2024-07-11, 07:39 PM
Hello! I had a couple of questions I was hoping I could get some help with. So far everything has been going super well with Jellyfin.
The main problem I am having is that when downloading files to tablets/phones using apps like Infuse or Findroid it is downloading the full files. Sometimes this means movies are over 30gb in size. This is obviously a problem as a lot of these devices have 32-128gb of internal storage. One of the main use cases I have for Jellyfin is to be able to download files to my kids devices to use offline. How would you folks solve this?
My limiting factor is that I dont want to just make my whole library into 720p or something as I use Jellyfin on my living room 4k TV. My initial thought was to use Handbreak or something to re-encode my media files and make a copy to a separate location and run a 2nd Jellyfin instance only to host those smaller/lower quality files. I would then just point all my mobile devices to that 2nd instance of Jellyfin. This would allow me to have the smaller files sizes for mobile/remote viewing while still maintaining high quality files for local viewing.
Is this a sensible solution or is there a better/more elegant way to handle this?
Additionally, I am overwhelmed with the different codecs/media formats. I know there is no "best" file as when you compress the media it loses quality but what are your preferred formats that strike a decent middle ground between file size/quality?
Thanks for your help.
The main problem I am having is that when downloading files to tablets/phones using apps like Infuse or Findroid it is downloading the full files. Sometimes this means movies are over 30gb in size. This is obviously a problem as a lot of these devices have 32-128gb of internal storage. One of the main use cases I have for Jellyfin is to be able to download files to my kids devices to use offline. How would you folks solve this?
My limiting factor is that I dont want to just make my whole library into 720p or something as I use Jellyfin on my living room 4k TV. My initial thought was to use Handbreak or something to re-encode my media files and make a copy to a separate location and run a 2nd Jellyfin instance only to host those smaller/lower quality files. I would then just point all my mobile devices to that 2nd instance of Jellyfin. This would allow me to have the smaller files sizes for mobile/remote viewing while still maintaining high quality files for local viewing.
Is this a sensible solution or is there a better/more elegant way to handle this?
Additionally, I am overwhelmed with the different codecs/media formats. I know there is no "best" file as when you compress the media it loses quality but what are your preferred formats that strike a decent middle ground between file size/quality?
Thanks for your help.