Force transcode settings per device?

[tnowakow 0]

Hi Everyone,

Wondering if its possible to set up device options in regards to transcoding/conversion.  Example, I have a few AV1 files that play natively on a few streaming devices (MeCool KM6, FireTV Stick 4k MAX, Newest FireTV Cube).  Right now I have a user set up with the setting to allow media playback, and everything else unchecked (no transcoding or conversion allowed).  The files play fine and natively on the AV1 H/W enabled boxes. If I check the boxes to allow transcode/conversion settings though, for some reason Emby still wants to transcode or convert when playing to those specific devices.  I don't want that because I tested and they can play natively.  However, I do have non-AV1 media that still does require transcoding on some of my other streaming boxes.  Wondering if there's a way to set up a 'device profile' to never transcode/convert files when played on those specific devices but then everything works as normal on the others?  Thank you

tn

Edited November 16, 2022 by tnowakow

[Luke 42085]

Hi there, when it transcodes, did you explore the stats feature in the video player to learn the reason why?

[Happy2Play 9783]

Without server and ffmpeg logs I would guess this a remote user with playback quality set to Auto and Auto is being conservative with bandwidth and converting to a lower level.

Emby will direct play when possible but Remote users may not be able to use Auto.  But appling a high playback quality on a remote user can be problematic also when the connection quality drops.

[tnowakow 0]

On 11/17/2022 at 1:15 PM, Luke said:

Hi there, when it transcodes, did you explore the stats feature in the video player to learn the reason why?

I did, the server says 'converting video to compatible codec' and the stats for nerds says conversion reason: unsupported video.  Attaching two pictures where one shows the transcode, and the other shows the direct play after I change the user setting to not allow transcoding/conversion

[Luke 42085]

Hi.  Can you try sideloading our standard android app on the same device and see how that compares?

https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html

Thanks.

 

[tnowakow 0]

16 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi.  Can you try sideloading our standard android app on the same device and see how that compares?

https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html

Thanks.

 

sideloading the android app allows it to direct play by default for the user that I updated to allow for transcoding/conversion.  So looks to be an issue with the Android TV App

[Luke 42085]

Great. You can use the standard app in the meantime as it fully supports TV devices.