2024-10-17, 04:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 2024-10-17, 04:31 PM by bolgnacake. Edited 1 time in total.)
(2024-10-17, 04:06 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: The bit rate selector is, essentially, a cap. If the selected bit rate is HIGHER than the video's native bit rate, nothing will happen. Once you select a bit rate lower than the video's native bit rate, only then will it trigger a transcode.
Thanks, that makes sense. Can you kindly clarify a couple of points for me?
1. In a transcoded scenario, the difference in bit rate will have no visual difference in video quality between bit rates. For example, let's say the max bit rate set in the client is 70 Mb/s, and the video's native is 80 Mb/s.
Scenario 1 - HEVC transcoded
Scenario 2 - The client bit rate is dropped down to 40 Mb/s. HEVC transcoded. Same video quality as scenario 1.
Is this correct?
2. In my case, original videos are MKV, 4k HEVC HDR. Due to the limitation in the client software at the moment, these are transcoded to HEVC, though my hardware supports the codecs, 4K, HDR, etc., so essentially the same codec. Is it fair to say that even though it's transcoded to its native codec of HEVC, there is some degradation in quality of the video? Not that I can tell from my eyes - picture looks great to me, but I just assume transcoding = downgrading quality to make the video/audio compatible with the client system.