Transcoding when not needed

[ozchef 3]

Some movie files sound is being transcoded when it shouldnt be in ET.  All movies that are being transcoded for ET are working as they should in EMC.

 

its a new trend that has started but its only affecting a couple of different movies some new some old plus the video is quite choppy.  when i bring up context menu it doesnt list any subtitles other than a srt and i cant turn it off from being forced.

 

this is log of a transcoded movie.

transcode.txt

[ebr 16170]

Noticed this:

"Path":"D:\\Movies\\Everest (2015)\\Everest.mkv"

Unless you are running ET on the same machine as the server, that is going to have to transcode because the ET machine will have no access to the "D" drive on the server machine.  You would need to setup path substitution.

[AdrianW 1058]

You would need to setup path substitution.

 

Or use UNC paths when setting up the library - e.g. instead of "D:/Movies" use "\\ServerName\Movies".

[ozchef 3]

I am watching on same machine as everything is hosted.

[ebr 16170]

Looking further, you are requesting a subtitle stream that is PGS.  I believe we will have no choice but to transcode and burn those in (Luke can confirm).

 

It may be a forced subtitle track that is being selected automatically since it is, well, forced... .

[ozchef 3]

Why is the sound being transcoded?

 

Other files with the same sound play as the should and the problem files play as they should on emby for MC

[ebr 16170]

Because DTS cannot be passed via the transcoded stream.

[ozchef 3]

But why is it being transcoded?

 

Other dts dts hd files work perfectly fine.

 

Playing the same movie via emby for WMC it plays as it should with dts hd track being played

[speechles 2055]

I think what ebr is saying, since it has to transcode (not because of the audio) it cannot package DTS information into the transport container. So this has to become mp3, aac or ac3. This is a limitation of DTS. Your audio being DTS alone would not cause transcoding. You understand?

 

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Edited January 13, 2016 by speechles

[ebr 16170]

But why is it being transcoded?

 

 

Looking further, you are requesting a subtitle stream that is PGS.  I believe we will have no choice but to transcode and burn those in (Luke can confirm).

 

It may be a forced subtitle track that is being selected automatically since it is, well, forced... .

[ozchef 3]

I've turned off subtitles, i still get the same end result.  is there anything else i can do to try to fix the issue?

[Luke 42077]

It could very well be a bug in the app. You might as well just try it on the new Emby Theater:

 

http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/29774-new-version-testing/

[ozchef 3]

Thanks Luke that fixed it.

 

Love the new layout.