Setting on-the-fly transcoding
Transcoding means converting media from one format to another. Suppose your music files are in a format different to MP3 and your media player only understands MP3 format. In that case, you need to convert your music files to MP3. This conversion task is done by transcoder programs. There are various transcoding programs available, such as ffmpeg and avconv. These programs need codec before they can convert media from source format to destination format. We need to separately install and configure these components.
Ampache supports on-the-fly transcoding of media files. That is, your music that is not in an MP3 format can be converted into the MP3 format just before it is delivered to your music player, and your high ...
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