slavd 4 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) Hello, currently when Emby is playing media there are lots of transcoding options, for example for video files - 1080p, 720p etc., including a special option called 'Auto'. To my understanding if Emby decides that you have a fast enough connection it will switch to a 'Auto - Direct' mode and it will stream the movie as is, without transcoding. However, there is no 'Direct' standalone option present. Why is this feature needed: Sometimes the 'Auto' option decides that the connection speed is not fast enough so it switches to a transcoding method (usually 720p 1Mbps for me). This is problematic, as not only the movie quality becomes terrible to watch, but induces stress to the server, which becomes too great once more than 2-3 users are watching simultaneously - resulting in a buffering movie even at a low quality. Currently to get around the problem with low quality stream I have to go to settings and manually change the transcoding to the same resolution and bitrate that I know the movie is originally (or greater). This is unnecessary and could be avoided by providing a separate 'Direct' streaming option. Edited April 20, 2020 by slavd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37006 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Hi, you can always disable user access to transcoding using user permissions, but please make sure to read the help text underneath the option before doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavd 4 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 Hi, you can always disable user access to transcoding using user permissions, but please make sure to read the help text underneath the option before doing so. I know I can do that, I do not want to. I want to be able to transcode when my connection is slow but I want the freedom to exclusively choose when to do so, not count on the 'auto' option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Luke 37006 Posted April 20, 2020 Solution Share Posted April 20, 2020 So why not just use the quality setting then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavd 4 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 So why not just use the quality setting then? ??? That is what I am explaining for the last 2 posts. There is no standalone 'Direct' quality option. The only way to get a 'direct' stream is by choosing the 'auto' option and that changes in the middle of the movie to 480p or something even though i have a fast enough connection to stream directly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The only way to get a 'direct' stream is by choosing the 'auto' option and that changes in the middle of the movie to 480p or something even though i have a fast enough connection to stream directly Hi. That's not true. You can simply set your quality setting at some number higher than your highest bitrate content that you are also sure your connection can handle. Anything under the bitrate setting will direct play (as long as all other criteria allow it). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavd 4 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Hi. That's not true. You can simply set your quality setting at some number higher than your highest bitrate content that you are also sure your connection can handle. Anything under the bitrate setting will direct play (as long as all other criteria allow it). That is what I do now. But why not just add a direct play option? What is the big deal? Why go trough all that hassle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 That is what I do now. But why not just add a direct play option? What is the big deal? Why go trough all that hassle? Select the highest bitrate available and that is your "direct play" option. The reason we don't offer it labeled that way is because most users would look at it and say "sure, I want it to direct play, why not" and turn it on. Then come here and report that the system is broken because most of their items won't play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavd 4 Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Select the highest bitrate available and that is your "direct play" option. The reason we don't offer it labeled that way is because most users would look at it and say "sure, I want it to direct play, why not" and turn it on. Then come here and report that the system is broken because most of their items won't play. Seriously? That is the reason? Name it 'No transcoding' then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14903 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Seriously? That is the reason? Name it 'No transcoding' then... An end user is not necessarily going to know what that means. We already have the ability for you to achieve what you want... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37006 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Seriously? That is the reason? Name it 'No transcoding' then... "No Transcoding" would not be accurate because it could still transcode for other reasons besides quality such as supported media formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8241 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Seriously? That is the reason? Name it 'No transcoding' then... What would we tell users that select "no transcoding" and their media fails to play? Edited April 22, 2020 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuelqwe 313 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 This is just an idea, but a compromise could be to show “Original” next to the original quality or something like that. That way, you would know which is the original quality of the file, and it wouldn’t insinuate that the show won’t transcode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8241 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Personally I set all clients to Max or tell users too, and control all users via "Internet streaming bitrate limit". A client/app setting becomes irrelevant unless set lower than my Threshold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37006 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 This is just an idea, but a compromise could be to show “Original” next to the original quality or something like that. That way, you would know which is the original quality of the file, and it wouldn’t insinuate that the show won’t transcode. Yes, an original quality option is not a bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavd 4 Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 This is just an idea, but a compromise could be to show “Original” next to the original quality or something like that. That way, you would know which is the original quality of the file, and it wouldn’t insinuate that the show won’t transcode. +1 I haven't thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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