User stream bit rate limit control is invalid, resulting in no triggered transcoding

[Br yuyu]

I want to limit the bit rate of user internet streaming to achieve transcoding effect and thus reduce network load.


On the server
pass

Settings > Dashboard > Users > Click the User > Internet streaming bitrate limit (Mbps)
Settings > Dashboard > Playback > Streaming

With the above settings, the client cannot achieve the effect of transcoding playback, and the client device still performs lossless transmission and playback.

Currently, the only way to achieve transcoded playback is to set a bit rate limit for Internet streaming media transmission on the client.

Is there a way to achieve the effect of client transcoding and playback by only setting the Internet streaming media transmission bit rate limit on the server side without the client making any settings?

[Venson]

1. The client must be detected as outside your home network, if you have a reverse proxy ensure its correctly setup and the IP is not in your Local home Netowkr
2. If the source Bitrate is lower then your set bitrate limit no transcode is nessesary

[Br yuyu]

Thank you for your reply. Your answer helped me achieve the client transcoding playback effect.

The first solution is completely correct. I used a reverse proxy, which caused all the client devices to be in the LAN. This is the key to the problem. Now it has been reconfigured and the current problem has been perfectly solved. Thank you very much for your patience in answering me!

At the same time, I found another problem. If the client uses infuse or vidhub to log in, the streaming media transmission bit rate limit on the jellyfin server does not seem to work. Only when the client uses the jellfyin application, the streaming media transmission limit effect is available.

I don't know if this situation has been found, or if there is a way to deal with this problem. Thank you!