Does selecting "H264 Very Slow" disable video transcoding?

[SynesthesiaBruh 1]

I have a lot of full BR/4k content on my Windows NAS (most converted to MKV but I think I have 2 .m2ts files) which is wired into my 1GB switch on my home network. My Xbox One is also wired into the same switch. I'd like the video quality to be as high as possible. Does the "Very Slow" setting completely get rid of any video transcoding?

 

 

 

Here are my transcoding settings:

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Thanks

Edited October 5, 2016 by SynesthesiaBruh

[Happy2Play 9784]

No that is for video compression.  The only way to eliminate transcoding is if the device can natively play the codecs and container.

 

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264

[Deathsquirrel 745]

What is your playback device?

[SynesthesiaBruh 1]

What is your playback device?

My TV from my Xbox One. I may eventually get a PS4 Pro though but I'm assuming whatever the Xbox can play the PS4 can play.

[SynesthesiaBruh 1]

No that is for video compression.  The only way to eliminate transcoding is if the device can natively play the codecs and container.

 

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/H.264

Hm, I guess I also don't want any compression either. So I'm not really sure specifically what to ask but what settings should I be using/changing so that there is no quality loss at all?

[Happy2Play 9784]

You will have to post the media info so some one and determine why it is transcoding and a server log showing the issue.

[Happy2Play 9784]

Looks like the dlna profile may need updating for 4k content, since it is limited to 1080p.  But your still going to have a limiting factor on supported audio.

    <CodecProfile type="Video" codec="h264">
      <Conditions>
        <ProfileCondition condition="NotEquals" property="IsAnamorphic" value="true" isRequired="false" />
        <ProfileCondition condition="LessThanEqual" property="VideoBitDepth" value="8" isRequired="false" />
        <ProfileCondition condition="LessThanEqual" property="Width" value="1920" isRequired="true" />
        <ProfileCondition condition="LessThanEqual" property="Height" value="1080" isRequired="true" />
        <ProfileCondition condition="LessThanEqual" property="VideoLevel" value="41" isRequired="false" />
        <ProfileCondition condition="EqualsAny" property="VideoProfile" value="high|main|baseline|constrained baseline" isRequired="false" />
      </Conditions>

[SynesthesiaBruh 1]

You will have to post the media info so some one and determine why it is transcoding and a server log showing the issue.

 

Oh I'm sorry, I guess this was kinda the wrong forum section for this post. I'm not really having issues pertaining to video quality, I just want to make sure that there is no quality loss of any kind happening (or at least minimizing it as much as possible). I'll try looking for a better section and posting there, feel free to delete this.

[Luke 42085]

Which dlna profile?