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bubblethink on March 9, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Plex Media Server on Cloud

Maybe transcoding won't be needed eventually for a majority of users ? A lot of media right now exists in h264 which newer devices can anyway play. Since AV1 has broad industry support, it might be also become ubiquitous.

lotyrin on March 10, 2017 [–]

Most of my transcoding usage in Plex isn't for a target codec or target resolution, but for a target bitrate.

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