rbjtech 4291 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi, I have multi-versions of the same mkv setup in Emby because I thought the Emby selected the most appropriate to Transcode if the client was set to Auto (or forced)? I've recently delved into 4K and in my recent testing (on the latest beta) the Android client will attempt to play whatever is selected in the client - so if I press play on the 2160p version, the server will (max itself) Transcoding that, if I select the 1080p version, then it will also Transcode (due to bandwidth limitations - fine) that but if I select the 'Streaming' version then it will play direct (as it should and how I want it to work). So my question - is there any way to hide the version options in the Android client and have emby use the correct streaming version based on bandwidth ? I pretty sure this has previous worked well - which is the key reason I have multiple versions available. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37132 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi there, can we look at an example? Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4291 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Hi - Attached is a new embyserver.txt plus the two transcode logs after doing the following :- Emby is set to a 4Mb/sec stream limit. Android Client is to to Auto on a 4G network 1. Play mkv 2160p version - it transcodes and plays fine with a 4Mb/sec limit - fine. 2. Play mkv 1080p version - it transcodes and plays fine with a 4Mb/sec limit - fine. 3. Play mkv 720p version - it direct plays - great. So technically, emby is doing everything I ask of it - but my question is why has emby not recognised that there is no need to transcode the 2160p and 1080p versions when a version under the 4Mb/sec bitrate is already available and thus it should pick that and direct stream rather than transcode ? Thanks for any assistance. embyserver.txt ffmpeg-transcode-ff1c556e-8eac-4172-bc1a-3a45ebbb6bc0_1.txt ffmpeg-transcode-1b9ab0a4-6ca3-4c13-b040-3c07bd510c93_1.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37132 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 That's very strange. I can see what you're saying based on the logs but i just went through setting up this exact scenario and each time the app chose a version that could direct play. I will have to keep digging for the answer. thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4291 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 ok well thanks for taking the time to investigate Luke. I'm going to do some more digging myself - I've also just noticed that the 'multi-version' blue circle icon on the left of the poster icon in the web view is no longer there - but multi-versions are being recognised fine in the selection and details pages... Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37132 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I've also just noticed that the 'multi-version' blue circle icon on the left of the poster icon in the web view is no longer there That was just a design choice and is not related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjtech 4291 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 That was just a design choice and is not related. Ah ok - np Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAlGaInTl 279 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Sorry to dredge up an older topic, but I was just about to have this same question. So in theory Emby should pick the correct version automatically? Say... there's a file that can't be played natively by a Roku, but another one that can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37132 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Yes, that's exactly what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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