How-To Geek on MSN
Plex transcoding is killing your streams (and your NAS isn't to blame)
Why upgrading your cheap streaming stick is the ultimate fix for a buffering Plex NAS ...
Is there a way to force Plex to transcode particular audio-only files while playing remotely? It appears that it will transcode FLAC files to AAC if they're above a particular bitrate. e.g., stuff ...
XDA Developers on MSN
I blamed my NAS for slow streaming until I realized what transcoding was actually doing
Many things have to go right for your media server to serve files quickly ...
Hardware transcoding unlike software transcoding, relies on the server’s CPU to convert media files into different formats, hardware transcoding offloads this intensive task to a dedicated component ...
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