Skyobliwind 4 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 Hi, after some testing on different devices and with different media I noticed that almost all files transcode which reduces quality and sometimes makes playback shutter. My main Playback devices are Firefox on Windows, The Emby app for Tizen(Samsung) and the Android app. My Films and Series are all in mkv container. Most are DVD Rips in Mpeg2 Codec, some are Bluray Rips in Mpeg4 codec and I think also a few in HEVC. Even Musicvideos in H.264 seem to transcode. All transcode to H.264(AVC) if played from Firefox on Windows, Firefox on Android and emby app on Android.So is H.264(AVC) the codec to go for? It makes no difference if I disable or enable subtitles. Is there any guide or something which are the preferrable formats/codecs for which Playback device? (Video and Audio) (The goal obviously is to get as many files to directplay as possible (sorted from important to less important 1.quality, 2.speed, 3.storagespace) In the future there may be other devices like fire-TV stick, IOS Devices, maybe Xbox or Emby Theater added. At the moment there Are mostly DVD Rips and FHD Bluray Rips, but I'd also like to add 4k Bluray Rips in the future (i alread read this makes some trouble in other topics). @ @@maegibbons @@arrbee99 @@JaScoMa @@pir8radio @@AdrianW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pir8radio 1289 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Thats the point of emby is that it can transcode on the fly to meet each device/users video requirement, or you are keeping like 10 copies of a movie to avoid transcoding... Its not an issue if you have enough hardware to do the transcoding. But ill let one of the video guru's answer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 The best app for playback is the desktop version of Emby Theatre - it plays everything without transcoding. Much better than using a browser on Windows (IMO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 So is H.264(AVC) the codec to go for? Hi, yes it is. If you take a look at our knowledge base for the apps: https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/44000610499 You'll find some information on the formats that can be direct played. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyobliwind 4 Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 Yes thanks, didn't find that kb article before Do you have a recommendation regarding batch reencoding with keeping as much information(metadata, subtitles, audio lines) as possible? I think FFMPEG is the way to go for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14858 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Yes thanks, didn't find that kb article before Do you have a recommendation regarding batch reencoding with keeping as much information(metadata, subtitles, audio lines) as possible? I think FFMPEG is the way to go for? Hi. We have a conversion feature that can do that. (same KB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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