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berndbausch

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berndbausch

Bear with me, I am a total newbie as far as Emby is concerned.

 

I installed Emby on an Odroid C+, which I normally use as a general backup/DNS/DHCP server in my home network. The goal is a library of home videos to which the family has access at all times.

 

First, I have to say that it blows me away that it just works out of the box. But I would like to not transcode videos

 

So far I have done tests with an MP4 file I created with ffmpeg without any options: ffmpeg -i myvideo.avi myvideo.mp4. I viewed the file from a Firefox browser, on a Windows 10 PC and on an Android phone. I expected no transcoding, but I see ffmpeg using up 75% of the CPU. An MTS file (footage directly from the camera) causes a similar load. I have not been able to try my old DV avi files yet.

 

So my initial tests show that it works, but I wonder:

 

Is it possible to configure Emby not to transcode at all?

Is it possible to configure an external viewer such as VLC? [EDIT: Yes it looks like it can be done depending on the viewing app, but I have not found if and how it's possible with the default browser app]

 

In other words, is it possible to move the decoding load to the client side?

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Is it possible to configure Emby not to transcode at all?

Hi, there's nothing you need to do. Emby will already direct play whenever possible.

 

Regarding this example, did you explore the stats feature in the video player to learn why it was transcoding?

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berndbausch

Thanks, Luke. I can see media info, but no stats. Also, my thinking is that VLC, for example, can decode anything, so that Emby can just stream the raw file.

 

This is what I see under "media info":

 

Video

 

Title 480p H264
Codec H264
Codec Tagavc1
AVC Yes
ProfileHigh 4:2:2
Level 30
Resolution 720x480
Aspect Ratio4:3
Anamorphic Yes
Interlaced No
Framerate 29.97
Bitrate 1,679 kbps
Bit Depth 8 bit
Pixel Format yuv422p
Reference Frames1
NAL4

 

Audio

 
Title Und AAC stereo (Default)
Language und
Codec AAC
Codec Tagmp4a
ProfileLC
Layout stereo
Channels 2 ch
Bitrate 119 kbps
Sample Rate 32,000 Hz
Default Yes
Containermp4
Path /home/bbausch/Videos/turmbauer.mp4
Size 33MB
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Thanks, Luke. I can see media info, but no stats. Also, my thinking is that VLC, for example, can decode anything, so that Emby can just stream the raw file.

 

This is what I see under "media info":

 

 

 

 

 

Video

 

Title 480p H264

Codec H264

Codec Tagavc1

AVC Yes

ProfileHigh 4:2:2

Level 30

Resolution 720x480

Aspect Ratio4:3

Anamorphic Yes

Interlaced No

Framerate 29.97

Bitrate 1,679 kbps

Bit Depth 8 bit

Pixel Format yuv422p

Reference Frames1

NAL4

 

 

Audio

 

Title Und AAC stereo (Default)

Language und

Codec AAC

Codec Tagmp4a

ProfileLC

Layout stereo

Channels 2 ch

Bitrate 119 kbps

Sample Rate 32,000 Hz

Default Yes

Containermp4

Path /home/bbausch/Videos/turmbauer.mp4

Size 33MB

check the stats for nerds feature accessible via the cog in the osd during playback
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berndbausch

Thanks for inviting me to the nerd circle, Luke and Spaceboy :) I get "video profile not supported" (full stats below) and guess that the web-based player is unable to deal with H264 High 4:2:2 and/or AAC LC. I can research what ffmpeg options are required to generate a supported video.

 

Still it would be nice if I could use Emby as a video library that just streams the raw bits to an external player. It seems that some Emby client apps like Emby Theater allow this, but I had hoped that it can be done with the default web interface.

 

In case you are interested, here are the detailed "stats for nerds":

 

Playback Info
Player: Web Video Player
Play method: Transcode
Protocol: http
Stream type: HLS
 
Video Info
Video resolution: 720x540
Dropped frames: 0
Corrupted frames: 0
 
Transcoding Info
Video codec: H264
Audio codec: AAC (direct)
Bitrate:2.4 Mbps
Transcoding progress: 49.8%
Transcoding framerate: 32 fps
Reason for transcoding: Video profile not supported
 
Original Media Info
Container: mp4
Bitrate: 1.8 Mbps
Video codec: H264 High 4:2:2
Video bitrate:1.7 Mbps
Video framerate: 29.97003 fps
Audio codec: AAC LC
Audio bitrate: 119 kbps
Audio channels: 2
Audio sample rate: 32000 Hz
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just streams the raw bits to an external player. It seems that some Emby client apps like Emby Theater allow this, but I had hoped that it can be done with the default web interface.

Web apps are not able to launch external programs on the machine.

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