DirectStream in lieu of Transcoding?

[kungfullofit 0]

Need a little help here. I'm very much enjoying Emby, but I'm having issues when watching movies in the browser (updated Chrome v67...). I look forward to working while playing a movie on a spare monitor. Some movies play very well with DirectStream while others are almost unwatchable when transcoding. I'm trying to figure out what's triggering the transcoding/preventing DirectStream.

 

Some hopefully helpful info

• All video files are .mkv (ruling out .iso incompatibility in browser play)
• My blu ray copies all use DirectStream - ruling out server hardware, bandwidth, quality settings, 5.1 conversion to 2.0, and other potential bottle necks when playing lower quality/non-blu ray content
• I thought it might be subtitles, but transcoding continues even after turning off subtitles
• Below is my 'stats for nerds'; attached is my transcoding log

Happy to re-convert files so that Emby is happy and defaults to DirectStream. Thank you!

 

emby transcode log.txt

[Happy2Play 9460]

Chrome doesn't support mpeg2 or ac3 codecs

 

Check the codecs your browser supports a html5test,com

[Luke 40153]

Yes that is the correct answer here. Thanks.

[kungfullofit 0]

Excellent. Thanks for the quick responses. Any recommended workarounds - compatible/recommended browser, browser addon, or re-encoding? Thanks.

[Luke 40153]

Our media conversion feature can be used to convert your files to streaming friendly formats before you play.