ChrisL 0 Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Also - the new MKA file doesn't show up in the folder using the web interface so I suppose thats consistent and has nothing to do with the WD box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37066 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Yea we're looking for the .mka extension so we'll have to look at that for a future update. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Personally I would think this is normal since mka is usually inside another container, just like ac3 is also. I have never seen them outside a mkv or mp4 as a standalone file unless I am remuxing files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL 0 Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Thanks for your feedback guys. I did consider putting the ac3 within an mkv container but was concerned that either MB or the WD box or both would consider it as a video file and not show it up when browsing for music and would probably ignore it in a playlist mixed together with mp3s. I could try that though. My WD user guide http://www.jstv.co.uk/joining/jstvi/manual/WDTV_Live_User's_manual_English.pdf suggests that ac3s and mkas are supported audio file types and my tests have confirmed that via Windows shares.. I won't be able to try this for a few days but I'll let you know Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) See pages 209-211 of the Manual http://www.jstv.co.uk/joining/jstvi/manual/WDTV_Live_User's_manual_English.pdf Audio on page 209-210 is a little deceiving but I believe only applies to Video Audio, see Page 211 in reference to Music. Eidt - Had issues with url do the apostrophe. Edited February 27, 2017 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37066 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Thanks @@Happy2Play for looking that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL 0 Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Thanks for looking, Happy2Play. The manual is not as clear as it could be, but I think the supported audio formats on p210 are audio not video audio - I believe WAV for example is a pure audio format and that is in the relevant part of the table. I think the supported formats on p211 relate to music thumbnails and this would seem right because when I successfully play the ac3 track via windows shares I don't get thumbnails. I don't mind that though, I just want six channel audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL 0 Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Thanks for your attention Luke. Trying an MKV container didn't show up either. Out of curiosity, I played the original AC3 track via the web interface - I have a 5.1 speaker arrangement on my PC too. It went into transcoding and mixed it down to 2 channel mp3. Emby seems absolutely resolute that I should only get stereo from an audio track. Those artists who spend months re-mastering their masterworks for surround sound would be spitting feathers if they knew! If I play a video with embedded ac3 audio on the web interface ffmpeg translates the audio to aac (not mp3) and - I think - maintains the six channels so it is possible. I appreciate that most users will actually want their audio mixed down to 2 channels but I'm sure you will understand there will be exceptions where people will want to experience the music as it was originally intended to be heard. Maybe an Emby audio setting could be devised that could default to the current setup but optionally allow preservation of channels for audio (by using the ac3 native to aac native ffmpeg route) ? I'm sure you'll have a better solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 The only web browser that support AC3 is Edge. You can check you browser supported codecs at https://html5test.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL 0 Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Thanks for that, but my browser does support aac and that is what transcoding is (or can) produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Well an option will probably be the only way since there is a complaint when providing 5.1 instead of stereo also. https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/43020-web-app-now-giving-me-51-not-stereo-despite-only-having-stereo-soundcard/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37066 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Thanks for that, but my browser does support aac and that is what transcoding is (or can) produce. AC3 is not the same thing as AAC. Your file is AC3 audio, but the web browser does not support that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL 0 Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Thanks for the feedback. Luke, yes, I know Chrome doesn't support AC3 audio which is I suppose why Emby transcodes it. My point is that Emby transcodes the audio file to MP3 (2 channel) while it could transcode it to AAC which is supported by the browser and can take 6 channels. - @Happytoplay - there's no pleasing everyone is there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37066 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Ok, we'll prioritize aac higher for the next release, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL 0 Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 Many thanks, Luke, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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