fisha 1 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hi all! I have a Synology DS118 NAS and an LG B9 Oled TV. Emby works fine, but I can't play 4k contents with it. It always tries to transcode, but obviosly my NAS doesn't have enough power for this. I tried to set every network bandwith to the maximum in the client, but the result is the same: NAS killed by this overhelming task. Meanwhile the built in player plays this video fine. What is the problem? How can I avoid transcoding? Logs attached. Thank you for your help in advance. Fisha Video details: Video ID : 1 Format : HEVC Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High HDR format : SMPTE ST 2086, HDR10 compatible Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC Duration : 54 min 28 s Bit rate : 43.9 Mb/s Width : 3 840 pixels Height : 2 160 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2) Bit depth : 10 bits Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.221 Stream size : 16.7 GiB (95%) Title : MPEG-H HEVC Video / 43921 kbps / 2160p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Main 10 @ Level 5.1 @ High / 10 bits / HDR10 / BT.2020 Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.2020 Transfer characteristics : PQ Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant Mastering display color primaries : Display P3 Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 4000 cd/m2 Maximum Content Light Level : 1962 cd/m2 Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 227 cd/m2 ffmpeg-transcode-4cfe4797-1ef2-4631-9690-623863927556_1.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37007 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hi, the best thing to do would be to play with an emby app that can direct play this file without transcoding. What devices would you like to play from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisha 1 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Hi. From the LG B9 TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution rbjtech 4222 Posted December 16, 2019 Solution Share Posted December 16, 2019 (edited) I assume from the log you are trying to play internal PGS subtitles - if yes, THIS is what is forcing the transcode. You'll need to get external .SRT subtitles - name it exactly the same as the video file with a .srt extension - and then choose 'External/SRT' subs from the playback menu. The LG App plays 4K HDR perfectly using Directplay if you use external SRT files (native support). Edited December 16, 2019 by rbjtech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisha 1 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Jeez. You are a god. Thank you very much. It works. I assume from the log you are trying to play internal PGS subtitles - if yes, THIS is what is forcing the transcode. You'll need to get external .SRT subtitles - name it exactly the same as the video file with a .srt extension - and then choose 'External/SRT' subs from the playback menu. The LG App plays 4K HDR perfectly using Directplay if you use external SRT files (native support). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37007 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 In the interests of self service, the stats feature inside the video player will tell you why it's transcoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisha 1 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 Thank you. I will observe it next time. In the interests of self service, the stats feature inside the video player will tell you why it's transcoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisha 1 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) Is it possible to develop a never transcode flag? Using emby on an entry level NAS transcode is never an option. An error message would be much more useful instead of killing my Synology every time I make a wrong click... Edited December 22, 2019 by fisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostByte 5042 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Is it possible to develop a never transcode flag? Using emby on an entry level NAS transcode is never an option. An error message would be much more useful instead of killing my Synology every time I make a wrong click... You can turn off most of the transcoding on the server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37007 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Please read the help text underneath the options before doing that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawazi 1 Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 I assume from the log you are trying to play internal PGS subtitles - if yes, THIS is what is forcing the transcode. You'll need to get external .SRT subtitles - name it exactly the same as the video file with a .srt extension - and then choose 'External/SRT' subs from the playback menu. The LG App plays 4K HDR perfectly using Directplay if you use external SRT files (native support). I almost always remux my videos before adding to Emby, remove any image based subtitle streams. For things I care most about, I'll also usually mux the .srt subtitles into the container. I use SubEdit to convert the image based subtitles to .srt, it's not perfect, and it takes some time, but it works. This is obviously more involved than just downloading the .srt file and putting it into the directory with the video file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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