msloat 1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Planning on getting a HDhomerun Extend here shortly. I am having issues with my DS418 transcoding. The micro can't handle so I thought if i got a Extend then it would do most the work. I have not been with Emby long so I wanted to ask about this Allow Hardware Transcoding. Will this option allow the Extend to do all the work and save it as a 720 instead of something larger? Or did I just waste my money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Hi, in most cases, yes, although there could be cases where Emby will transcode on top of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msloat 1 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Luke said: Hi, in most cases, yes, although there could be cases where Emby will transcode on top of that. To stop it from that would I just disable transcoding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 To stop what exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msloat 1 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Luke said: To stop what exactly? 6 minutes ago, Luke said: Hi, in most cases, yes, although there could be cases where Emby will transcode on top of that. As you were saying that it would allow it to save as a lower resolution in most cases. But other times it would transcode. Logically I was thinking if I disabled transcoding also for users it would stop that. Unless you are talking about the saved file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Correct. If the server is transcoding on top of the HDHR already transcoding, then there's a good reason for it, so it's better to look at that reason rather than just turn things off and risk causing problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msloat 1 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Luke said: Correct. If the server is transcoding on top of the HDHR already transcoding, then there's a good reason for it, so it's better to look at that reason rather than just turn things off and risk causing problems. So in other words (because I wasn't thinking in these terms initially) it should work all the time but if it doesn't I should say something so you guys can fix it. Correct? I was expecting to dance around this if it didn't work. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 No, it will always work, but you may still get server transcoding depending on your setup and configuration. That's what you would look at. It's not something you would report a problem on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, msloat said: So in other words (because I wasn't thinking in these terms initially) it should work all the time but if it doesn't I should say something so you guys can fix it. Correct? I was expecting to dance around this if it didn't work. Thanks. To clarify, emby will transcode if the client accessing the server is unable to play the native format stored on the server. What Luke was trying to say is that in this situation it's not an emby problem, its a format problem causing your client to request a transcoded version of the media. So basically, if you're trying to not transcode on your server at all, ensure all of your clients are able to play the media type natively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msloat 1 Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 16 minutes ago, mastrmind11 said: To clarify, emby will transcode if the client accessing the server is unable to play the native format stored on the server. What Luke was trying to say is that in this situation it's not an emby problem, its a format problem causing your client to request a transcoded version of the media. So basically, if you're trying to not transcode on your server at all, ensure all of your clients are able to play the media type natively. Wasn't sure where he was going with his explanation. But this helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msloat 1 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 (edited) So I got my HDhomerun extend today. Did some recordings but it doesn't seem to record at the default, which I set to mobile. Is this normal and is there a way I can change it? So that the recorded video isn't so high. Edited February 21, 2021 by msloat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37008 Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 14 hours ago, msloat said: So I got my HDhomerun extend today. Did some recordings but it doesn't seem to record at the default, which I set to mobile. Is this normal and is there a way I can change it? So that the recorded video isn't so high. Currently recordings are requested from the tuner at original quality, although configuration around this is always possible for the future. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msloat 1 Posted February 21, 2021 Author Share Posted February 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, Luke said: Currently recordings are requested from the tuner at original quality, although configuration around this is always possible for the future. Thanks. Ok thank you. That would be cool to set it as internet480. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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