What the cpu requirement for transcoding? On 18 November 2017 at 00:15, Timo Kousa <timo.ko...@welho.com> wrote:
> On 2017-11-15 07:39, Teemu Suikki wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have been investigating methods to view VDR recordings and live TV >> when traveling, with an Android phone and possible Chromecast. >> >> Here's some pros can cons of the different methods I have tried: >> >> VDR Manager plugin + android app: >> https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/vdr-manager/wiki >> >> + Very clean app, great recordings and channel listings, easy to use. >> + Can also edit timers, use as remote control for VDR >> + DVB Subtitles work in both live and recordings! >> - Recordings can't be seeked, at least not with Android VLC! Very >> annoying.. >> - No transcoding for recordings, so must have a quick connection >> - Also Live-TV is transcoding is only with Streamdev's externremux, >> which is not very good. >> >> Then there is Plex Media Server with VDR.bundle and >> plex-vdr-live-tv.bundle: >> https://hub.docker.com/r/jondalar/plex/ >> >> + Nice app, although a bit complex for just VDR use. >> + Plex has very good transcoding with automatic rate control, based >> on your downlink speed >> + DVB subtitles work in recordings. >> + Recordings are seekable. >> + Plex is great for other media too, mp3 and movies etc >> - No DVB subtitles in live tv! >> - No other VDR control (timers) >> - No EPG, expect for current programs >> - Recordings are difficult to use, hard to find episodes of TV shows >> in correct order.. >> >> Does anyone have suggestions or ideas where to go from here? :) Plex >> stuff looks like it's not updated for years, but it also is something >> I could perhaps improve myself. VDR Manager's biggest problem is the >> lack of transcoding, but that would be very difficult to add. >> > > Hi, > > I've made a (horrible) hack that tries to transcode all kinds of video > streams to ABR HLS on demand. It is web based and should work in any HTML5 > capable browser either natively or through a javascript player. The stream > can be chromecasted if You set hlsv3 and cookiehack to true in settings and > start the stream in Android Chrome from the channel list clicking the small > triangle beside the channel name. DVB and teletext subs can be "burned" to > the video or passed through. Recordings should be seekable as much as they > have been transcoded, the transcoding starts when the recording is viewed > for the first time. The stream startup times are quite long because the > transcoding is only started when first requested and HLS should have a > buffer for about half a minute. > > I personally use this monstrosity almost daily to watch VDR live TV on my > Android phone. My VDR setup is on Gentoo so I haven't tested this much on > other distros but I guess that should not be an issue. It surely is not as > clean as the above apps but it works for me :) > > If You are brave enough and want to try it You can get it from here > https://github.com/timokousa/hod > > > -- > Timo > > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > https://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > -- -Tor
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