The MPEG-2 compression standard has been widely deployed in video distribution infrastructures, such as cable and satellite networks, as well as in several consumer applications, such as DVDs and DVRs ...
Streaming your own media library used to feel like a simple choice. You picked Plex, installed the server, added your content, and enjoyed a polished experience ...
The rapid escalation of video content creates a myriad of challenges and opportunities for both consumers and content providers. In particular, the growth of Internet and mobile video is creating huge ...
Streaming media production starts with the infinite real world as captured by the lenses of our camcorders, and ends with the tightly compressed files necessary for streaming delivery. Along the way, ...
In terms of the workload on a system, what's the difference between ripping a DVD (that is, taking a DVD and copying it to the hard disk) and transcoding it (taking the DVD and changing it to a ...
Microsoft PowerToys is a free application that brings a bunch of advanced features to Windows for power users. Some of those tools give you more control over your mouse and keyboard settings. Others ...
I'm in the design phase of building out a server for colocation, and one of the things that would be potentially useful on it would be hardware video transcoding. I don't want to use Intel, and ARM ...
What happens when a trusted tech brand makes a decision that fundamentally alters how its products are used? For Synology, the answer is unfolding in real-time, as its recent move to eliminate ...
I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...