Movie transcoding but if I remux from MP4 to MKV it direct plays?

[Lane03 14]

I'm trying to get away from Plex but have noticed a number of my movies that would direct play in Plex are triggering a transcode in Emby (as well as BlueNeon based on the old Emby). After much testing I found that if I remux the streams into a MKV container then the movie will direct play without issue. Seems to be a bug with the auto-detection process of what can direct play and what can't, as the original MP4 plays just fine on Plex or using the Roku Media Player via USB drive.

 

Roku is wired and has bitrate set at maximum. I can't see how it's a setting or config issue since remuxing it from MP4 to MKV fixes it.

 

What info would you need from me to look into this?

[Lane03 14]

Need to do some more testing, but it appears to be fixed. I was running an outdated version of Emby Server. Updated to the latest version and the two movies I've checked so far are direct playing where before it was triggering a transcode unless I remuxed them to MKV.

[Luke 37008]

Thanks for the feedback !

[Lane03 14]

Thanks for the feedback !

No problem. This was a good example though of why we really need a way to tell from within the Emby Roku app if the movie is direct playing or transcoding, as it really helps with troubleshooting. I realize you might be trying to avoid cluttering up the UI, but perhaps something simple like having the retrieving bar be a different color or a small icon when you bring up the on screen display.