Why must my server transcode HEVC/x265?

[pmalek 0]

I've been using Emby for a while now and just recently I've discovered that I cannot stream HEVC/x265 content - it needs to get transcoded for some reason.

 

Logs:

embyserver.txt https://pastebin.com/Tvpzj41N

ffmpeg-transcode https://pastebin.com/42aZEcYi

 

I do have to note that I'm running emby in docker.

 

I've tried running it with different base docker image (ubuntu based ffmpeg image https://hub.docker.com/r/jrottenberg/ffmpeg/ ) to get newer version of ffmpeg (4.1) but then I was getting ffmpeg related errors.

 

I do need to note that everything is working butter-smooth on my Android phone (Oneplus 6) version 3.0.45 without transcoding.

Above logs from web app are coming from Chrome on Mac OS.

Edited April 22, 2019 by pmalek

[mastrmind11 717]

chrome doesn't support hevc, thus the transcode to h264.  also why your oneplus streams it... android supports hevc.

Edited April 22, 2019 by mastrmind11

[pmalek 0]

Alright fair enough. https://caniuse.com/#feat=hevc states just what you've mentioned but at the same time Safari 12.1 should be supported but when I open emby on Web app it still transcodes.

 

(I'm running Mac OS Mojave which should work according to note: "Supported only on macOS High Sierra or later")

[Luke 37022]

Can we look at a safari example? thanks.

[pmalek 0]

embyserver.txt https://pastebin.com/2nDbxnWi

ffmpeg-directstream https://pastebin.com/nPDDNNCy

ffmpeg-transcode https://pastebin.com/3x9ri3fQ

 

let me know if that helps.