- Dec 7, 2011
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So I've been reading around the forums suggesting a cpu for encoding & transcoding, but I'm a little confused and thinking maybe the two terms are being used interchangeably (not sure if that's a word lol). I was under the impression that encoding is taking the original file and changing it to a different type using something like handbrake or ripbot or what have you. On the other hand, I always thought that transcoding was an OTF process, where the cpu is being used to change the type to the native format of the display device while the file is being accessed/requested. Is this about the jist of these two terms? Reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking about upgrading the cpu (currently running Intel g620) in my server because the "transcoding" from the server to my android device over the internet is slow and choppy, whereas it streams fine on my LAN. I use handbrake to "encode" from the source to something like mp4 or mkv. Does this make sense?
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