A lot of people have pass around a internet video of someone using a crazy high core count computer to display a video via Task Manager’s CPU usage. The one problem with it: it’s probably fake. Task Manager displays the last 60 seconds of activity, not...
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HDR, HDR10, HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision
I have read several articles on the differences between what all these different types of High Dynamic Range (HDR) video formats are, but few address it from a technical standpoint. So lets do a quick high level (not so technical) overview of each: WCG: Wide Color...
Continue reading...A Raspberry Pi Streaming Camera using MPEG-DASH, HLS or RTSP
This is an improvement on my previous article, Raspberry Pi Hardware Accelerated RTSP Camera, now with the option of using more modern technology, MPEG-DASH and HLS! First off, if you don’t care about the technicalities and just want a script to do everything for you, here...
Continue reading...Encoding UHD 4K HDR10 and HDR10+ Videos
tl;dr: If you don’t want to do the work by hand on the command line, use FastFlix. If you have any issues, reach out on discord or open a github issue. I talked about this before with my encoding setting for handbrake post, but there is...
Continue reading...Let it Djan-go!
Do you know someone who hails from the strange land of Django development? Where there are code based settings files, is customary to use a ORM for all database calls, and classes reign supreme. It’s a dangerous place that sits perilously close to the Javalands. Most...
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