SOLVED: Transcoding issues with HEVC 10 bits / EAC3

[TheDreadPirate]

In the jellyfin documentation it's mentioned "Consider upgrading such video to H.265 / HEVC 10-bit (Main 10 profile)", I don't really understand this point.

This specific line is in reference to H264 Hi10P videos.  Prior to the Nvidia RTX 5000 series none of the 3 major GPU vendors (Intel, AMD, Nvidia) supported decoding H264 Hi10P, meaning they would always be decoded by the CPU when transcoding is needed.  In addition to RTX 5000, Apple Silicon and Rockchip SoCs support decoding H264 Hi10P.

The suggestion in the documentation is to either re-encode the video to avoid transcoding/software decoding or find some other way to avoid H264 Hi10P.

Or could I just blacklist HEVC 10 bits from my {app we don't talk about - TDP} search ?

We cannot help with that app.

Which specific AMD CPU do you have?