mannyrothman 8 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I just installed Emby on my Synology and it's working well except that when I browse a 4k HEVC HDR MKV file, Emby Web has to transcode everything. However, if I use Infuse and connect it to my Emby server, it direct plays the same exact file with no transcoding needed. What is going on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyrothman 8 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, Luke said: Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks! I am using Arc Browser, based on Chromium, I believe. Attached are the stream stats and relevant logs. Thank you! embyserver.txt ffmpeg-transcode-b3524778-f9eb-4199-89c5-a7a5b70f5942_1.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Your screenshot shows the reason for transcoding. Does that answer your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyrothman 8 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 But I'm confused why transcoding has to occur if the same file can be played directly without any transcoding using the Infuse app on the same computer. Why would this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 20 minutes ago, mannyrothman said: But I'm confused why transcoding has to occur if the same file can be played directly without any transcoding using the Infuse app on the same computer. Why would this be? Nothing to be confused about. There is no web browser that supports TrueHD audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyrothman 8 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, Luke said: Nothing to be confused about. There is no web browser that supports TrueHD audio. Ah I see. Do browsers also not support mkv files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannyrothman 8 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 What would be the ideal video format/codec/container/audio/etc for streaming universally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 4 minutes ago, mannyrothman said: Ah I see. Do browsers also not support mkv files? Chrome and edge do. Others no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidneyUA 2 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 On 2/1/2024 at 3:57 AM, mannyrothman said: What would be the ideal video format/codec/container/audio/etc for streaming universally? In my experience it is mkv/h264/aac with vtt or srt subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adminExitium 173 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 I believe mp4 is more widely supported than mkv across browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidneyUA 2 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/9/2024 at 4:35 PM, adminExitium said: I believe mp4 is more widely supported than mkv across browsers. I often get choppy playback from mp4 that is fixed simply by changing container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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