I have my media server. I have the episode saved as a pristine mkv file. But here was the rub: the file was massive (3.5GB for a 20-minute episode). My video editor refused to import it. My phone couldn't play it back without stuttering. I needed to extract the clip, convert it, and compress it.
If you had told me that a network sitcom about a 9-year-old prodigy would be the catalyst for finally understanding complex video encoding, I would have laughed. But here we are. young sheldon s03e18 ffmpeg
The snipped clip was still a 400MB monster. Sheldon would argue that you don't need 4K data to show a grape's parabola. I needed H.264 compression. I have my media server