Question about flac streaming

[Sushiba 2]

Good day guys,

 could anyone explain how flac streamin works in emby? i have 24/96 flacs for example, but when i stream them via cellular "info" shows either:

Stream

FLAC (1mbps)

>direct playback

Audio

Flac stereo

1mbps 44100

-> direct playback

 

or:

Stream:

FLAC (3mbps)

->HLS (384kbps)

Audio:

FLAC stereo

3mbps 96000 Hz

-> transcoding (AAC 384 kbps)

 

usually its the second when i start playing, then it turns into direct playback, sometimes back to the second one...

 

cellular connection and speed is good and abov 20mbps.

I have an SQ system with 24/96 toslink input in my car and would really love to hear 24/96, not 44100

Do i miss some settings on server side or android app?

 

Thanks

[pwhodges 1825]

What is the app audio quality setting?

Paul

[Sushiba 2]

1 hour ago, pwhodges said:

What is the app audio quality setting?

Paul

Where do i check that? I can only see video settings in my user preferences  is there a way to force direct stream with 24/96?

[Luke 39697]

6 hours ago, Sushiba said:

Where do i check that? I can only see video settings in my user preferences  is there a way to force direct stream with 24/96?

What are all the quality settings that you see? The audio and video quality options are on the same screen.

[Sushiba 2]

4 hours ago, Luke said:

What are all the quality settings that you see? The audio and video quality options are on the same screen.

Oh i thought that's for video playback only... but still i can only set it to 2mbps and it still transcodes via cellular... when im playing through home network via wifi it direct-streams 96k

 

Just to clarify, my cellular bandwidth is around 25-30/8-10mbps so it shouldn't be an issue..

[Sushiba 2]

Found the solution finally... its in USER SETTINGS on server side...

unchecked the transcoding and container change options and it direct plays now! anyway thanks for the suggestions, othwerwise i wouldn't step on the right path

[Luke 39697]

I would use the quality settings instead. Those transcoding permissions will cause playback failures in some situations. Make sure to read the help text underneath the options.

[Sushiba 2]

3 hours ago, Luke said:

I would use the quality settings instead. Those transcoding permissions will cause playback failures in some situations. Make sure to read the help text underneath the options.

but i've posted earlier... i only see what i've posted... can't find any audio quality settings... just as part of video settings and 2mbps top

[Luke 39697]

They're right in your screenshot, however they max out at 2 mbps. We'll have to add options that go higher than that. Thanks.

[Sushiba 2]

10 hours ago, Luke said:

They're right in your screenshot, however they max out at 2 mbps. We'll have to add options that go higher than that. Thanks.

still it didn't work for me... probably because of cellular and me being driving across the city from cell to cell i guess... so i'll keep the transcoding for audio off for now and see how it goes... two days with no problems

[Luke 39697]

10 hours ago, Sushiba said:

still it didn't work for me... probably because of cellular and me being driving across the city from cell to cell i guess... so i'll keep the transcoding for audio off for now and see how it goes... two days with no problems

You haven't actually tried it yet because the option isn't there. We'll add higher options to that list and then you can use that instead of having to disable transcoding.

[Sushiba 2]

11 hours ago, Luke said:

You haven't actually tried it yet because the option isn't there. We'll add higher options to that list and then you can use that instead of having to disable transcoding.

thanks, will look into it in the future

[Luke 39697]

It should be in the next app update.