So, I have been trying to get my shows onto my mobile device, and I have come across the need to stop being a noob with video quality settings and actually understand them, mostly to try and fit as many shows as possible on my phone. I am tying to compare what it says in plex to what it says in Wi…

video quality is a tricky thing as it considers different factors. 1. Video resolution / size A video has a certain size; a video that’s 1920 pixels wide and 1080 pixels high is usually called “Full HD” or “1080p”. When you get your video from a disc, they’re currently stored in 16:9 aspect ratio…

See this thread and the embedded youtube video. It has some great background info: [image] Bandwidth calculation error General Discussions A file created with ‘constant quality’ cannot have a constant bandwidth. ‘Bandwidth’ has only indirectly to do with ‘quality’. If you…

download mediainfo here (pay attention during installation, it comes with a ‘piggybacked’ installer which asks to install additional crapware. Make sure to set/clear the right checkboxes!)

It is a very bad encoding, it is a 1990s show from the old days, and mostly taken from TV etc, I do have better encodes but this actually works really well even on 32" for this particular show. It also demonstrates my problem well since I actually want to move this show to my phone via the Android a…

It is good to note here, that I am using offline sync in the android app so it is a case of encoding and saving the file to my device. I do not really intend to stream from my server, this is more for travel and stuff…

I kind of read that and got the idea of looking at the XML file, and I think I understand that what Plex says is required for the file is 0.7MBps which would relate to the lowest figure on the Android app, which sounds like a good way to compare.

What does video quality actually mean?

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OttoKerner August 4, 2018, 11:46am 3

See this thread and the embedded youtube video. It has some great background info:

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What does video quality actually mean?

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