Shockrift 0 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 Hi there, was showing a friend my emby library on my apple tv and when I play a track I notice immediately I'm unable to see how long it is, how far I progressed, or for that matter how to track to a different part. I find this relatively confusing and was unsure if this was a known bug or I'm just missing something (PEBKAC). Thanks for the assist. Link to post Share on other sites
corey 274 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 Hey — is the media transcoding? It wouldn’t surprise me to see the behavior during transcoding. Link to post Share on other sites
Shockrift 0 Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 (edited) Forgive me, but I'm not sure how I would be able to tell that on this platform. I'm looking at it from my computer but all it tells me is that my appletv device is active (in the dashboard). Edited November 19 by Shockrift Link to post Share on other sites
corey 274 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 Just now, Shockrift said: Forgive me, but I'm not sure how I would be able to tell that on this platform. I'm looking at it from my computer but all it tells me is that my appletv device is active (in the dashboard). That's correct. We have a bug currently where music playback reporting is broken. Can you post the media info for the item? Link to post Share on other sites
Shockrift 0 Posted November 19 Author Share Posted November 19 (edited) Edited November 19 by Shockrift Link to post Share on other sites
vdatanet 763 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 (edited) 11 hours ago, Shockrift said: I play a track I notice immediately I'm unable to see how long it is, how far I progressed, or for that matter how to track to a different par Yes, that is a sign that it is transcoding, but I don't know why, since ALAC is a format supported by Apple TV. Quote HE-AAC (V1), AAC (up to 320 Kbps), protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (up to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Apple Lossless, FLAC, AIFF, and WAV; AC-3 (Dolby Digital 5.1), E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound), and Dolby Atmos This file is also transcoding for me, but as far as I know, it's supported by Apple TV. The same file using FLAC is direct played. It's not a big issue, but gapless playback is lost. Maybe the bitrate is too high, but what surprises me is that using FLAC the playback is direct. alac.txt ffmpeg-transcode-8dbe4af7-7eef-44df-9bd2-9914b84842e9_1.txt Edited November 19 by vdatanet Link to post Share on other sites
vdatanet 763 Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 (edited) On the other hand, playing this song (FLAC with higher bitrate), playback is direct (of course, downsampling to 48 Khz, since Apple TV does not support anything beyond 48 Khz) flac.txt Edited November 19 by vdatanet Link to post Share on other sites
vdatanet 763 Posted Friday at 04:21 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:21 PM @ebr Can you take a look at why ALAC files get transcoded? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
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