VLC-Shares/smb integration, HD/SD

[Slisdisorie]

Hi, ive been using wiimc with smb to stream my old SD videos forever now.
Im starting to switch my collection over to HD, but still have a lot of SD video.

I get the impression you access vlcshares separately from the normal videos tab in wiimc, is this correct?

also, how smart is vlcshares? If i just used it for all my videos, would it still try to transcode all my SD videos even though this is not necessary?

basically Im looking for the most efficient way to play my mix of SD and HD.

thanks for your help!

[zany130]

Videos in the shared folders have to be transcoded to be watched because vlc-shares uses vlc to stream content over http. It isn’t built as replacement for smb connections. Anyway you can still use it for SD videos and add a new profile for sd videos (xvid/mp3 for example) without transcoding.

My advice, use smb for sd and switch to vlc-shares when you have to watch hd videos.

[cadbusca]

You might also find this solution to identify your HD files useful. Just alter the bats as you wish to identify your HD files. http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=571

[Slisdisorie]

Aight, thanks for the advice 😀

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