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force live tv transcode - goerdi - 2025-05-19

Hi !

Is it possible to force that live tv is transcoded per default to a selected codec ?
i setup internet rate to 5 mbit (to force for sure transcoding) and selected as preferd video codec for this user HEVC
this is the result:

Code:
Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'http://127.0.0.1:9981/stream/channelid/1650563438?profile=vaapi_x264_pass':
  Metadata:
    title          : Das Erste HD
    encoder        : Tvheadend Matroska muxer
  Duration: N/A, start: 0.008000, bitrate: N/A
  Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p(progressive), 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 50 fps, 50 tbr, 1k tbn (de
fault)
  Stream #0:1(ger): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 256 kb/s (default)
  Stream #0:2(mis): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 256 kb/s (default)
  Stream #0:3(qaa): Audio: mp2, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16p, 192 kb/s (default)
  Stream #0:4(ger): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 448 kb/s (default)
  Stream #0:5(ger): Subtitle: dvb_subtitle (dvbsub) (default)
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (mp2 (native) -> mp3 (libmp3lame))

Ciao Gerd