Hardware Transcoding is not working

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Because it is not transcoding at all.

So Jellyfin just casually uses 70% CPU usage when direct streaming?

I can't see it is using 70% from your screenshot though. On most systems it won't use too much CPU for audio processing and video coping, but when it does it may have some reason behind that. But your video is really not transcoding that's why you won't see any iGPU usage.

My screenshot was taken while I was typing out this post, I wanted to show what my GPU task manager looked like, not the CPU in the corner.

Alright I guess my iGPU won’t be used when Direct Streaming, but why would my CPU usage be so high when all Direct Streaming does is transcode audio? Direct Streaming and Direct Play are two different things apparently.