Avoid transcoding of video

[THG]

I tried out Subsonic a couple of weeks, and I realized that I need a supercomputer to stream HD quality. What is the best media format and settings?

I'm also looking for a tiny operating system I can install on a flash memory. I was thinking about FreeNAS 8, or a tiny Linux installation as a virtual host in my VMware ESXi Server. I will probably run a standalone FreeNAS Server for video, and a Linux Server as a VMware virtual host for audio.

What I need to know is the most efficient OS for this task. I realize that Windows is out of the question.

[Kirk]

I run Subsonic on Debian\Ubuntu distros personally.

As far as video transcoding, I think if you do MP4 video files you don't have to transcode them.

-Kirk

[THG]

Thank you Kirk for the advice, I'll convert a couple of videos to MP4 and make a test.

[GJ51]

Be sure to uncheck the transcoding for mp4 in the Settings/Transcoding page.