2023-09-28, 08:29 AM
I have the Jellyfin server running on an RPi 4 - which works perfectly as long as no transcoding is needed. As soon as it needs to transcode, movies become unwatchable (due to obvious reasons).
Most of my content is 4K HDR since my main tv is a 4K HDR tv. But sometimes, I also want to play content on other tvs or devices (when I'm away from home or when I want to watch something on my phone). What I've done now is store several versions of the same movie in the same folder, following the instructions here. So for instance, I stored both the 2160p HDR and the 1080p SDR version in the same folder like this:
This indeed results in only one instance of the movie being shown in the list, but on the movie info page, you are able to chose which version you want to watch.
But what I really want is for Jellyfin to automatically pick the version that needs no transcoding and with the highest possible resolution. As it is now, it doesn't. It just picks whatever is default (which is in my case 1080p SDR since the alphabetical sorting causes it to be displayed at the top).
Is this possible?
(I don't want to better hardware since energy prices in my neck of the woods are about $0.45/kwh. Running the RPi costs me about $4 - $8 per month. Running even a small laptop would cost me $40 - $80 per month.)
Most of my content is 4K HDR since my main tv is a 4K HDR tv. But sometimes, I also want to play content on other tvs or devices (when I'm away from home or when I want to watch something on my phone). What I've done now is store several versions of the same movie in the same folder, following the instructions here. So for instance, I stored both the 2160p HDR and the 1080p SDR version in the same folder like this:
Code:
Awesome Movie
├── Awesome Movie - 2160p HDR.mkv
└── Awesome Movie - 1080p SDR.mkvThis indeed results in only one instance of the movie being shown in the list, but on the movie info page, you are able to chose which version you want to watch.
But what I really want is for Jellyfin to automatically pick the version that needs no transcoding and with the highest possible resolution. As it is now, it doesn't. It just picks whatever is default (which is in my case 1080p SDR since the alphabetical sorting causes it to be displayed at the top).
Is this possible?
(I don't want to better hardware since energy prices in my neck of the woods are about $0.45/kwh. Running the RPi costs me about $4 - $8 per month. Running even a small laptop would cost me $40 - $80 per month.)