trying NOT to transcode

[Marino13]

I have many different types of files that the PS3 natively supports. All of these files stream without transcoding with PS3 Media Server fine with one exception, DVD's. If I merge all of the vob files from a DVD into one file and stream it does not transcode. However, when I go to "Title 1" in the VIDEO_TS folder of a DVD, it transcodes. Any thoughts? Is there a way to force streaming only and not transcoding? Oh yeah, the way I have my DVD's on my hard drive is a movie only rip using ANY DVD and DVD2One with no compression. Basically, I am just stripping out the main movie.

[shagrath]

yes you can... it will only work for DVD ISO content though, and there's no subtitles support as you can imagine...

- click on that "expert settings" button in mencoder config panel
- add in the custom parameters area the exact following:

container == iso && vcodec == mpeg2 && srtfile == null :: -ovc copy -nosync

[shawndre]

i'm not sure if its the same as on pc but this is how i do it on mac

under transcoding settings tab at the bottom it says "misc options"

under that it says skip transcode for following extensions

just type in vob and thats it

[Marino13]

i'm not sure if its the same as on pc but this is how i do it on mac

under transcoding settings tab at the bottom it says "misc options"

under that it says skip transcode for following extensions

just type in vob and thats it

I tried that and it did not work. It still transcodes.

[Marino13]

yes you can... it will only work for DVD ISO content though, and there's no subtitles support as you can imagine...

- click on that "expert settings" button in mencoder config panel
- add in the custom parameters area the exact following:

container == iso && vcodec == mpeg2 && srtfile == null :: -ovc copy -nosync

I will try that. Thanks.

[shawndre]

i'm not sure if its the same as on pc but this is how i do it on mac

under transcoding settings tab at the bottom it says "misc options"

under that it says skip transcode for following extensions

just type in vob and thats it

I tried that and it did not work. It still transcodes.

did you try restarting the server after doing that?

[Marino13]

i'm not sure if its the same as on pc but this is how i do it on mac

under transcoding settings tab at the bottom it says "misc options"

under that it says skip transcode for following extensions

just type in vob and thats it

I tried that and it did not work. It still transcodes.

did you try restarting the server after doing that?

Yeah. I did a "Save" the I did a "Restsart". That did not work so I tried to quit the program and then restarted it manually and that did not work either.

[Marino13]

yes you can... it will only work for DVD ISO content though, and there's no subtitles support as you can imagine...

- click on that "expert settings" button in mencoder config panel
- add in the custom parameters area the exact following:

container == iso && vcodec == mpeg2 && srtfile == null :: -ovc copy -nosync

It still transcodes the files when they are in "iso" or "Video_TS" format. When I join them together into one vob file they do not transcode. If I put "iso" as a file extension to skip transcoding then the files show "data corrupted". All of these files play fine on Twonky on the same server.

[kage99]

I too have tried to input the settings in the Expert panel of the program, however, PS3 Media Server still transcodes my ISOs. I do not want to transcode since the movies inside (no menus, just movies) are MPEG2 files with mostly a 5.1 DD soundtrack. Please help.

Thanks, Kage99.

[shagrath]

It still transcodes the files when they are in "iso" or "Video_TS" format. When I join them together into one vob file they do not transcode. If I put "iso" as a file extension to skip transcoding then the files show "data corrupted". All of these files play fine on Twonky on the same server.

I too have tried to input the settings in the Expert panel of the program, however, PS3 Media Server still transcodes my ISOs. I do not want to transcode since the movies inside (no menus, just movies) are MPEG2 files with mostly a 5.1 DD soundtrack. Please help.

Thanks, Kage99.

Just to be clear: even if there is no transcoding, the buffer is still used for remuxing untouched video and audio into a new container... so yes, that takes a little CPU power at the beginning but much less than a full transcode... and when the buffer is full (that happens fast), cpu is almost idle