Currently I simply rip my Blurays using MakeMKV and that is it. 20 to 30'odd GB MKV files.
What I am wondering is if this causes me any problems when using PlexConnect to an ATV 3? I am having a lot of problems with the sound dropping, meaning I need to hit menu and then resume the movie. This is using Dolby Digital and 1080p MKV files.
The PMS and connect script are running on a MacMini, the files stored on a ReadyNAS and all, including the ATV, connected over Gigabit network.
If this is not the best way to handle the Rips, then what do people recommend? I want to maximise quality and keep the dolby digital sound.
Appreciate all suggestions (or a fix to why the sound keeps dropping)
If you only shoot for aTV, you should use m4v/h264/aac or something. With everything else PMS has do to some lifting like "direct streaming" (rewrap the video/audio streams into another container) or even "transcoding" (decode everything, encode it back for aTV).
But I don't want to recommend anything as MKV might be a good alternative... it really depends on what you want to do later on, I guess.
That is the problem I see - What is available later as I see it the MKV is more future proof and it is better to use these files than to convert down to M4V. The other option Is to hold both MKV and a M4V but that will mean loads of more disk drives
So given I am using MKV should I set PlexConnect to Direct or Force Transcode - or will it work it out for itself?
as I see it the MKV is more future proof and it is better to use these files than to convert down to M4V. The other option Is to hold both MKV and a M4V but that will mean loads of more disk drives 