Opinion Please: Performance

[shackbill 20]

Not really sure where this question belongs but since i use an Nvidia Shield.

 

Is there any benefit to maintaining multiple versions of media - for example a 1080P and a 4K version for performance reasons. If i stream a 4K media to a 1080P TV does the CPU work harder simply because it has to modify the picture size? or does it matter? Just curious since im currently duplicating about 150 movies that are 4K which i already have in 1080 - i could maybe be saving 1/2TB perhaps. thanks. Generally i will never run more than 2 shows at one time

 

[Luke 36999]

Hi, it depends. Do any of those examples require transcoding on the server? Usually the reason to keep multiple versions is to try and avoid server transcoding as that increase resource consumption significantly.

[shackbill 20]

I suppose Transcoding would mostly be required for remote access? Most applications support Direct Play of MKV containers and 265 encoding right? what about audio? If something is ATMOS and its not supported at the end device, does that constitute transcoding or is the overhead much lower?  thanks.

[Luke 36999]

Depends. Web browsers don't support it.

[shackbill 20]

Not a typical use case for me. thanks for your input.