#Bug #Help Fix/research faulty transcoding video info (e.g. resolution)

[Luke 37188]

Sorry I meant 3.6.

[ldexterldesign 10]

v4.0.2.0

Not perfect but much better
 

Is this hardware specific (i.e. if my hardware was better then I would see a better realtime transcode)?:

 

 

Also why is Emby transcoding h265 to h264, I would expect Emby to simply play the h265 file?

Hope to hear back

Cheers

Edited April 5, 2019 by ldexterldesign

[Luke 37188]

 

 

Is this hardware specific (i.e. if my hardware was better then I would see a better realtime transcode)?:

 

Yes.

 

 

 

Also why is Emby transcoding x265 to x264, I would expect Emby to simply play the x265 file?

Did you try clicking the information icon in the middle to learn why it is transcoding?

[ldexterldesign 10]

Hi Luke,

 

Thanks for reply

 

I presume the transcode happens because my browser (i.e. Vivaldi), neither any/many other browsers, support the h265 codec but does support the h264 codec:

 

https://caniuse.com/#feat=mpeg4
https://caniuse.com/#feat=hevc

If true then the Emby dialog is misleading because the container (mp4) is supported so you may want to test/fix that

I fixed my original issue by messing with the transcoding settings (Apple MacBook Pro 2014 should be able to transcode a 720p h264 > h265 on the fly to a satisfactory standard!)
 

Hope this is useful to someone else
 

Regards

Edited April 6, 2019 by ldexterldesign

[Luke 37188]

What is the container, mkv?

[ldexterldesign 10]

My apologies, the container is mkv and the dialog is not misleading

 

I presumed the file was mp4 and forgot you can use h265 in mkv

 

Wishful thinking but would be useful if the dialog was a bit more verbose (e.g. container [mkv] and codec [h265] unsupported)

 

Regards

Edited April 6, 2019 by ldexterldesign

[Luke 37188]

Thanks for the feedback.

[ldexterldesign 10]

> Did you try clicking the information icon in the middle to learn why it is transcoding?

 

Also, would review the CSS cursor UX here. The button/icon needs an appropriate cursor to show a click affordance. The container element (i.e. card) does not need a click affordance because it's not clickable.

 

Hope this helps

 

Regards

[Luke 37188]

Thanks for the feedback.

[pwhodges 1538]

Wishful thinking but would be useful if the dialog was a bit more verbose (e.g. container [mkv] and codec [h265] unsupported)

Agreed; in particular, often the only reason given is container incompatibility - but this doesn't usually require transcoding to change, so another reason is likely..