Newbie questions: transcode audio, write-protect library

[oneuser 0]

Hello,

I run Emby server 4.5.2 on OMV5 NAS (Debian 10) as a Docker container.

My purpose is to direct stream or transcode music files to an AV receiver (via DLNA).

I have two questions related to setting up the environment I want:

- How do I set up transcoding of audio formats not supported by the receiver? For example MP3 files should be streamed, and OGG should be transcoded.

- Can I somehow make sure that all the music library I configure will not be touched in any way? No files modified/added/deleted? I know about "Metadata folder" advanced setting. Is there anything else to set up? I can make all the folder read-only to Emby user, if this is the only way, but would it break anything?
 

TIA

[Carlo 4330]

Hi,

You don't.  Emby will do this automatically for you. However, depending on your hardware it's possible you might need to tweak a DNLA profile

So try things out and let us know if you hit any snags or issues and we'll take it from there.