would be the easiest way to configure a renderer in a way that everything ist just streamed?
Thanks!
Re: Stream all files, no transcoding
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:55 pm
by rhayy
Hi,
You could write
StreamExtensions = * in your renderer configuration file.
You could try
ReadyMedia. Its purpose is simply to stream medias. No extra capabilities. It is very lightweight (it only needs 1 CPU, 50MB of RAM, <1GB of storage). One drawback is you have to restart it to detect new medias.
Re: Stream all files, no transcoding
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:59 pm
by carmody
Thanks! Will try both
Re: Stream all files, no transcoding
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 11:02 am
by mik_s
Depending on your renderer's capabilities it will most likely not be able to play everything if you force all formats to be streamed.
It is better to find out what exactly is supported by that renderer and put this in the supported formats section in the conf, then is there is any file that cannot natively be played it can be transcoded into a format that will be.
A good way to test if certain formats will be supported is to try playing from the #--TRANSCODE--# folder and choose "No transcoding"
(if you do not see it, enable "show the #--Transcode--# folder" in the GUI on the navigation tab)
If they play then you can add that format into the conf.
Re: Stream all files, no transcoding
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:15 pm
by carmody
Tbh I use it as a network share from macos for my media player. I had a lot of troubles with nfs ans samba, but this solves all the problems!