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Jellyfin android transcoding - Quicksoapy - 2023-10-28
I have a fairly large music collection of about 830+GB of music. This is all in FLAC.
I want to use jellyfin to stream music to my pc, laptop and phone in lossless quality. I also want that when im on my phone using my mobile data, that the music will automatically transcode to something like 320kbps maximum. Can i do this with sonixd on my laptop and desktop, and jellyfin android on my phone?
Thanks in advance
RE: Jellyfin android transcoding - Deleted User - 2023-10-28
as far as i can tell sonixd is a client (incidentally undergoing a rewrite as felshin)
- https://github.com/jeffvli/sonixd
- https://github.com/jeffvli/feishin
according to their pages it supports jellyfin as a server
jellyfin for android is a client for jellyfin server
- so i dont see why 2 different clients can't be used with 1 server, it's sort of how this works f.e. nginx can serve chrome and firefox as 2 separate clients without even caring
the only thing you need to find out if music transcoding is available from jellyfin android
- no follow up on the feature request i found which states it is not available https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/1097/music-transcoding-in-jellyfin-app
your post implies the use of sonixd in conjunction with jellyfin android but there is no interaction between the 2, they're each just clients
RE: Jellyfin android transcoding - TheDreadPirate - 2023-10-28
The official Jellyfin client can request transcodes when not on the same network as the server. The bit rate is configurable. Will only use the AAC codec for transcoding.
Some clients, like Finamp, support downloading and playing from local storage or transcoding (Finamp is a setting toggle and not automatic).