Yesterday, 11:06 PM
(2025-01-09, 04:33 AM)Efficient_Good_5784 Wrote: You can force a transcode by lowering the bitrate low enough to where its lower than the video's actual bitrate.
I forced the Home Network bandwidth in the iOS Jellyfin player to the lowest setting (480Kbps) and played a video that has a bit rate of 1641 kbps. The video played but the CPU usage of the Synology NAS jumped to about 35%. When I set the Home Network bandwidth back to Auto and played the same video, the CPU usage was 0%.
So, based on the CPU usage, it doesn't look like transcoding is working but the video does still play.
Would videos even play if HW transcoding is enabled but doesn't work? If so, why would my video play?