teckel12/transcoder repository overview

⁠Transcoder

Docker container to transcode videos to H265 - Designed for Plex, works with QNAP Container Station

⁠To run

1. Change the volume to point at your root media folder
2. docker-compose up -d

⁠To view live transcoding

docker logs transcoder_transcoder_1 && docker attach --no-stdin transcoder_transcoder_1

(CTRL-C is safe to exit with)

⁠Telegram notifications

1. Create a .env file
2. Set BOT_KEY and CHAT_ID variables
3. Recreate the container

⁠Ignoring files

You can ignore files using .transcodeignore, which will make it not transcode any files in that directory or subdirectories.

⁠Re-Transcoding H265 -> H265

By default, the option to re-transcode H265 -> H265 is disabled. You can turn it on by setting environment variable H265_TRANSCODE to true

The other variable H265_MB_H defines how many MB/h is your target. If a file is below that target, it will not attempt to re-transcode the file.

It uses the formula size / duration instead of the reported bit rate by ffmpeg, as it seems it is often incorrect and not representative of the resulting file size.

⁠All Environment Variables