Reading over the information and FAQ about Video on Demand, I am curious if any information has been release on how they are doing it. Considering Plex is a media service, did they build their own infrastructure to host this streaming content or outsource it to someone else? Would be cool to know th…

For streaming, we’re using either AAC or AC-3. 2.0 stereo and 5.1 surround, depending on what the studio provides. Whenever its available, we obviously take 5.1 and will handle our own 2.0 mixdown for devices that need it.

Thank you! I appreciate the info.

I mentioned this in another topic, but think it’s worthy of including here as well. The source material we receive can vary between studios and distributors. The bigger name studios tend to provide us with better quality, though I would say that not all indie distributors give us poor quality; some …

@kinoCharlino If there happens to be a show where an episode is listed twice, how would one go about letting you guys know? Also, based on that and what you said, your setup is slightly different from how a normal users library works. For instance, the episode is listed twice and not like our libr…

This information is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks. If you guys ever bring in house, please send out an email. I would love to apply for a job working on that. I am always curious after using Plex how companies setup the backend to encode all these videos like Plex does.

[image] shark2k: If there happens to be a show where an episode is listed twice, how would one go about letting you guys know? From the “banner” post: [image] Video On Demand Info Report Issues Have you found a bug, incorrect metadata, or are otherwise experiencing issues with the service…

When people like my own family complain about their $12 going to Netflix, I send them to this article about how Netflix more or less use to work. They stop reading after the first paragraph. They don’t care because they don’t know what really goes into something behind the scenes. But then they thro…

[image] shark2k: If there happens to be a show where an episode is listed twice, how would one go about letting you guys know? Nice catch! Report it using the link to the form in this post: Video On Demand Info [image] shark2k: Also, based on that and what you said, your setup is slightl…

This has been a huge learning experience for us! From the studio business/licensing side, to making sure when users hit “play” that the content begins right away, across all our supported devices and apps. We’re getting solid feedback to work from on day one and see this as a good start for us. I’m …

[image] kinoCharlino: If there happens to be a show where an episode is listed twice, how would one go about letting you guys know? I could just take care of this right now. What’s the TV show name, season, and episode number?

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