2025-01-13, 07:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 2025-01-13, 08:03 PM by jellyfin. Edited 1 time in total.)
I am quite happy with my Jellyfin server, but I noticed that all my DVD and BluRay rips (makemkv) get transcoded by Jellyfin.
This is something that should ideally be avoided.
From https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/client...c-support/ I got the impression that H264 8-Bit should be the most compatible video codec, esp. for Jellyfin clients or playing over a web browser.
This should allow for DirectPlay on most clients, if I read correctly.
I would need to stay at "mkv" containers, because of multiple audio and subtitle tracks.
Currently, I struggle with the audio codec to be used.
IIRC, DTS often cannot be used over DirectPlay and I read that AAC and AC3 are the most compatible.
I read that AAC is more modern and supports high-quality audio, but for my goals, AC3 seems to be the way to go, being more compatible.
But the above link shows that AAC is more compatible.
So what should I use to avoid transcoding?
And finally, what to do with the bitrate?
I often see such audio tracks:
DTS 5.1ch 768 kpps
DTS 5.1ch 1536 kbps
Convert to AC3 5.1ch 48k and WHAT bitrate?
Somewhere, I read that 448 should be used.
I sometimes see DTS-HD MA which is uncompressed audio, IIRC.
That should be skipped for the goal of saving space and avoiding transcoding.
This is something that should ideally be avoided.
From https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/client...c-support/ I got the impression that H264 8-Bit should be the most compatible video codec, esp. for Jellyfin clients or playing over a web browser.
This should allow for DirectPlay on most clients, if I read correctly.
I would need to stay at "mkv" containers, because of multiple audio and subtitle tracks.
Currently, I struggle with the audio codec to be used.
IIRC, DTS often cannot be used over DirectPlay and I read that AAC and AC3 are the most compatible.
I read that AAC is more modern and supports high-quality audio, but for my goals, AC3 seems to be the way to go, being more compatible.
But the above link shows that AAC is more compatible.
So what should I use to avoid transcoding?
And finally, what to do with the bitrate?
I often see such audio tracks:
DTS 5.1ch 768 kpps
DTS 5.1ch 1536 kbps
Convert to AC3 5.1ch 48k and WHAT bitrate?
Somewhere, I read that 448 should be used.
I sometimes see DTS-HD MA which is uncompressed audio, IIRC.
That should be skipped for the goal of saving space and avoiding transcoding.