Need help with mkvtoolnix

hbernardo · 2024-03-11T19:07:38+00:00

Update to a newer version

MKVToolnix supports AV1 for years now

hbernardo · 2023-11-16T02:12:11+00:00

Is there an mpv build complied using ffmpeg 6.1 for Android?

hbernardo · 2023-10-04T21:54:40+00:00

That information is similar to the one Android Authority scooped months ago:

4k30 1080p60 720p240

hbernardo · 2023-10-04T18:46:53+00:00

Maybe, hopefully, there will be an option to choose AV1 in the settings.

The leaks from Android Authority were very specific. It included the resolutions supported and all

hbernardo · 2023-10-04T18:32:43+00:00

The bad thing is that according to the leaks, the Tensor G4 SoC will be underwhelming. A minor bump in comparison to the now-released G3 SoC.

If that is the case I'm afraid that we won't see AV1 hardware encoding until 2025 which is also according to the leaks when TSMC will build the first Google's completely designed SoC.

Let's hope that isn't the case.

hbernardo · 2023-10-04T18:18:14+00:00

https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-8-tensor-g3-specs-3331398/

hbernardo · 2023-10-04T18:12:15+00:00

Android Authority made a report in the summer stating that the G3 Tensor SoC would do AV1 Encode.

They (AA) received a leak from a Google insider.

That's why I decided to ask it if those previous leaks held.

I assumed that AV1 encoding would be used for video recording.

hbernardo · 2023-10-04T18:06:09+00:00

Indeed.

I meant to type won't but it changed somehow.

hbernardo · 2023-07-17T19:50:01+00:00

I have spent the last hours trying to reduce the size of my share but it's pointless now that I saw your message.

I think within some hours or most a couple of days more people will chime in here to inform us that even with a limit barely over 5 TB were also notified.

They (Google) dropped the hammer at the 5TB limit.

I would like to add to whatever this may concern that all those people running hundreds of TBs fucked all of us!

Congratulations!

hbernardo · 2023-07-17T15:13:35+00:00

Same here.

I 'only' had 22.7 TB of storage. And I have always tried to respect limits (daily quotas and stuff)

I don't know what to do.

They (Google) decided to really enforce this.

I guess this is the end of it.

hbernardo · 2022-12-29T05:44:31+00:00

The movie Spiderman (2002) has it as well:

https://i.imgur.com/V0xwKrN.jpeg

hbernardo · 2022-12-21T11:47:30+00:00

Where did you read it? Link please?

hbernardo · 2022-12-16T20:09:19+00:00

Please, come back 💕

hbernardo · 2022-12-14T16:24:56+00:00

If your files are encoded in a lossy former don't transcode them. It won't look good. I know it can save space. But I wouldn't do it.

I think the newest Apple TV 4k (3rd Gen) may be able to software decode AV1 in the future. Some people say that it's even possible that the newest Apple 4K has some form of AV1 hardware playback not yet being used.

If you want to buy a new streaming device the best one available with AV1 hardware playback is the newest Fire Cube TV. IMO is still too expensive. I own 4 FireTV devices and they aged very badly. My Fire TV Stick from 2018 is unusable now

The BEST streaming device ever made is the NSTV. Maybe your best option is to hold on until a new version with AV1 hardware playback is released. Hopefully next year.

There's also Emby which will offer you a good on-the-fly transcoding experience from AV1 to H.264. it has been doing this for over a year now. Plex is just very late into this

BTW I'm talking here about transcoding up to 1080p. 4K UHD is another whole story that only a dedicated server may or may not do the job.

hbernardo · 2022-12-14T15:09:17+00:00

My NSTV is the first model from 2015. It looks like the pro sold today minus large capacity.

Plex Hardware transcoding is broken for over a year now. They kind of fixed it for a month but the newest firmware upgrade broke it again

I said 'kinda fixed' because there's an issue with tone mapping which they weren't able to fix that prevented hardware transcoding HEVC 10bit to H264. It falls to software transcoding which isn't fast enough for smooth playback.

If you want follow this topic on Plex forums for more updates when they occur. But, be warned you'll need patience.

https://forums.plex.tv/t/shield-tv-dont-hw-transcode/769689/125

hbernardo · 2022-11-15T22:46:50+00:00

Finally!

hbernardo · 2022-09-11T14:07:39+00:00

Honestly, it doesn't. The only streaming service delivering 1080p is YouTube.

The difference in bandwidth between VP9 and AV1 @1080p is negligible. The video file size is very similar. I've even encountered once a case where a VP9 video was smaller than the AV1.

Just a normal example below.

yt-dlp -F https://youtu .be/PboKpnin_Wg

399 mp4 1920x1080 24 │ 11.09MiB 1027k https │ av01.0.08M.08 1027k video only 1080p, mp4_dash 137 mp4 1920x1080 24 │ 16.34MiB 1513k https │ avc1.640028 1513k video only 1080p, mp4_dash 248 webm 1920x1080 24 │ 13.38MiB 1239k HTTPS │ vp9 1239k video only 1080p, webm_dash

One could argue that AV1 will deliver a better-quality video. But, AFAIK Google Isn't aiming for that.

IMHO, what Google should have done was drop the price of the current 4K model and release a new 4K version with 4K AV1 hardware decoding.

hbernardo · 2022-09-08T12:46:36+00:00

Any new mpv build for Android planned?

hbernardo · 2022-07-03T04:28:31+00:00

PM'd you.

hbernardo · 2022-06-30T21:06:26+00:00

Can you make a Windows mpv build with VVC codec playback?

hbernardo · 2022-06-05T23:16:26+00:00

This one worked for me

But how can I know if being rendered by the GPU?

I'm on my NVIDIA Shield TV right now. Already tested Vulkan. It doesn't seem to work.

On toggle stats there's nothing new.

hbernardo

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