Suggestion to improve the Emby app on AppleTV.

[rodrigocn 0]

Hello,

I'm a Plex user, but I've been trying Emby these days and it seems like a good alternative except for a few details.

In the image, you can see how it's transcoding TrueHD audio to AC3 at 384Kbps. Here's where I find the first difference. This conversion could be done to FLAC since Apple TV supports it, maintaining lossless quality. That's how Plex does it.

Another issue is that when selecting a PGS subtitle, it's also transcoding the video, as shown. I'm not sure of the reason, but Plex doesn't transcode in that case.

Lastly, to search for a subtitle, a subscription is required, which isn't the case in Plex.

[rodrigocn 0]

I performed some tests and disabled transcoding for my user, it seems to be directly playing TrueHD on Apple TV.

Codecs I have tested with transcoding disabled and without issues:

1080p H264
AAC
AC3
TRUEHD
4K HDR 10 HEVC
4K Dolby Vision HEVC
DTS-HD MA

Edited May 18, 2024 by rodrigocn

[Luke 39868]

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Lastly, to search for a subtitle, a subscription is required, which isn't the case in Plex.

Hi, this is not required in Emby either, unless you do it during video playback.

[rodrigocn 0]

On 5/19/2024 at 12:26 AM, Luke said:

Hi, this is not required in Emby either, unless you do it during video playback.

Alright, I had it misconfigured and misunderstood the documentation. I can download subtitles, but from the web interface.

If I purchase a subscription, is it possible to search for subtitles from the Apple TV video player like Plex does?.

Regarding transcoding, it would be nice to implement a function from the server configuration panel that allows specifying which codecs to transcode to based on the client. For example, "if client = Z and codec = X then transcode to Y"
 

[Luke 39868]

On 5/20/2024 at 12:45 PM, rodrigocn said:

Alright, I had it misconfigured and misunderstood the documentation. I can download subtitles, but from the web interface.

If I purchase a subscription, is it possible to search for subtitles from the Apple TV video player like Plex does?.

Regarding transcoding, it would be nice to implement a function from the server configuration panel that allows specifying which codecs to transcode to based on the client. For example, "if client = Z and codec = X then transcode to Y"
 

HI, Premiere gets you access to that function, yes, but this hasn't been added to the Emby Apple TV app yet. It is coming though.