frk1337 3 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Hello, recently I discovered Emby now natively plays AV1 media in the Chrome browser when using the web app. However, the same file is not compatible with firefox (newest stable version available). Jellyfin has no problem direct playing the same file in Chrome and Firefox. Kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goldenarchive Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Is your media file using MKV as the container? Firefox doesn't support media playback which uses mkv as the container but chromium-based browsers does. Since mkv isn't supported by Firefox, Emby will transcode the whole file including both audio and video. (if It have AV1 as the video codec.) The reason on why Jellyfin has no problem It's because they remux the mkv file to webm then serve the webm directly with the extracted subtitles separably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frk1337 3 Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Yes, the files are mkv. Since webm is a subset of mkv this should come at a minimal cost and should be implemented soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Firefox does not support the mkv container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frk1337 3 Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 24 minutes ago, Luke said: Firefox does not support the mkv container. Is transfering to webm like jellyfin does planned for Emby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I'd prefer to explore better options such as demuxing the mkv directly in the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goldenarchive Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Is there any news on this? Jellyfin remux the file and send as a webm container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 @goldenarchive @frk1337 @awkimball We'll start using AV1 with HLS segmentation, which means you'll be seeing more stream copying and less full transcoding. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now