Cast from Android = Transcode / Cast from Win Desktop = Direct Stream (4K)

[aldriglikvid 4]

Hi guys! 

If I cast the very same movie from my Android Emby App it starts to Transcode. If I instead cast it from my Desktop I get Direct Streaming. 

What setting might I have pressed to cause this? Thanks! 

[aldriglikvid 4]

Forgot to mention: it happens when I directly cast the video on my 4K tv via my android phone as well if I first play it on the phone, and then cast it. 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, can you please go over an example? What device/app are you casting to? That's really what matters, not so much the device you're casting from.

[aldriglikvid 4]

58 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, can you please go over an example? What device/app are you casting to? That's really what matters, not so much the device you're casting from.

Ah, sorry - I should've. Here it goes: 

Server: (latest ver.) Windows 10 Desktop 

Casting to: Chromecast Ultra (attached to a Samsung Q60T) 

Casting via: Emby App (latest ver.) on a Android Phone <- when this is done the file gets transcoded (hevc x265 ac5.1 4k) 

Problem is repeated if I start the video first on phone, and then casts - and vice versa. 

Casting via: Chrome Web Browser (same desktop as server) <- when this is done the file plays directly 

[Luke 42077]

I would check the Chromecast quality setting in the two apps as you might have customized it on one of them.

[aldriglikvid 4]

5 minutes ago, Luke said:

I would check the Chromecast quality setting in the two apps as you might have customized it on one of them.

2? I only get this problem on my Android phone. Or do you call the web browser on the server as a single app as well?

My Android settings were all on Auto and I've changed it now to 4k 120mbps. I'll see if that fixes it tomorrow.

[Luke 42077]

Both the browser and the android app, yes. Two separate things.