Playing video
Pumping bits to eyeballs
2020-04-23 — 2023-11-05
Wherein the mechanics of rendering moving pictures are set forth, and the local transcoding from hard drive to display is delineated, with methods for synchronous remote viewing via named companion apps
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Transcoding video from the hard drive to my eyeballs and thence to synaptic activations. Why, what do YOU call television?
1 Useful apps
2 Watching together remotely
Options that seem to make an effort to support non-streaming (e.g., local media) options:
- twoseven (referral link)
- Plex Watch Together
- Kast