Fritz12 0 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) How do I know what Emby is transcoding? New user here - I've transferred all of my Blu-ray and DVD titles to my Synology DS 218+ (with two 8 TB drives, 6 GB RAM) and as you Synology users know, there is a Resource Monitor to observe the CPU and RAM usage during playback. I transferred all of discs using MakeMKV and I have compressed all BD titles with HandBrake. All BD titles are much smaller than the 20-40 GB that they started when first transferred. Most are MKV. On some titles, CPU usage will go very high - in the 80% - 90% (or higher) range. Some BD titles will do this - some won't. I just ran a Standard Definition DVD title that caused CPU to go to 99%, with no subtitles selected. I see the "ffmpeg-transcode" titles in the Logs page, but the amount of information there makes me cross-eyed. What do I look for in the logs to determine what is being transcoded? And why would Emby transcode a SD DVD title (6 GB) with no subtitles selected? Note that all of my playback devices are Roku Streaming Sticks, and I did set the "Video Quality" on the Emby Roku App to 80 Mbps, and the Automatic (default) setting makes no difference. This transcoding issue is making me crazy because I DO need subtitles from time to time, but the constant buffering during playback is getting intolerable. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Edited June 23, 2018 by Fritz12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37058 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 And why would Emby transcode a SD DVD title (6 GB) with no subtitles selected? Hi there, I would suggest checking out our wiki article, Why is My Media Transcoding? Please let us know if this helps. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1559 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Think I found DVD's get transcoded because they're all / some / possibly interlaced and it depends on what device / software you're playing it on. Fr'instance, was just playing a DVD rip of 101 Dalmations and it Direct Plays on the Emby Theater app but Transcodes in Chrome. Same for some audio formats that won't Direct Play on my Fire TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz12 0 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) Hi there, I would suggest checking out our wiki article, Why is My Media Transcoding? Please let us know if this helps. Thanks ! Okay, I read the wiki page you sent me to, and I did look at the Media Info (below) that was suggested there. Is it the MPEG2VIDEO codec that's causing transcode? If so, is there anything that I can do to fix that? Video Title480P MPEG2VIDEO CodecMPEG2VIDEO ProfileMain Level8 Resolution720x480 Aspect ratio4:3 AnamorphicNo InterlacedNo Framerate29.97003 Bitrate4405 kbps Color primariessmpte170m Color spacesmpte170m Color transfersmpte170m Pixel formatyuv420p Ref frames1 Audio TitleEng Dolby Digital stereo Default Languageeng CodecAC3 Layoutstereo Channels2 ch Bitrate192 kbps Sample rate48000 Hz DefaultYes Subtitle TitleEng Default Languageeng CodecDVDSUB DefaultYes ForcedNo ExternalNo Subtitle TitleEng Languageeng CodecDVDSUB DefaultNo ForcedNo ExternalNo Containermkv Path/volume1/video/Science Fiction/The Abyss.mkv Edited June 23, 2018 by Fritz12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz12 0 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Also, one of my BD titles that transcodes when subtitles are turned on is "PGSSUB" and that is one that will trigger transcoding, right? I know that I can download SRT subtitles from an external source, but is there a way to get the Emby Server to do that globally for every title that I have? It would be a real chore to have to do that for more than 500 titles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1559 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) Would this (Library > three dots > Manage Library) help with anything. Am not a subtitle person, so just wondering... Edited June 23, 2018 by arrbee99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz12 0 Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Would this (Library > three dots > Manage Library) help with anything. Am not a subtitle person, so just wondering... I did look at that, and set up everything as it should (I think), and I do have an OpenSubtitle account which I input, but I'm not seeing if the SRT files were downloaded and if so, where they are. Aren't they supposed to be stored with the video files? Or are they invisible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz12 0 Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Hi there, I would suggest checking out our wiki article, Why is My Media Transcoding? Please let us know if this helps. Thanks ! Thanks...this did help somewhat, and I know more now, but it's not all clear yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37058 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I did look at that, and set up everything as it should (I think), and I do have an OpenSubtitle account which I input, but I'm not seeing if the SRT files were downloaded and if so, where they are. Aren't they supposed to be stored with the video files? Or are they invisible? There is an option to save them alongside the media. You can toggle that in the settings for that particular library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrbee99 1559 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Sorry, didn't notice the Roku bit in your first post. Far as I can see Roku doesn't natively play mpeg2 or pgs subs. Might It be best to just look through the Media Info of the stuff that Direct Plays vs the the stuff that Transcodes, just to check If its purely a subtitles thing or purely an mpeg2 thing or purely a DTS audio thing. My blurays have been MakeMKV'd and Handbraked, most play Direct on a Fire TV but some transcode due to some audio codec it doesn't like. Am not a subtitles person so have never used that Emby feature, only have subtitles for the odd bit of French, or German, or Klingon in English movies. Sorry. Really don't think I'm helping much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz12 0 Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Sorry. Really don't think I'm helping much. You did, thanks. I didn't know those bits about the Roku. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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