hardware setup

[TheDreadPirate]

Is this the right log? This log says you are still software encoding. Can you share the full jellyfin log?

[tvrb]

don't know how that happened, sorry!
i have a different user on my chromecast (with default settings) i don't expect that to make a difference.
doublechecked my transcoding settings -- still have the VAAPI and checked what you guys have suggested.

definitely new log:
https://privatebin.net/?42171983bac76316...vQNpKNVkrL 

a few logs from this morning, not sure what happened there:
https://privatebin.net/?70cbeb59fa070bd8...9afwFohjcB 

thank you again!

[TheDreadPirate]

Both of these say you software transcoding. One of them is even transcoding to HEVC.

Code:

Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (av1 (libdav1d) -> h264 (libx264))

Code:

Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (av1 (libdav1d) -> hevc (libx265))

Share the main jellyfin log, please. log_20250312.log.

[tvrb]

https://privatebin.net/?0e5e231062f81bcd...HTuGU3vtzq 
== log_20250312

stupid question: what codecs should I be attempting to transcode and which ones should i avoid?

thank you so much!

[TheDreadPirate]

https://privatebin.net/?0e5e231062f81bcd...HTuGU3vtzq 
== log_20250312

Is this it?  There aren't any playback attempts in this log.  You need to replicate the problem, and then share the log afterwards.  This log only has the startup process and no playback logs.

stupid question: what codecs should I be attempting to transcode and which ones should i avoid?

thank you so much!

This

Switch to VAAPI and try again.  Check H264, VP8, VC1, and MPEG2.

[tvrb]

i feel so stupid haha -- thank you so much for your help with this!

https://privatebin.net/?6824245f06aeb6e5...nG1TaDRM5J

[TheDreadPirate]

For some reason it is still software transcoding.

Can you go to C:\ProgramData\Jellyfin\Server\config and provide encoding.xml via privatebin.net?

And fresh screenshots of Dashboard > Playback > Transcoding

[tvrb]

thank you so much (again)!

(windows os 11 so maybe different file directory from what you suggested)
from:
C:\Program Files\Jellyfin\ServerData\config

encoding.xml =
https://privatebin.net/?c935610716edaf62...maFdjFFPbu

screenshot of admin account dashboard transcoding settings:
   

before my prior post, i made a new user and signed that into the chromecast to be sure there were default player settings:
   

[tvrb]

for shits, i just wanted to confirm that my GPU is still alive (it is):
   
   

[TheDreadPirate]

/dev/dri/renderD128 is a linux directory. Do not use that with Windows. Just leave the VAAPI device field blank and try again.