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Title: Do Panel/Gizmo/JRemote all transcode? Why?
Post by: tzr916 on December 20, 2017, 06:01:51 pm
Is there some technical reason why a windows client can play audio/video with no transcoding taking place on the Server, but Panel/Gizmo/JRemote all need to have the Server doing transcoding?

When, if ever will there be a MC solution for portable devices that does not require Server transcoding?

If the answer is never - what are people doing? just sending playlists to VLC on your portable devices? How do you do that?
Title: Re: Do Panel/Gizmo/JRemote all transcode? Why?
Post by: dtc on December 20, 2017, 06:27:32 pm
JRemote has an option to not transcode if the client supports the original format. Panel always transcodes and I am pretty sure Gizmo does also.
Title: Re: Do Panel/Gizmo/JRemote all transcode? Why?
Post by: tzr916 on December 20, 2017, 06:54:10 pm
So there's no CPU load on the Server when using JRemote on an android phone if you set it to not transcode?

Also, in MC I have setup "restrictions" under View>USER. Does JRemote have the ability to "login" as the (unrestricted) Admin User? or login as the restricted User?
Title: Re: Do Panel/Gizmo/JRemote all transcode? Why?
Post by: JimH on December 20, 2017, 11:55:32 pm
Is there some technical reason why a windows client can play audio/video with no transcoding taking place on the Server, but Panel/Gizmo/JRemote all need to have the Server doing transcoding?
It's limited by the capabilities of the targeted device.  Browser support of HTML5 defines a set of formats that are playable.  You could look it up on Google or Wikipedia.