Force transcoding of 4k Videos to 1080p

[broetchenrackete]

Hi,

is there a way to force transcoding of 4k Videos to 1080p for my Android Client (Redmi Pad SE). The processor (Snapdragon 680 with Adreno 610) can't hw decode 10bit Videos (most of my content is in 10bit hevc).
Forcing a lower bitrate isn't working, because my files already have a fairly low bitrate so it looks pretty bad in x264...

I am even willing to meddle with building a custom Android App if it is just changing a few lines of code ;)

[TheDreadPirate]

The client should be telling the server to transcode.

Can you upload your jellyfin and ffmpeg logs to pastebin and share the link here?

[broetchenrackete]

The client isn't telling the server to transcode, that's the problem.

Code:

( PlayMethod=DirectPlay, TranscodeReason=0 )

I already opened a github issue: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-and...ssues/1174

Sorry for my late response!

[TheDreadPirate]

On the client

Click on the user icon > Playback

Try fiddling with the "Home network quality" and "Maximum Allowed Video Transcoding Resolution". You can also try to specify a User specific bit rate limit or a global bit rate limit

Settings > Dashboard > Users > Click the User > Internet streaming bitrate limit (Mbps) (About halfway down)
Settings > Dashboard > Playback > Streaming (tab at the top)

The phone should be negotiating this, but hopefully one of these options will workaround the issue until it is fixed.