2023-10-26, 01:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 2023-10-26, 01:28 AM by abpjf. Edited 2 times in total.)
Not sure if I'm misunderstanding something here, but my Shield's JF Android client plays back AV1 natively (no transcoding) without issue; I know because I re-encode almost all my media to AV1 exactly because I get smaller file sizes - and the server is showing that the content is playing direct. I assume I can take it at face value when the Dashboard playback info for a given file says "Direct Playing - The source file is entirely compatible with this client, and the session is receiving the file without modifications."
EDIT II: Another confirmation that AV1 is playing back natively on the Shield is that it won't apply the AI Upscaling to that format, whereas it would/does if/when it's transcoded to say HEVC or h264.
Conversely, the server also correctly indicates the same AV1 file(s) being transcoded when it's being played back on something like the LG WebOS JF app that some of my external users use.
To clarify, I have my JF client set to always ask if I want to use an external client (VLC) for playback, so technically I guess VLC is playing it back on the Shield without transcoding, which doesn't really matter. The TLDR is that the Shield seems to be perfectly capable of playing AV1 natively via VLC.
EDIT II: Another confirmation that AV1 is playing back natively on the Shield is that it won't apply the AI Upscaling to that format, whereas it would/does if/when it's transcoded to say HEVC or h264.
Conversely, the server also correctly indicates the same AV1 file(s) being transcoded when it's being played back on something like the LG WebOS JF app that some of my external users use.
To clarify, I have my JF client set to always ask if I want to use an external client (VLC) for playback, so technically I guess VLC is playing it back on the Shield without transcoding, which doesn't really matter. The TLDR is that the Shield seems to be perfectly capable of playing AV1 natively via VLC.