Force h.265 to transcode to h.264

[gutterdone26 9]

Hello,

My roku tv is 4k and supposedly can handle hevc h.265 10 bit 1080p, however some of the files I have in that format studder when played on my tv. Some files play fine and I haven't found what the difference is but I'm sure it's an issue with Roku. When I enable subtitles it forces emby to transcode the video to h.264 and then it plays fine. I don't really want subtitles though so is there a way I can force emby to transcode to h.264 without subs for situations where the video studders when direct played?

 

Thanks

Jay

[Happy2Play 9780]

During playback bring up the on screen display and click the gear/cog and click playback correction, may have to do is twice.

Workflow if item is direct playing, clicking playback correction changes to Remux, clicking again changes to Transcode.

@speechles did I get this correct?

 

Moving this topic to Roku section @gutterdone26

[speechles 2055]

10 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

During playback bring up the on screen display and click the gear/cog and click playback correction, may have to do is twice.

Workflow if item is direct playing, clicking playback correction changes to Remux, clicking again changes to Transcode.

@speechles did I get this correct?

Yes. Playback correction when DirectPlay will first choose to DirectStream or Remux. The difference between DirectStream and Remux has to do with whether the audio stream is copied or converted. If the audio stream is copied it is DirectStream. If the audio stream is altered in any way it is Remux. DirectStream and Remux both copy the video stream. Transcode will always convert the video stream.

Playback Correction works like this: DirectPlay -> DirectStream/Remux -> Transcode

On the Roku there is never a playback failure possible because of incompatible audio. You will hear silence when things are not setup correctly. This is why on the Roku the application is not attempting to ever downsample or convert audio directly on the device. It isn't possible to do that on the Roku.

Edited November 22, 2020 by speechles

[gutterdone26 9]

Ok thanks guys. I hit the playback correction once, didn't know hitting it twice would change it again. I tried this and it works. Thanks again.