Stop Playback if Transcoding 4k?

[spaceman07 8]

I am trying to work out what part of the API would capture the information i would need in order to stop playback if a user/client is transcoding the video stream part and if so i would like to stop it and send them a message with a reason on the screen. My 4k content are in a folder path with 4K in the name so I am hoping to capture that possibly from the path part of the capture.

 

I have been looking around the SessionsService part of the API and would like to check if this is the part that i need to look into -

"TranscodingInfo": {
            "AudioChannels": 6,
            "AudioCodec": "ac3",
            "Bitrate": 18827060,
            "CompletionPercentage": 7.304118161106082,
            "Container": "ts",
            "Framerate": 36,
            "Height": 2160,
            "IsAudioDirect": true,
            "IsVideoDirect": false,
            "TranscodeReasons": [
                "ContainerBitrateExceedsLimit"
            ],
            "TranscodingPositionTicks": 2246700000,
            "TranscodingStartPositionTicks": 0,
            "VideoCodec": "h264",
            "VideoDecoder": "Automatic software decoder",
            "VideoDecoderIsHardware": false,
            "VideoDecoderMediaType": "HEVC",
            "VideoEncoder": "libx264 Software Encoder",
            "VideoEncoderIsHardware": false,
            "VideoEncoderMediaType": "H.264 (AVC)",
            "Width": 3840
        }

IsVideoDirect = false/true

 

If I could get clarification on that please if I am looking at the correct place for that information?

 

 

Thanks

Edited May 16, 2020 by spaceman07

[PenkethBoy 2063]

you already have height and width info - is that not enough to tell if its 4k or not?

[spaceman07 8]

Is it possible to have a stream where it is direct playing the 4k video and transcoding the audio? If so I am ok with that but only interested in stopping the stream if it's transcoding the video part.

[PenkethBoy 2063]

Yes

 

isaudiodirect looks like what you need to check

 

along with isvideodirect

 

you would have to test this but they look like they tell you what you need

[PenkethBoy 2063]

another way would be parental controls to limit certain users to not be able to "see" 4k videos

[spaceman07 8]

I would like them to be able to be able to use 4k but only direct play.

 

So be able to direct play or transcoding for 720/1080p content and direct play only for 4k

[PenkethBoy 2063]

ok if parental controls dont work for you then you have enough info to control their access via the info you have in the first post