johnbajer 3 Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Is there any way to avoid transcoding? Even when I open H264 file it transcodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, johnbajer said: Is there any way to avoid transcoding? Even when I open H264 file it transcodes. It's probably for another reason. Did you explore the stats feature in the video player to learn why it was transcoding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbajer 3 Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Playback Info Player: Web Video Player Play method: Transcode Protocol: http Stream type: HLS Video Info Video resolution: 678x513 Dropped frames: 0 Corrupted frames: 0 Transcoding Info Video codec: H264 Audio codec: AAC Bitrate: 4.4 Mbps Transcoding progress: 6.5% Transcoding framerate: 615 fps Reason for transcoding: Container not supported Original Media Info Container: mkv Bitrate: 2.1 Mbps Video codec: HEVC Main Video bitrate: 2.1 Mbps Video framerate: 29.97003 fps Audio codec: VORBIS Audio channels: 2 Audio sample rate: 48000 Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Mkv is not supported by your browser. Most browsers don't support mkv (only Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome). Additionally that's also hevc so the same answer as before - your browser does not support it, therefore Emby Server transcodes on the fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 54 minutes ago, johnbajer said: Is there any way to avoid transcoding? Even when I open H264 file it transcodes. Only having media in a browser friendly format, otherwise Emby does what it is designed to do transcode on the fly to deliver your media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobi 159 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, johnbajer said: Is there any way to avoid transcoding? Even when I open H264 file it transcodes. You mentioned linux earlier.... if you've got a linux system you could look into Tdarr. It can convert your media to any format. I use it to convert my library to HEVC mkv, but you could easily configure it to do the exact opposite. MP4 x264 with 2ch AAC audio should be pretty universal and direct play on most systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbajer 3 Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 I will install Jellyfin on my NAS as it does the same without requesting payment. Emby turns to be useless unless premier account is purchased. I have already uninstall it. Thanks for the support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRobi 159 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 1 hour ago, johnbajer said: I will install Jellyfin on my NAS as it does the same without requesting payment. Emby turns to be useless unless premier account is purchased. I have already uninstall it. Thanks for the support. I installed Jellyfin 3 or 4 weeks ago to see if it would be suitable to replace my Plex server that I use as a backup server. I kept it for all of an hour. It reminded me of a stripped down version of Emby from about 3 years ago. Since it's a fork of an old version of Emby, I'm sure it's got many of the same capabilities, but wow does it ever look crappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 We work very hard on Emby and we thank you for your support. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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