Smart-render H.264
For Match Source output, safe interior H.264 packets are copied and boundary pictures use the validated software x264 path. The boundary encoder must produce a sequence compatible with the continuing copied stream.
Full-transcode H.264
A Force Recode profile can set dimensions, frame-rate handling, rate control and other delivery properties. Optional full-transcode hardware encoding is available through a tested NVIDIA, Intel or AMD backend; it is off by default.
Compatibility guidance
- Do not raise profile/level beyond the receiving device's documented support.
- Use MP4/MOV only with compatible selected audio/subtitle tracks.
- Use Matroska when broad stream preservation is more important than device convention.
- Test mid-GOP cuts and the final frames, not only file opening.