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Re:FFmpeg Drawtext Filter for Overlays, Scrolling Text, Time... by harrygeez on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:45AM (#24866643)
I don't know how Plex does it, but it burns subtitles in near real time and I don't notice any quality hit
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Re:FFmpeg Drawtext Filter for Overlays, Scrolling Text, Time... by Kalroth on Friday October 23, 2020 @04:06AM (#24867079)
Plex uses FFmpeg for transcoding video and audio.

See https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250377-transcoding-media...

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Re:FFmpeg Drawtext Filter for Overlays, Scrolling Text, Time... by kilroy123 on Friday October 23, 2020 @03:44AM (#24866968)
So does Airflow, which I'm a happy user of.

https://airflow.app/

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Re:FFmpeg Drawtext Filter for Overlays, Scrolling Text, Time... by ponderingfish on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:48AM (#24866656)
Ooo that's interesting. I am going to check it out. What resolution btw? 1080p60? Same codec before and after?
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Re:FFmpeg Drawtext Filter for Overlays, Scrolling Text, Time... by harrygeez on Friday October 23, 2020 @05:51AM (#24867664)
I'm sorry I'm not knowledgeable in that area to tell you what it does, but it works regardless of resolution and quality. 4k or 1080p, it doesn't matter.

What's also impressive is it can stream your media at a lower quality, say 4k to 720p to your phone, also in near real time, on a very old laptop that I repurposed into a NAS.

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