Question about Transcoding Permissions

[DraGooN- 0]

Hi All

 

I'm a long time user of Emby for WMC on my HTPC and I want to start casting from emby. I've played around with it a little with mixed results but so far I haven't been happy with it - my fault as i'm sure something is not setup right.

 

I'm casting from one of three Samsung android devices running the emby app. The files will play fine in the app, the issues occur after casting to either of my Chromecast v2.

 

• In Example #1 below the file does not play on the Chromecast at all. The show background will display with a spinning circle which shortly disappears and then it bumps back to the ready to cast screen.
• In Example #2 below the file will play video but no audio.

 

Notes:

• I suspect the issue may have something to do with transcoding as the Chromecast 2 will not direct play an .avi file where my mobile devices can.

• I checked under DLNA profiles and I do not see a system profile for Chromecast.
• All librarys have respective network paths added
• My server is a 4790k with 16GB of Ram and ample HDD Space

Has anyone else experienced similar issues?

Media Info Example #1

VideoCodecMPEG4
Codec tagXVID
ProfileAdvanced Simple Profile
Level5
Resolution576x320
Aspect ratio16:9
AnamorphicNo
InterlacedNo
Framerate23.976
Bitrate1002 kbps
Pixel formatyuv420p
Ref frames1

AudioCodecMP3
Layoutstereo
Channels2 ch
Bitrate126 kbps
Sample rate48000 Hz
DefaultNo
TitleMP3 stereo

Containeravi

 

Media Info Example #2

VideoCodecH264
AVCYes
ProfileHigh
Level41
Resolution1280x720
Aspect ratio16:9
AnamorphicNo
InterlacedNo
Framerate23.9760246
Bitrate3446 kbps
Bit depth8 bit
Pixel formatyuv420p
Ref frames5
NAL4

AudioCodecAC3
Layout5.1
Channels6 ch
Bitrate384 kbps
Sample rate48000 Hz
DefaultYes
TitleDolby Digital 5.1 Default

Containermkv

 

 

[DraGooN- 0]

So I answered my own question while reading this post, at some point in the past I disabled transcoding under my user profile.

 

2017-11-05 22:45:36.297 Info App: User policy for DraGooN. EnablePlaybackRemuxing: False EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: False EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: False

2017-11-05 22:45:36.309 Info App: Profile: Unknown Profile, Path: <not important>.avi, isEligibleForDirectPlay: True, isEligibleForDirectStream: True

 

 

 

Media Playback

• Allow media playback
• Allow audio playback that requires transcoding
• Allow video playback that requires transcoding
• Allow video playback that requires conversion without re-encoding

Edited November 6, 2017 by DraGooN-

[Luke 42077]

That could definitely cause problems, yes. Thanks for the feedback.