Auto Select Audio When Transcoding

[njmckenzie96 3]

I can't for the life of me get remote streams to select the secondary audio. the moment it transcodes the video to also transcodes the audio. if I manually select the secondary compatible audio, then the server only transcodes the video. so like, it is possible to only do the video, but is there a way for it to look for compatible audio before deciding to transcode the audio? 

Edited March 27 by njmckenzie96

[yocker 1450]

On 12/13/2025 at 6:38 AM, Luke said:

Hi, we actually already do what you're asking, assuming all other factors are equals.

What I mean by that is, your user audio preferences come first. That is the criteria that is used to determine which track to play. But if two tracks are determined to be equally eligible, then it looks at which one might be able to direct play as a secondary criteria.

Does that answer your question?

Agree with njmckenzie96.
If audio gets transcoded i can't get it to choose the compatible track instead.

My fix so far has to be setting to compatible track to default and have people with supporting hardware have to choose the better track them self.

[Luke 42321]

9 hours ago, njmckenzie96 said:

I can't for the life of me get remote streams to select the secondary audio. the moment it transcodes the video to also transcodes the audio. if I manually select the secondary compatible audio, then the server only transcodes the video. so like, it is possible to only do the video, but is there a way for it to look for compatible audio before deciding to transcode the audio? 

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

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[Luke 42321]

@njmckenzie96?

[njmckenzie96 3]

yeah sorry I'll try to send some logs over soon.

[Luke 42321]

15 hours ago, njmckenzie96 said:

yeah sorry I'll try to send some logs over soon.

That would be great. Thanks.

[yocker 1450]

@Luke is there any function or plan for Emby to automatically choose the highest sound formal the device can handle?

[Luke 42321]

8 hours ago, yocker said:

@Luke is there any function or plan for Emby to automatically choose the highest sound formal the device can handle?

HI, user audio preferences are evaluated first, and then after that, this already happens if all other factors are equal.

[yocker 1450]

23 minutes ago, Luke said:

HI, user audio preferences are evaluated first, and then after that, this already happens if all other factors are equal.

I can't seem to find where to set this in the settings, i always have to manually choose for example TrueHD because the compatibility track is always default on my server to avoid unnecessary transcoding by users.

[Luke 42321]

There is nothing to configure. If one track is required to avoid transcoding, then that is the one that will usually get picked. If neither track can direct play, or they both can, then that's when secondary criteria gets looked at.