2024-10-08, 11:36 PM
I've been having the issue with mkv files that contain a lot of embedded subtitles. Same thing, Jellyfin installed on Samsung TV. the stuttering starts when the subtitle is being displayed(or when the dialogue starts, practically the same thing!). Turning off the subtitles didn't solve the issue.
One solution was to turn on burn in subtitles on Jellyin on the TV ( the client) but this activated the transcoding on the server and made the fast forward really slow, since it's waiting for the server to do the actual transcoding. Ideally what you want is Direct Play.
What worked for me is the ffmpeg command:
ffmpeg -i MOVIENAME.mkv -map 0:v -map 0:a -map 0:s:0 -c copy OUTPUT.mkv
After the conversion, I didn't notice any issue with the video nor the audio. it's just stripping the embedded subtitles and it keeps the first one.
the movie is usually less by 4 MB (for a 5 GB movie) so I assume it's extra subtitles that were stripped.
One solution was to turn on burn in subtitles on Jellyin on the TV ( the client) but this activated the transcoding on the server and made the fast forward really slow, since it's waiting for the server to do the actual transcoding. Ideally what you want is Direct Play.
What worked for me is the ffmpeg command:
ffmpeg -i MOVIENAME.mkv -map 0:v -map 0:a -map 0:s:0 -c copy OUTPUT.mkv
After the conversion, I didn't notice any issue with the video nor the audio. it's just stripping the embedded subtitles and it keeps the first one.
the movie is usually less by 4 MB (for a 5 GB movie) so I assume it's extra subtitles that were stripped.