2023-11-26, 11:08 AM
I see you've marked Solved, just wanted to tack on that the transcoding/muxing only happens when it is necessary (either from codec/container compatability issues, which are documented in the chart that was linked in my anser, or because there are bitrate limits) in JF. Probably the easiest way is installing a player with broad support (JMP as suggested by DreadPirate above) or by using containers/codecs widely supported (I think h264 in mp4 with aac audio is probably going to be most broadly applicable). There's also the caveot that if you're attempting to watch something with a high bitrate through a weak connection (thinking raw bluray file through public wifi) you're probably going to need to transcode it down, so I usually recommend leaving transcoding enabled. Though by matching formats you can reduce how often you need to transcode a file.
On a related note, you can set up versions so that you can transcode files externally (ffmpeg/handbrake/etc.) and request different resolutions/bitrates without on-the-fly transcoding (at the cost of disk space).
On a related note, you can set up versions so that you can transcode files externally (ffmpeg/handbrake/etc.) and request different resolutions/bitrates without on-the-fly transcoding (at the cost of disk space).