2024-01-31, 01:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 2024-01-31, 02:11 PM by slippyC. Edited 2 times in total.)
Jellyfin does not always obey or abide by the transcoding rules. Yes, I went in to user accounts and disabled all the transcoding options per user account; even "Allow video playback that requires conversion without re-encoding"(disabled). I imagine that one converts to a different container format or something similar. The situation I have noticed the rule not being followed is with Live content(through m3u/m3u8 playlists).
There needs to be a universal transcode disable and it actually needs to enforce the rule(hell the current way doesn't even enforce it). Many people, including myself, aren't running Jellyfin on a monster PC or Server hardware. Mainly it's being used as a gateway to it's app that runs on TV's and such. Basically having a way to serve up our media library and possibly m3u/m3u8 streams. Also I like the fact that it is a centralized way to control media instead of having to mess with different installations of Kodi(all their plugins and configurations). It also saves a bunch of space on android/firestick/etc devices since all the album art and media info isn't cached as inefficiently as Kodi does it(this will take up gigs of space on your device if not careful).
I'm perfectly fine with content not playing that is not compatible with a device. I would much rather it not play or say not compatible than to sit there and attempt to watch video stutter or hear the fans firing up on a early 2010's laptop as it struggles to transcode. No, I don't use the laptop for anything else. There's no use in wasting electricity or heating up the old laptop just because a config setting isn't being followed though. There are many possible Jellyfin server setups(I'd imagine you could even do it on some Pi's).
I don't think having to remove ffmpeg to keep it from transcoding is a good option.
There needs to be a universal transcode disable and it actually needs to enforce the rule(hell the current way doesn't even enforce it). Many people, including myself, aren't running Jellyfin on a monster PC or Server hardware. Mainly it's being used as a gateway to it's app that runs on TV's and such. Basically having a way to serve up our media library and possibly m3u/m3u8 streams. Also I like the fact that it is a centralized way to control media instead of having to mess with different installations of Kodi(all their plugins and configurations). It also saves a bunch of space on android/firestick/etc devices since all the album art and media info isn't cached as inefficiently as Kodi does it(this will take up gigs of space on your device if not careful).
I'm perfectly fine with content not playing that is not compatible with a device. I would much rather it not play or say not compatible than to sit there and attempt to watch video stutter or hear the fans firing up on a early 2010's laptop as it struggles to transcode. No, I don't use the laptop for anything else. There's no use in wasting electricity or heating up the old laptop just because a config setting isn't being followed though. There are many possible Jellyfin server setups(I'd imagine you could even do it on some Pi's).
I don't think having to remove ffmpeg to keep it from transcoding is a good option.