2025-01-05, 07:08 PM
The reason I registered is that I wanted to report the same problem!
I have deployed jellyfin server in a docker container on a synology nas. For the client part, I use Jellyfin AndroidTV installed on a Nvidia Shield (itself connected to a 4K TV).
I use Jellyfin's built-in player, not an external player like VLC.
Also, I use the sound of my TV: I don't have a 5.1 audio system etc.... To have more audible voices, I used to select the “downmix to stereo” option. It worked by the past.
But recently, I've noticed major problems seeing certain new films. The film starts, after many seconds of waiting, and ends up stopping with a message indicating too many errors.
What all these films have in common is that they are 4k films with a “Dolby Digital Plus” soundtrack.
I noticed that as soon as I activated the “downmix in stereo” option, files appeared in the transcoding folder. This suggests that transcoding at server level was taking place! (confirmed by the logs).
The only way to avoid transcoding is to set the sound output to direct, and activate Dolby Digital audio streams. No transcoding, the video starts immediatly. But now the voices are less loud than the other sounds
Is there a way, to have a "normal" sound with clear voices easily. (without reencoding the video
)
I have deployed jellyfin server in a docker container on a synology nas. For the client part, I use Jellyfin AndroidTV installed on a Nvidia Shield (itself connected to a 4K TV).
I use Jellyfin's built-in player, not an external player like VLC.
Also, I use the sound of my TV: I don't have a 5.1 audio system etc.... To have more audible voices, I used to select the “downmix to stereo” option. It worked by the past.
But recently, I've noticed major problems seeing certain new films. The film starts, after many seconds of waiting, and ends up stopping with a message indicating too many errors.
What all these films have in common is that they are 4k films with a “Dolby Digital Plus” soundtrack.
I noticed that as soon as I activated the “downmix in stereo” option, files appeared in the transcoding folder. This suggests that transcoding at server level was taking place! (confirmed by the logs).
The only way to avoid transcoding is to set the sound output to direct, and activate Dolby Digital audio streams. No transcoding, the video starts immediatly. But now the voices are less loud than the other sounds
Is there a way, to have a "normal" sound with clear voices easily. (without reencoding the video
)