2025-01-14, 10:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 2025-01-14, 10:29 PM by jellyfin. Edited 1 time in total.)
(2025-01-14, 08:57 PM)Efficient_Good_5784 Wrote: ...
About Transcodings:
No, I want my stuff to play without transcoding or remuxing!
Both is an absolute no-go.
And I want to avoid any re-encoding too! At best, I want to use my pristine rips from media, which are MKV.
I was so frustrated, you would cannot believe.
And then, I found a solution!
Without needing to re-encode terabytes of data.
I just want to play movies on my iPad (both locally in my LAN / WLAN and remotely) on on my desktop (where I can use VLC).
I only ever tested the Jellyfin client for iPad.
And it does not work OK with MKV containers.
As you say, it internally uses Safari - and you gave me a link to a desktop client (which I don't need as here I can simply use VLC as always).
But ...
I found the Swiftin client for iPads - and wonder oh wonder, it can simply play MKV containers, without triggering transcode or remux on the server!
Problem solved.
Just get a working client.
That saves me from skipping to Plex too - as I read Plex can work with MKV without transcoding or remuxing.