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hi -

 

thinking of trying emby as an alternative to plex as plex does not support dsf or mvc 3D

 

does emby at this point? can not find concrete answers in the forums on either.

 

thanks

Posted

Hi, in which emby app?

Posted

i want to use the server to scrape the media properly and then render on various devices. i am ok with transcoding as many devices will not support these formats, but plex won’t scrape dsf files for example (my main driver here as i have a huge dsf library) and mvc playback on atv 4k with plex, while it should render in 2D, does not play at all.

 

in terms of devices:

 

PC (custom built running windows) would hope 3D MvC works here. dsf will need to be resampled i expect

nVidia Shield tv.

ATV4K

ipad

iPhone

 

would be great if you also support madvr+lav as then you likely support mvc 3D in an mkv container on PCs at least

Guest asrequested
Posted

The Theater desktop app would be what you'd want to use on your PC. mpv is it's native player, which presently doesn't support 3D playback of MVC media. You can use MadVR with an external player.

Posted

thanks. so does emby server read dsf tags and scrape the files properly?

 

and does theater desktop also support mvc 3D or would that require madvr and an external player?

Jdiesel
Posted (edited)

and does theater desktop also support mvc 3D or would that require madvr and an external player?

 

No Emby apps support MVC out of the box anymore. Your options are:

 

Emby Theater with an external player using LAV and madVR

MVC supported Kodi client with one of the Emby plugins

One of the few Android devices with MVC support (Zidoo, HiMedia, etc) and their internal player setup as an external player

Edited by Jdiesel
  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

so does emby scrape the tags in dsf (dsd) files? and does it playback dsf or at least transcode it on playback?

Posted

*bump*

 

no one knows if it will properly scrape the id tags in a dsf audio file?

 

plex at least sill transcode but it will not scrape these files.

Posted

dsf is not the most commonly used audio format. Have you tried it?

 

Can you provide sample files for testing? Thanks.

Posted

you can download sample files here:

 

https://www.oppodigital.com/hra/dsd-by-davidelias.aspx

 

i think they have some id3 tag info but if not you can add as you would wih mp3.

 

basically the tag structure and format are the same between dsf and mp3

 

i have hundreds of dsf files. jriver and (i think) kodi will parse the tags.

Posted

I downloaded a couple from crossing and it was able to get the metadata, so looks like it works just fine.

Guest asrequested
Posted

For what it's worth, mpv has no trouble playing those.

[   0.410][v][ad]     dsd_lsbf_planar - DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit first, planar
[   0.410][v][ad] Opening decoder dsd_lsbf_planar
[   0.410][v][ad] Requesting 1 threads for decoding.
[   0.410][v][ad] Selected codec: dsd_lsbf_planar (DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit first, planar)
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Guest asrequested
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And here's a list of all the audio decoders, that mpv has

Audio decoders:
    comfortnoise - RFC 3389 comfort noise generator
    dvaudio - Ulead DV Audio
    8svx_exp - 8SVX exponential
    8svx_fib - 8SVX fibonacci
    s302m - SMPTE 302M
    sdx2_dpcm - DPCM Squareroot-Delta-Exact
    aac - AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
    aac_fixed (aac) - AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
    aac_latm - AAC LATM (Advanced Audio Coding LATM syntax)
    ac3 - ATSC A/52A (AC-3)
    ac3_fixed (ac3) - ATSC A/52A (AC-3)
    alac - ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec)
    als (mp4als) - MPEG-4 Audio Lossless Coding (ALS)
    amrnb (amr_nb) - AMR-NB (Adaptive Multi-Rate NarrowBand)
    amrwb (amr_wb) - AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate WideBand)
    ape - Monkey's Audio
    aptx - aptX (Audio Processing Technology for Bluetooth)
    aptx_hd - aptX HD (Audio Processing Technology for Bluetooth)
    atrac1 - ATRAC1 (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding)
    atrac3 - ATRAC3 (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 3)
    atrac3al - ATRAC3 AL (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 3 Advanced Lossless)
    atrac3plus (atrac3p) - ATRAC3+ (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 3+)
    atrac3plusal (atrac3pal) - ATRAC3+ AL (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 3+ Advanced Lossless)
    atrac9 - ATRAC9 (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding 9)
    binkaudio_dct - Bink Audio (DCT)
    binkaudio_rdft - Bink Audio (RDFT)
    bmv_audio - Discworld II BMV audio
    cook - Cook / Cooker / Gecko (RealAudio G2)
    dca (dts) - DCA (DTS Coherent Acoustics)
    dolby_e - Dolby E
    dsd_lsbf - DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit first
    dsd_msbf - DSD (Direct Stream Digital), most significant bit first
    dsd_lsbf_planar - DSD (Direct Stream Digital), least significant bit first, planar
    dsd_msbf_planar - DSD (Direct Stream Digital), most significant bit first, planar
    dsicinaudio - Delphine Software International CIN audio
    dss_sp - Digital Speech Standard - Standard Play mode (DSS SP)
    dst - DST (Digital Stream Transfer)
    eac3 - ATSC A/52B (AC-3, E-AC-3)
    evrc - EVRC (Enhanced Variable Rate Codec)
    wavesynth - Wave synthesis pseudo-codec
    flac - FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
    g723_1 - G.723.1
    g729 - G.729
    gsm - GSM
    gsm_ms - GSM Microsoft variant
    iac - IAC (Indeo Audio Coder)
    imc - IMC (Intel Music Coder)
    interplayacm - Interplay ACM
    mace3 - MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 3:1
    mace6 - MACE (Macintosh Audio Compression/Expansion) 6:1
    metasound - Voxware MetaSound
    mlp - MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing)
    mp1 - MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1)
    mp1float (mp1) - MP1 (MPEG audio layer 1)
    mp2 - MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2)
    mp2float (mp2) - MP2 (MPEG audio layer 2)
    mp3float (mp3) - MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
    mp3 - MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
    mp3adufloat (mp3adu) - ADU (Application Data Unit) MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
    mp3adu - ADU (Application Data Unit) MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3)
    mp3on4float (mp3on4) - MP3onMP4
    mp3on4 - MP3onMP4
    mpc7 (musepack7) - Musepack SV7
    mpc8 (musepack8) - Musepack SV8
    nellymoser - Nellymoser Asao
    on2avc (avc) - On2 Audio for Video Codec
    opus - Opus
    paf_audio - Amazing Studio Packed Animation File Audio
    qcelp - QCELP / PureVoice
    qdm2 - QDesign Music Codec 2
    qdmc - QDesign Music Codec 1
    real_144 (ra_144) - RealAudio 1.0 (14.4K)
    real_288 (ra_288) - RealAudio 2.0 (28.8K)
    ralf - RealAudio Lossless
    sbc - SBC (low-complexity subband codec)
    shorten - Shorten
    sipr - RealAudio SIPR / ACELP.NET
    smackaud (smackaudio) - Smacker audio
    sonic - Sonic
    tak - TAK (Tom's lossless Audio Kompressor)
    truehd - TrueHD
    truespeech - DSP Group TrueSpeech
    tta - TTA (True Audio)
    twinvq - VQF TwinVQ
    vmdaudio - Sierra VMD audio
    vorbis - Vorbis
    wavpack - WavPack
    wmalossless - Windows Media Audio Lossless
    wmapro - Windows Media Audio 9 Professional
    wmav1 - Windows Media Audio 1
    wmav2 - Windows Media Audio 2
    wmavoice - Windows Media Audio Voice
    ws_snd1 (westwood_snd1) - Westwood Audio (SND1)
    xma1 - Xbox Media Audio 1
    xma2 - Xbox Media Audio 2
    pcm_alaw - PCM A-law / G.711 A-law
    pcm_bluray - PCM signed 16|20|24-bit big-endian for Blu-ray media
    pcm_dvd - PCM signed 16|20|24-bit big-endian for DVD media
    pcm_f16le - PCM 16.8 floating point little-endian
    pcm_f24le - PCM 24.0 floating point little-endian
    pcm_f32be - PCM 32-bit floating point big-endian
    pcm_f32le - PCM 32-bit floating point little-endian
    pcm_f64be - PCM 64-bit floating point big-endian
    pcm_f64le - PCM 64-bit floating point little-endian
    pcm_lxf - PCM signed 20-bit little-endian planar
    pcm_mulaw - PCM mu-law / G.711 mu-law
    pcm_s8 - PCM signed 8-bit
    pcm_s8_planar - PCM signed 8-bit planar
    pcm_s16be - PCM signed 16-bit big-endian
    pcm_s16be_planar - PCM signed 16-bit big-endian planar
    pcm_s16le - PCM signed 16-bit little-endian
    pcm_s16le_planar - PCM signed 16-bit little-endian planar
    pcm_s24be - PCM signed 24-bit big-endian
    pcm_s24daud - PCM D-Cinema audio signed 24-bit
    pcm_s24le - PCM signed 24-bit little-endian
    pcm_s24le_planar - PCM signed 24-bit little-endian planar
    pcm_s32be - PCM signed 32-bit big-endian
    pcm_s32le - PCM signed 32-bit little-endian
    pcm_s32le_planar - PCM signed 32-bit little-endian planar
    pcm_s64be - PCM signed 64-bit big-endian
    pcm_s64le - PCM signed 64-bit little-endian
    pcm_u8 - PCM unsigned 8-bit
    pcm_u16be - PCM unsigned 16-bit big-endian
    pcm_u16le - PCM unsigned 16-bit little-endian
    pcm_u24be - PCM unsigned 24-bit big-endian
    pcm_u24le - PCM unsigned 24-bit little-endian
    pcm_u32be - PCM unsigned 32-bit big-endian
    pcm_u32le - PCM unsigned 32-bit little-endian
    pcm_zork - PCM Zork
    gremlin_dpcm - DPCM Gremlin
    interplay_dpcm - DPCM Interplay
    roq_dpcm - DPCM id RoQ
    sol_dpcm - DPCM Sol
    xan_dpcm - DPCM Xan
    adpcm_4xm - ADPCM 4X Movie
    adpcm_adx - SEGA CRI ADX ADPCM
    adpcm_afc - ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube AFC
    adpcm_aica - ADPCM Yamaha AICA
    adpcm_ct - ADPCM Creative Technology
    adpcm_dtk - ADPCM Nintendo Gamecube DTK
    adpcm_ea - ADPCM Electronic Arts
    adpcm_ea_maxis_xa - ADPCM Electronic Arts Maxis CDROM XA
    adpcm_ea_r1 - ADPCM Electronic Arts R1
    adpcm_ea_r2 - ADPCM Electronic Arts R2
    adpcm_ea_r3 - ADPCM Electronic Arts R3
    adpcm_ea_xas - ADPCM Electronic Arts XAS
    g722 (adpcm_g722) - G.722 ADPCM
    g726 (adpcm_g726) - G.726 ADPCM
    g726le (adpcm_g726le) - G.726 ADPCM little-endian
    adpcm_ima_amv - ADPCM IMA AMV
    adpcm_ima_apc - ADPCM IMA CRYO APC
    adpcm_ima_dat4 - ADPCM IMA Eurocom DAT4
    adpcm_ima_dk3 - ADPCM IMA Duck DK3
    adpcm_ima_dk4 - ADPCM IMA Duck DK4
    adpcm_ima_ea_eacs - ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts EACS
    adpcm_ima_ea_sead - ADPCM IMA Electronic Arts SEAD
    adpcm_ima_iss - ADPCM IMA Funcom ISS
    adpcm_ima_oki - ADPCM IMA Dialogic OKI
    adpcm_ima_qt - ADPCM IMA QuickTime
    adpcm_ima_rad - ADPCM IMA Radical
    adpcm_ima_smjpeg - ADPCM IMA Loki SDL MJPEG
    adpcm_ima_wav - ADPCM IMA WAV
    adpcm_ima_ws - ADPCM IMA Westwood
    adpcm_ms - ADPCM Microsoft
    adpcm_mtaf - ADPCM MTAF
    adpcm_psx - ADPCM Playstation
    adpcm_sbpro_2 - ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2-bit
    adpcm_sbpro_3 - ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 2.6-bit
    adpcm_sbpro_4 - ADPCM Sound Blaster Pro 4-bit
    adpcm_swf - ADPCM Shockwave Flash
    adpcm_thp - ADPCM Nintendo THP
    adpcm_thp_le - ADPCM Nintendo THP (little-endian)
    adpcm_vima - LucasArts VIMA audio
    adpcm_xa - ADPCM CDROM XA
    adpcm_yamaha - ADPCM Yamaha
    libopus (opus) - libopus Opus
    libspeex (speex) - libspeex Speex
    libvorbis (vorbis) - libvorbis

And the video decoders

Video decoders:
    aasc - Autodesk RLE
    aic - Apple Intermediate Codec
    alias_pix - Alias/Wavefront PIX image
    amv - AMV Video
    anm - Deluxe Paint Animation
    ansi - ASCII/ANSI art
    apng - APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics) image
    asv1 - ASUS V1
    asv2 - ASUS V2
    aura - Auravision AURA
    aura2 - Auravision Aura 2
    avrp - Avid 1:1 10-bit RGB Packer
    avrn - Avid AVI Codec
    avs - AVS (Audio Video Standard) video
    avui - Avid Meridien Uncompressed
    ayuv - Uncompressed packed MS 4:4:4:4
    bethsoftvid - Bethesda VID video
    bfi - Brute Force & Ignorance
    binkvideo - Bink video
    bmp - BMP (Windows and OS/2 bitmap)
    bmv_video - Discworld II BMV video
    brender_pix - BRender PIX image
    c93 - Interplay C93
    cavs - Chinese AVS (Audio Video Standard) (AVS1-P2, JiZhun profile)
    cdgraphics - CD Graphics video
    cdxl - Commodore CDXL video
    cfhd - Cineform HD
    cinepak - Cinepak
    clearvideo - Iterated Systems ClearVideo
    cljr - Cirrus Logic AccuPak
    cllc - Canopus Lossless Codec
    cpia - CPiA video format
    camstudio (cscd) - CamStudio
    cyuv - Creative YUV (CYUV)
    dds - DirectDraw Surface image decoder
    dfa - Chronomaster DFA
    dirac - BBC Dirac VC-2
    dnxhd - VC3/DNxHD
    dpx - DPX (Digital Picture Exchange) image
    dsicinvideo - Delphine Software International CIN video
    dvvideo - DV (Digital Video)
    dxa - Feeble Files/ScummVM DXA
    dxtory - Dxtory
    dxv - Resolume DXV
    eacmv (cmv) - Electronic Arts CMV video
    eamad (mad) - Electronic Arts Madcow Video
    eatgq (tgq) - Electronic Arts TGQ video
    eatgv (tgv) - Electronic Arts TGV video
    eatqi (tqi) - Electronic Arts TQI Video
    8bps - QuickTime 8BPS video
    escape124 - Escape 124
    escape130 - Escape 130
    exr - OpenEXR image
    ffv1 - FFmpeg video codec #1
    ffvhuff - Huffyuv FFmpeg variant
    fic - Mirillis FIC
    fits - Flexible Image Transport System
    flashsv - Flash Screen Video v1
    flashsv2 - Flash Screen Video v2
    flic - Autodesk Animator Flic video
    flv (flv1) - FLV / Sorenson Spark / Sorenson H.263 (Flash Video)
    fmvc - FM Screen Capture Codec
    4xm - 4X Movie
    fraps - Fraps
    frwu - Forward Uncompressed
    g2m - Go2Meeting
    gdv - Gremlin Digital Video
    gif - GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
    h261 - H.261
    h263 - H.263 / H.263-1996, H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2
    h263i - Intel H.263
    h263p - H.263 / H.263-1996, H.263+ / H.263-1998 / H.263 version 2
    h264 - H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10
    hap - Vidvox Hap
    hevc - HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding)
    hnm4video - HNM 4 video
    hq_hqa - Canopus HQ/HQA
    hqx - Canopus HQX
    huffyuv - Huffyuv / HuffYUV
    idcinvideo (idcin) - id Quake II CIN video
    iff (iff_ilbm) - IFF ACBM/ANIM/DEEP/ILBM/PBM/RGB8/RGBN
    indeo2 - Intel Indeo 2
    indeo3 - Intel Indeo 3
    indeo4 - Intel Indeo Video Interactive 4
    indeo5 - Intel Indeo Video Interactive 5
    interplayvideo - Interplay MVE video
    jpeg2000 - JPEG 2000
    jpegls - JPEG-LS
    jv - Bitmap Brothers JV video
    kgv1 - Kega Game Video
    kmvc - Karl Morton's video codec
    lagarith - Lagarith lossless
    loco - LOCO
    m101 - Matrox Uncompressed SD
    magicyuv - MagicYUV video
    mdec - Sony PlayStation MDEC (Motion DECoder)
    mimic - Mimic
    mjpeg - MJPEG (Motion JPEG)
    mjpegb - Apple MJPEG-B
    mmvideo - American Laser Games MM Video
    motionpixels - Motion Pixels video
    mpeg1video - MPEG-1 video
    mpeg2video - MPEG-2 video
    mpeg4 - MPEG-4 part 2
    mpegvideo (mpeg2video) - MPEG-1 video
    msa1 - MS ATC Screen
    mscc - Mandsoft Screen Capture Codec
    msmpeg4v1 - MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 1
    msmpeg4v2 - MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 2
    msmpeg4 (msmpeg4v3) - MPEG-4 part 2 Microsoft variant version 3
    msrle - Microsoft RLE
    mss1 - MS Screen 1
    mss2 - MS Windows Media Video V9 Screen
    msvideo1 - Microsoft Video 1
    mszh - LCL (LossLess Codec Library) MSZH
    mts2 - MS Expression Encoder Screen
    mvc1 - Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 1
    mvc2 - Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 2
    mxpeg - Mobotix MxPEG video
    nuv - NuppelVideo/RTJPEG
    paf_video - Amazing Studio Packed Animation File Video
    pam - PAM (Portable AnyMap) image
    pbm - PBM (Portable BitMap) image
    pcx - PC Paintbrush PCX image
    pgm - PGM (Portable GrayMap) image
    pgmyuv - PGMYUV (Portable GrayMap YUV) image
    pictor - Pictor/PC Paint
    pixlet - Apple Pixlet
    png - PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image
    ppm - PPM (Portable PixelMap) image
    prores - ProRes (iCodec Pro)
    psd - Photoshop PSD file
    ptx - V.Flash PTX image
    qdraw - Apple QuickDraw
    qpeg - Q-team QPEG
    qtrle - QuickTime Animation (RLE) video
    r10k - AJA Kona 10-bit RGB Codec
    r210 - Uncompressed RGB 10-bit
    rawvideo - raw video
    rl2 - RL2 video
    roqvideo (roq) - id RoQ video
    rpza - QuickTime video (RPZA)
    rscc - innoHeim/Rsupport Screen Capture Codec
    rv10 - RealVideo 1.0
    rv20 - RealVideo 2.0
    rv30 - RealVideo 3.0
    rv40 - RealVideo 4.0
    sanm - LucasArts SANM/Smush video
    scpr - ScreenPressor
    screenpresso - Screenpresso
    sgi - SGI image
    sgirle - Silicon Graphics RLE 8-bit video
    sheervideo - BitJazz SheerVideo
    smackvid (smackvideo) - Smacker video
    smc - QuickTime Graphics (SMC)
    smvjpeg - SMV JPEG
    snow - Snow
    sp5x - Sunplus JPEG (SP5X)
    speedhq - NewTek SpeedHQ
    srgc - Screen Recorder Gold Codec
    sunrast - Sun Rasterfile image
    svq1 - Sorenson Vector Quantizer 1 / Sorenson Video 1 / SVQ1
    svq3 - Sorenson Vector Quantizer 3 / Sorenson Video 3 / SVQ3
    targa - Truevision Targa image
    targa_y216 - Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV16
    tdsc - TDSC
    theora - Theora
    thp - Nintendo Gamecube THP video
    tiertexseqvideo - Tiertex Limited SEQ video
    tiff - TIFF image
    tmv - 8088flex TMV
    truemotion1 - Duck TrueMotion 1.0
    truemotion2 - Duck TrueMotion 2.0
    truemotion2rt - Duck TrueMotion 2.0 Real Time
    camtasia (tscc) - TechSmith Screen Capture Codec
    tscc2 - TechSmith Screen Codec 2
    txd - Renderware TXD (TeXture Dictionary) image
    ultimotion (ulti) - IBM UltiMotion
    utvideo - Ut Video
    v210 - Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit
    v210x - Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit
    v308 - Uncompressed packed 4:4:4
    v408 - Uncompressed packed QT 4:4:4:4
    v410 - Uncompressed 4:4:4 10-bit
    vb - Beam Software VB
    vble - VBLE Lossless Codec
    vc1 - SMPTE VC-1
    vc1image - Windows Media Video 9 Image v2
    vcr1 - ATI VCR1
    vmdvideo - Sierra VMD video
    vmnc - VMware Screen Codec / VMware Video
    vp3 - On2 VP3
    vp5 - On2 VP5
    vp6 - On2 VP6
    vp6a - On2 VP6 (Flash version, with alpha channel)
    vp6f - On2 VP6 (Flash version)
    vp7 - On2 VP7
    vp8 - On2 VP8
    vp9 - Google VP9
    vqavideo (ws_vqa) - Westwood Studios VQA (Vector Quantized Animation) video
    bitpacked - Bitpacked
    webp - WebP image
    wrapped_avframe - AVPacket to AVFrame passthrough
    wmv1 - Windows Media Video 7
    wmv2 - Windows Media Video 8
    wmv3 - Windows Media Video 9
    wmv3image - Windows Media Video 9 Image
    wnv1 - Winnov WNV1
    xan_wc3 - Wing Commander III / Xan
    xan_wc4 - Wing Commander IV / Xxan
    xbm - XBM (X BitMap) image
    xface - X-face image
    xl (vixl) - Miro VideoXL
    xpm - XPM (X PixMap) image
    xwd - XWD (X Window Dump) image
    y41p - Uncompressed YUV 4:1:1 12-bit
    ylc - YUY2 Lossless Codec
    yop - Psygnosis YOP Video
    yuv4 - Uncompressed packed 4:2:0
    012v - Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit
    zerocodec - ZeroCodec Lossless Video
    zlib - LCL (LossLess Codec Library) ZLIB
    zmbv - Zip Motion Blocks Video
    libaom-av1 (av1) - libaom AV1
    libvpx (vp8) - libvpx VP8
    libvpx-vp9 (vp9) - libvpx VP9
    bintext - Binary text
    xbin - eXtended BINary text
    idf - iCEDraw text
    h264_cuvid (h264) - Nvidia CUVID H264 decoder
    hevc_cuvid (hevc) - Nvidia CUVID HEVC decoder
    mjpeg_cuvid (mjpeg) - Nvidia CUVID MJPEG decoder
    mpeg1_cuvid (mpeg1video) - Nvidia CUVID MPEG1VIDEO decoder
    mpeg2_cuvid (mpeg2video) - Nvidia CUVID MPEG2VIDEO decoder
    mpeg4_cuvid (mpeg4) - Nvidia CUVID MPEG4 decoder
    vc1_cuvid (vc1) - Nvidia CUVID VC1 decoder
    vp8_cuvid (vp8) - Nvidia CUVID VP8 decoder
    vp9_cuvid (vp9) - Nvidia CUVID VP9 decoder
Posted

spectacular. thanks for both confirming the metadata is found and the playback support is there.

 

bye bye plex

Guest asrequested
Posted

Remember that for MVC, mpv will play them, but not 3D. They are making a lot of changes, lately. They seem to be getting very serious about getting everything dialed in. Once they get all the backend cleaned up, it wouldn't surprise me if they start getting things like this working, too.

  • 2 years later...
Posted

I have researched the community forum and have found only bits and pieces on .dsf audio files.

Specific to W10, my experience has been that Emby will play all dsf files. However, all files are transcoded. All files are transcoded to aac according to the log. 

My PC has a direct (not on the network) USB connection to a DAC (DSD capable), and then in turn output to RCA L & R input jacks on my Denon pre-amp. Foobar will play these files natively.

In Emby, is it possible to have these dsf files transcoded to flac instead of aac ? If so, how? DLNA would not apply, correct?

Thanks in advance.

Posted

Hi there, what emby app are you playing from?

Posted

Good morning. I am running the server v4.5 on W10 via Chrome.

I am referencing the ffmpeg log which indicates transcode to .aac and the on screen message within the device (Chrome) that indicates "transcoding".

Thanks

Posted

Hi, What client are you using for playback?

Posted

Sorry. I'm not sure I understand the question? I am on my W10 PC and choosing within chrome localhost:8096 the tracks. It is the Home Screen option that I first choose my Music library.

Posted

Your client in this case is a web browser (Chrome).
To the best of my knowledge Chrome can't play dsf media so the server would have to transcode these files.

If you have a Premiere license you could try Emby Theater on your PC which can play a lot more types of media directly then a web browser.
https://emby.media/emby-theater.html

Posted

Thanks for the clarification on client.

My original question is this. Knowing that this file type is transcoded upon playing - how can I force the transcode to flac? Currently, aac.

Is Chrome performing the transcoding in my example?

Posted

It's not possible for you to choose the format it get's transcode to but is determined on the Server based on different criteria and programming.

Is there a technical reason you would prefer flac over AAC?

Posted

prefer flac over aac due to significant difference in sound quality.

Is there another client I could use that may address this?

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