Downloading wrong Version & Filename

[PatrickStar 5]

Basically, the Emby Theater app for Android seems to download whatever it wants.

This is how i downloaded the content:

1. Open the episode directly.
2. Select the "HD" version.
3. Press the download button.

I did this to specifically ensure that Emby is not just downloading the UHD version when i download the whole season or multiple at once.

I have these different versions for very different purposes. One 4K for my HDR capable devices and one 1080p for compatibility,  lower bandwidth and most importantly situations where i want to watch SDR content.

However, this is what i end up with in the Android app:

As you can see, the app downloaded the 4K version and saved it as "- HD" which is wrong. If it downloads the best quality or "generic" it should omit the suffix or at least use the correct filename.

The "Split Versions Apart" button does nothing but load because there is no other Version merged into this container format, it has the exact same size as the UHD file on the server.

I would need an option to download the version >I< want. I wanted the HD version specifically because watching HDR content on a train on a sunny day is just not fun as my Pixel 9a just is not bright enough so in dark scenes i am looking like i am inspecting my smartphone very very thoroughly.

Kind Regards

[Luke 43533]

Hi, how did you set the quality options in the download dialog?

[PatrickStar 5]

On 10/4/2026 at 8:11 PM, Luke said:

Hi, how did you set the quality options in the download dialog?

It is set to "Original".
Choices are "Original", "15 Mbps", "12 Mbps", "8 Mbps", "4 Mbps", "1.5 Mbps" as well as "Custom" that allows to enter my own Bitrate in megabits per second.

However i don't do transcoding, never. I want to download the original file, just the HD and not the UHD version.

There must be a easy way to download the original file as is for those of us who do pre-encoding, without entering some magic Bitrate values.

[Luke 43533]

Right, the way the feature is built is that the quality setting will help lead you to the version that you want. There currently is not a download specific version feature.

But using the quality setting does not automatically mean that it will be transcoded, especially on android where it can direct play just about everything.

[PatrickStar 5]

Tho what quality would i have to pick in order to download the correct file? That would in turn be a magic number and in my opinion a bad user experience.
It also does not solve the issue, that the path is wrong, as it uses the filename of file A and writes the contents of file B.

Ideally, if you select "Original" there should be a second selection that allows you to specify the version in case there are versions. 

[Luke 43533]

That does make sense but for now if you select the next quality up from the lower one then that should help it get chosen.