Transcoding/FFMPEG.exe Questions

[FlyingVguitarist]

Dennis,

You inferred my question accurately. It is overwhelming learning a new concept (DLNA), testing numerous rendering combinations and having to choose a long-term standard.

Yesterday I began rendering movies as MKV, H.264, AC-3 passthru, DTS passthru. Takes a while to render (using a quad core computer), but the video quality looks good and my amp detects both audio streams if present.

Question: is there a way, without creating 26 playlists, to locate movies by first character? Movie lists can get fairly long and scrolling is not an sustainable as the library grows. I already broke up my movies into a few playlists, but I can forsee challenges in the future.

[Paul]

Some devices allow you to search through the playlists, but it's really up to the device. If it doesn't have that functionality, then the only option is to create the 26 playlists (plus something that will accommodate files that do not begin with a letter).