Attention nerds! I just released a new version of my venerable video #transcoding tools:

https://github.com/lisamelton/video_transcoding

I've redesigned and rewritten this decade-old project for the modern era, with different behavior and incompatible APIs. Some old conveniences were removed but new features and flexibility were added. Please manage your expectations accordingly.

The king is dead, long live the queen!

In this week's Linux Update newsletter, Adam Dix shows you how to set up an automatic transcoding tool with CasaOS, HandBrake, FileBrowser, and HAProxy, to transcode your video library with ease
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2024/288/Transcoding-with-CasaOS
#CasaOS #HandBrake #OpenSource #FileBrowser #FOSS #transcoding #video #software

My friend wrote a comprehensive guide to getting started with AV1 encoding a while ago called AV1 Encoding for Dummies. I've just written & published the modernized AV1 for Dummies guide on the Codec Wiki - you can check it out here: https://wiki.x266.mov/blog/av1-for-dummies

Enjoy, and happy video encoding!

**Aviator 0.5.0** is out today, featuring the SVT-AV1 fork I co-develop: SVT-AV1-PSY. Go check it out!

Aviator 0.5.0 release: https://github.com/gianni-rosato/aviator/releases/tag/0.5.0

#introduction

My name is Elizabeth but please call me Lisa.

I'm probably best known as the person who started the #Safari and #WebKit projects at #Apple. You may think you know my deadname but... you don't.

I've drawn underground comics, pioneered using a Mac for newspaper graphics and developed software at Adobe and Netscape.

Now I write video #transcoding scripts and sometimes podcast.

Follow me and I'll fill your timeline with boosts.

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I’ve been doing a lot of #transcoding lately. Got an Nvidia card for my #RHEL server, compiled ffmpeg, and am having a blast using other-transcode from @donmelton.

I can’t recommend it enough. https://github.com/donmelton/other_video_transcoding

#Introduction to @donmelton

I first "met" Don when using his video #transcoding libraries, but he just keeps appearing in my world! He co-hosted my favorite #westworld podcast with @Verso@mstdn.social, worked for #Netscape #Apple and others (including #WebKit) and is now the unofficial welcome wagon here during the #TwitterMigration. Don boosts all sorts of random excellent stuff. Follow him, make friends, engage, and be merry!

Looking for some advice regarding options for the home media center.

I'm running a NAS that has Plex server happily running on it but I noticed when playing videos on end devices it transcodes often and the transcoding is slow on the NAS which seems to be a common issue.

I'm looking to offload that work. I was thinking of setting up a SFF/MiniITX PC or piece of hardware that does transcoding well and simply install the Plex app and target the Plex server for data. I have a spare GPU I can use already if necessary. I also saw there are devices like the NVIDIA shield. I was thinking for this device it would simply need some GPU w/NVENC or Intel CPU w/QuickSync. Am I missing any options?

If I do go with the SFF/MiniITX build I would need a remote. I was thinking maybe the FLIRC receiver and a legacy remote. Any better options for that?

Lastly does it make sense to skip the Plex server and mount the media directly on either the SFF or NVIDIA Shield, sync the data every so often, and then transcode locally off faster disks? If so is it easy to get a shell or OS-level access on the Shield?