4K AVC HEVC Understanding problem

[linglom 0]

I’m currently into learning about transcoding because I need to buy a NAS and deliver content to my steadily growing familiy. Please help me to choose the best tool for my needs, because there are quite some things I don’t understand:

As far as I understand my camera records 4K @ H.264 AVC codec. NAS like the DS-218play f.e. can’t handle this by default as far as I understand. Will emby do the transcoding job for me so we can watch those files on different devices? Or will I have to go for a NAS like the DS-218+ which seems to transcode 4K H.264 and H.265?

 

I set up emby on my pc to watch movies with DTS codec which my LGTV can’t handle – since I did not know about this until last week, I’m quite happy. Emby saves me quite a lot of work already.

 

[Guest asrequested]

I could give you a short answer. But that will raise more questions. You appear to want to understand why something needs to be transcoded. Take a look at this. It should answer most of that.

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/48799-direct-play-vs-direct-streaming-vs-transcoding/

[Luke 42077]

Hi, yes Emby will transcode when devices do not support the media format. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !

[linglom 0]

Thanks you. This really helps a lot.

[Guest asrequested]

Oh boy! So when you have trouble transcoding, you'll be asking the same question.