2023-11-21, 08:16 AM
(2023-11-20, 09:12 PM)tmsrxzar Wrote: each client reports it's playback capabilities to the jellyfin server, from that information the jellyfin server decides whether it needs to be transcoded
if there is a setting in the roku client then you can change it there
if not then it is an incomplete feature and you should look for something to limit the bandwidth to force transcoding
settings on the server are only telling jellyfin what the Server is capable of doing in the event that a client does not support something
f.e. if transcoding is disabled on the server and the client does not support HEVC then it will simply fail
if transcoding is enabled on the server and the client reports it can not play HEVC then it will transcode to h264 (or what you have configured)
the jellyfin server logs should show this and likely the roku client is telling the server it is capable even when it's not
Missing puzzle pieces there for me thanks, i didnt realise the workflow happened in that order.
(2023-11-20, 09:28 PM)GenericUser72 Wrote: I'm actually having the same issue, I think. I have two TCL roku TVs, one 1080p on a different network than the server, one 4K on the same network as the server. I've got an old Dell optiplex that I installed a Quadro P400 in and can get transcoding to work (as shown by nvidia-smi), including on devices outside my network, but I cannot get the 1080p roku to play any of the 4K content, which I think is largely down to being 265 instead of 264. For reference, I'm running jellyfin in a docker container on Ubuntu.
I've gone in the settings on the jellyfin app on the troublesome TV and explicitly turned off hevc playback and tried the same thing for h264, and limited the bitrate to 9Mbps in an attempt to force transcoding to 1080p with no success.
I'll attach logs from FFMPEG showing a failed transcoding, as well as a snippet of the full jellyfin log from when it tried to transcode. I'm not trying to hijack this thread, it just seemed like it might be the same issue but if I should create a new thread instead, I'll be happy to do so.
no worries, if it is the same problem (it is i just checked my logs) then more heads and more data sets help to solve it.
im gunna try removing the subtitle tracks as suggested when i get back from see if that helps