¿Reason why it transcodes?

[JavierPa 7]

Hi!

I'm playing an MKV file that's transcoding, and I don't know why. Emby doesn't usually do this. How can I see the transcoding reason in the log?

attached txt.

ffmpeg-directstream-f50138d7-c01e-45b4-aefb-8900bfb83054_1.txt

[Luke 43549]

HI, did you explore the stats feature to learn why it was transcoding?

[JavierPa 7]

15 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hola, ¿exploraste la función de estadísticas para averiguar por qué se estaba transcodificando?

Could you tell me where I can find that information?

[pwhodges 2132]

While playing click the cog icon and select "Stats for Nerds" from the menu.

Paul

[JavierPa 7]

7 minutes ago, pwhodges said:

Mientras juegas, haz clic en el icono del engranaje y selecciona "Estadísticas para nerds" en el menú.

Pablo

Ah, I do see that every time I play it. It just reports "direct playback error".

[Luke 43549]

This means the player tried to direct play it, but it had a problem with the file and switched to transcoding in order to ensure successful playback.

[JavierPa 7]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Esto significa que el reproductor intentó reproducirlo directamente, pero tuvo un problema con el archivo y cambió a la transcodificación para garantizar una reproducción correcta.

¿And does the log indicate what that error might be?

[JavierPa 7]

I just checked the technical data for the MKV file with MediaInfo, and it has two video tracks. That's unheard of. And one of them has a very high @high profile. This is what's causing the problem and preventing direct playback. Log attached.

Transcoding.txt

[Lessaj 613]

it looks like it was an attempt to add a cover based on the below details, but this it not a normal way to add attachments. You should be able to remux the file with mkvtoolnix to remove that track and see if it direct plays as you'd expect. Normally an attachment would be a separate item as Image, not a video track.

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FILENAME                                 : cover.jpg
MIMETYPE                                 : image/jpeg

[JavierPa 7]

5 minutes ago, Lessaj said:

Parece que se intentó añadir una carátula, según los detalles que aparecen a continuación, pero esta no es la forma habitual de añadir archivos adjuntos. Deberías poder remuxar el archivo con mkvtoolnix para eliminar esa pista y comprobar si se reproduce directamente como esperas. Normalmente, un archivo adjunto sería un elemento independiente como una imagen, no una pista de vídeo.

That's right, I'll use mkvtoolnix. Thank you very much and best regards!