This looks like a way better interface over Synology photos which is fine, but missing the search and map feature. You need to see if they are hiring 😂

Yeah, you can re-encode on your PC to a compatible codec and that should solve your issues

Why do you need to transcode video?

I would vote for running jellyfish off the NAS with powerful hardware Intel 8th Gen and up you should be fine. I personally don’t transcode video on my server only audio.

If I’m not sure about a video format working, I’ll manually re-encode the video with handbrake to h265 or av1. I also have used handbrake to create lower resolution copies of the same movies to reduce bandwidth needs when roaming on LTE.

Ahh, yeah that could be an issue. It takes my laptop like 11 hours to encode one of the Lord of the Rings Blu-ray. I also change the audio to eAC3 while I’m in there for better client support.

There is a trade off between just getting more storage and reencoding. I enjoy seeing the results of the re-encodes, but it’s more cost effective to just get a larger hard drive.

You can play in handbrake with AV1 encoding to see how it goes. I think I set the compression to 36 or something.

Yeah, from the re-encodes I’ve done, I only noticed artifacts in clouds and the New Line Cinema intro to lord of the Rings

Playback has pretty wide support by now.

Yes, AV1 is the next big deal. You can compress the hell out of the video and it still looks near original. I’ve re-encode some of my locally ripped movies for fun to see how it looks and it’s really impressive.

Yeah, if the streaming providers ever switch over to AV1 that would be an interesting comparison.

Years ago there were some multi-account credit cards floating around. Maybe that could be open sourced… Not sure…

It’s over 9000!

Yeah, doesn’t everyone use a VPN in some form by now?

Loaded the docker for fun on my NAS. I don’t need it, but other users in my home may appreciate this.

Yeah, I can’t find some kid shows, maybe I have the wrong provider.

I noticed you are having an issue finding a partial language of content, you could extract the audio track from the DVD and add it to the copy you find on the seas.

makeMkv first and handbrake to compress. When using handbrake make sure to pick video and audio formats that work for your clients. I recommend h265 and eAC3 audio.