2024-04-28, 04:57 AM
Hello!
I'm moving soon and in the process upping my home media setup and have been looking into a couple things, but a lot of what I've found seems to be scattered and possibly outdated, so I figured I'd post here and see if my current plan is solid, or if there's anything I should change or just keep in mind.
Setup: (Don't currently have either TV or Client)
I've seen a bit of conflicting info, or mixed results regarding these. Initially, I was looking at getting a Chromecast Ultra or Chromecast+TV, but after looking into that it seemed like neither chromecast support MKV format particularly well?
I think most of this stems from running into a thread saying that transcoding HDR wasn't supported yet, or was iffy, so files had to be streamed directly to let the TV/Client process it, and as such that's why the container mattered?
My questions at this point are:
Sorry if anything is completely wrong or a very poor understanding of what's going on. Up until this point I haven't had a TV good enough to particularly care about HDR or even 4k to be honest, so this is my first time looking into a lot of this. Any help or clarifications are greatly appreciated!
I'm moving soon and in the process upping my home media setup and have been looking into a couple things, but a lot of what I've found seems to be scattered and possibly outdated, so I figured I'd post here and see if my current plan is solid, or if there's anything I should change or just keep in mind.
Setup: (Don't currently have either TV or Client)
- Server PC: Windows machine, 7800x3d and Radeon 7900xtx for transcoding (Personal PC currently, planning on setting up a dedicated linux-based server at some point)
- TV: Samsung S90c
- Client: Nvidia Shield Pro
I've seen a bit of conflicting info, or mixed results regarding these. Initially, I was looking at getting a Chromecast Ultra or Chromecast+TV, but after looking into that it seemed like neither chromecast support MKV format particularly well?
I think most of this stems from running into a thread saying that transcoding HDR wasn't supported yet, or was iffy, so files had to be streamed directly to let the TV/Client process it, and as such that's why the container mattered?
My questions at this point are:
- Will the setup listed above have any issue with 10bit HDR bluray rips in either MKV or MP4 formats?
- Would a chromecast (Either version) work instead of the shield?
- Would I even need a client if I just used the web interface on the TV or went through the pain of sideloading it? (I tried to do this on my current samsung TV and nearly ripped my hair out, but I'll try it again if it's viable lol)
- More out of curiosity, would I run into any issues if I decided to re-encode my library into AV1 on either the hardware or software side?
Sorry if anything is completely wrong or a very poor understanding of what's going on. Up until this point I haven't had a TV good enough to particularly care about HDR or even 4k to be honest, so this is my first time looking into a lot of this. Any help or clarifications are greatly appreciated!