2023-09-18, 09:16 PM
Hi there!
I've been looking at Jellyfin for quite some time. And finally, I decided to pull the trigger and start evaluating it.
I started many years ago with an HTPC and a RAID controller, a few HDDs and a SCART adapter (yes, that was during the final years of CRT TVs), WinXP with PowerDVD. Several hardware upgrades later, it was still an HTPC (Win10), with JRiver MC + madVR and a FreeNAS and later TrueNAS CORE server. But power draw and constant issues with Win10 pushed me towards replacing the HTPC with a media player (Dune HD Pro Vision 4K Solo) running Kodi, configured for video output at the content's original resolution to feed that into a video processor (Lumagen Radiance Pro) for upscaling & DTM.
This already "hints" at why I'm asking that question... I'm doing this because the video processor's upscaling is way superior (especially for SD content like DVD) to what the usual TV or Player does. Therefore, I want the least possible upscaling on the playback device in order to provide the best possible source material quality to the video processor.
I have already migrated my TrueNAS CORE to SCALE and have Jellyfin running, with all my media imported. By the way, I really appreciate the *.nfo support. I have tons of stuff that can't be imported by other means. It baffles me that Plex still doesn't support this. Jellyfin imported all these special cases flawlessly. Great job!
Now I have two options. I could keep using the Dune media player (Jellyfin client for Android TV I'd assume). Or I could retire the Dune and do everything on the AppleTV 4K that I bought for streaming services (because of the very good rate matching capabilities). I understand there's a new client in beta called Switfin. I'd prefer the AppleTV option, because it is such a small device, and has a simple remote.
Anyhow. My question, finally. I need/want a solution that is capable of video playback at the content's original resolution, in a progressive display mode, within the HDMI specifications of course. For instance, a DVD based *.mkv containing 480i/576i video should be output at 480p/576p and a BD based *.mkv containing 1080p video should be output at 1080p. The video processor is communicating an "all progressive HDMI modes supported" EDID to the connected input devices, and then performs all the necessary actions to output towards the connected display device. Therefore, there aren't any EDID limitations that would prevent playback at e.g. 480p/576p.
Is Swiftfin capable of doing that? Or, if it can't yet, should I rephrase that as some sort of feature request for consideration? I apologize if something like this has already been addressed, but I haven't found anything defintive looking through the forum. I also do realize that this is most likely a very rare "edge case".
Thanks in advance!
I've been looking at Jellyfin for quite some time. And finally, I decided to pull the trigger and start evaluating it.
I started many years ago with an HTPC and a RAID controller, a few HDDs and a SCART adapter (yes, that was during the final years of CRT TVs), WinXP with PowerDVD. Several hardware upgrades later, it was still an HTPC (Win10), with JRiver MC + madVR and a FreeNAS and later TrueNAS CORE server. But power draw and constant issues with Win10 pushed me towards replacing the HTPC with a media player (Dune HD Pro Vision 4K Solo) running Kodi, configured for video output at the content's original resolution to feed that into a video processor (Lumagen Radiance Pro) for upscaling & DTM.
This already "hints" at why I'm asking that question... I'm doing this because the video processor's upscaling is way superior (especially for SD content like DVD) to what the usual TV or Player does. Therefore, I want the least possible upscaling on the playback device in order to provide the best possible source material quality to the video processor.
I have already migrated my TrueNAS CORE to SCALE and have Jellyfin running, with all my media imported. By the way, I really appreciate the *.nfo support. I have tons of stuff that can't be imported by other means. It baffles me that Plex still doesn't support this. Jellyfin imported all these special cases flawlessly. Great job!
Now I have two options. I could keep using the Dune media player (Jellyfin client for Android TV I'd assume). Or I could retire the Dune and do everything on the AppleTV 4K that I bought for streaming services (because of the very good rate matching capabilities). I understand there's a new client in beta called Switfin. I'd prefer the AppleTV option, because it is such a small device, and has a simple remote.
Anyhow. My question, finally. I need/want a solution that is capable of video playback at the content's original resolution, in a progressive display mode, within the HDMI specifications of course. For instance, a DVD based *.mkv containing 480i/576i video should be output at 480p/576p and a BD based *.mkv containing 1080p video should be output at 1080p. The video processor is communicating an "all progressive HDMI modes supported" EDID to the connected input devices, and then performs all the necessary actions to output towards the connected display device. Therefore, there aren't any EDID limitations that would prevent playback at e.g. 480p/576p.
Is Swiftfin capable of doing that? Or, if it can't yet, should I rephrase that as some sort of feature request for consideration? I apologize if something like this has already been addressed, but I haven't found anything defintive looking through the forum. I also do realize that this is most likely a very rare "edge case".
Thanks in advance!
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