Hardware transcoding matters, but Jellyfin feels much better when the library is clean, predictable, and trustworthy first.

Google has decided that YouTube demands such a huge transcoding workload that it needs to build its own server chips. The company detailed its new “Argos” chips in a YouTube blog post, a CNET ...

In terms of the workload on a system, what's the difference between ripping a DVD (that is, taking a DVD and copying it to the hard disk) and transcoding it (taking the DVD and changing it to a ...

Synology hasn't had the best of years for 2025. The company has experienced a downward trend in customer loyalty when it came to its series of X25 models, such as the DS925, DS425, and DS225. We ...

Video transcoding is basically the process of converting videos from one digital encoding format to another. You can also call it Video encoding. This process involves converting the video file format ...

I'm currently using Plex on my Synology NAS and I quite like it, but the Synology is just not up to the task for anything beyond basic transcoding. So I would like to create a dedicated server to ...

Streaming media production starts with the infinite real world as captured by the lenses of our camcorders, and ends with the tightly compressed files necessary for streaming delivery. Along the way, ...

Three of the fastest workstation CPUs on Earth slug it out in an AI-powered transcoding benchmark we designed to scale from dual-core to 64-core systems. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Microsoft PowerToys is a free application that brings a bunch of advanced features to Windows for power users. Some of those tools give you more control over your mouse and keyboard settings. Others ...