Thinking ahead for the possibility of getting one of the new Apple TVs, but can't stand losing picture quality through transcoding and don't want to have to manually remux mkv files. I can deal with transcoding of audio, but not video.The new Apple TV is not out, but looks like it will have similar limitations as the PS3 in regards to streaming local content (i.e. both support x264, but not the MKV container; neither support DTS on streamed files). So can anyone answer the following questions for how it handles the following on PS3 (and presumably also on the new Apple TV):1. An x264 MKV. Does it remux the video on the fly (no quality loss), or transcode (quality loss)?2. If the video is supported but not the audio; does it transcode both, or does it direct stream the video and just transcode the audio?3. Depending on the answers to 1 and 2; what about an MKV with x264 video and DTS audio? Can it remux the video and transcode the audio?Thanks in advance.
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