Jellyfin transcode audio only. If it is transcoding it is because it needs to.

Jellyfin transcode audio only the jellyfin documentation also mentions the CL runtime to be at least 23. Any help is greatly appreciated. 3 (Docker) [0x20b](deu): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 192 kb/s Stream #0:3[0x20c](eng): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, These settings will control how the server downmixes surround sound into stereo when the client only supports stereo sound. I do not care where I need to do this. One of my Jellyfin clients is a Windows 11 22H2 PC. Transcoding Info Video codec: H264 Audio codec: MP3 Bitrate: 8. also for audio accompanying video, as it's supported by most major web browsers, Android, and Chromecast. The audio for the show is reported from jellyfin as being English - Dolby Digital+ - Stereo. The desktop JMP, browser, and, I think, Android phone clients let you In the Jellyfin interface, what does "Media Info" show for the movie/show in question? If you are familiar with the command line, what is the output of ffprobe on that file? Audio codec: AAC LC audio bitrate: 320kbps audio channels: 6 Audio sample rate 44100hz So you have external SRT subs. Login; Register Jellyfin 10. This occurs across all devices that I have tried (ios app, windows app, android app), but does not occur when the video is being directly played, only transcoded. 2023-08-19, 03:44 AM . 2024-10-18, 08:13 PM (2024-10-18, 04:28 AM) TheDreadPirate Wrote: One issue is that Roku, for whatever reason, only I’m currently trying to play my copy of Scream (2022) via the Jellyfin app on my Roku TV. 264 video and dts encoded audio it is not possible to only have the audio transcoded. At the moment there are only AAC and MP3 transcodes available for music streams. Transcoding audio-only and copying video results a choppy/stuttering video playback. Will Offline. HW transcoding works perfectly on everything except 4K videos. Audio channels I don't think cause transcoding. (2024-03-06, 08:34 PM) LambTalk Wrote: The only time a client would transcode is if you're trying to play a stream (video, audio or subtitles) that uses a codec or format not supported by the client. What I have tried so far:-Play a media file that does not call for transcoding. Like @ TheDreadPirate mentioned, you can apply the gain on Jellyfin's side only when Jellyfin transcodes, but if it direct plays, another option would be to increase the volume yourself in the source file. It looks like it is video transcoding due to the PGS subs needing to be burned in. I'll keep the best quality audio track since I found out Jellyfin can transcode the audio if a device doesn't support the codec and I have enough storage. Unless that's not how it works lmao! idk! Program that monitors the library and places a stereo audio track externally so that users may select stereo (Or maybe Jellyfin is smart enough to auto swap based on user settings?) Is jellyfin actually transcoding your audio? Play a stereo file and post the ffmepg logs, if that's the case or Is your AVR virtually mixing it? For example on my AVR, I have movie, music, game, and pure as options. I followed your advice. The video stream will be repackaged losslessly on the fly before being sent to the device. When the source video is in HDR, it will need to be tone-mapped to SDR when transcoding, as Jellyfin currently doesn't support Hi everyone, I am facing a strange issue with audio transcoding. 1 max. 7. When I try on roku I see no errors in the log other than jellyfin receiving the q command. We are using a Hisense Roku TV which plays all other media correctly. I noticed it's only an issue with the Android TV app since the player on a browser and android phone are perfectly fine. 7 just fine. Server - 10. Is there a device settings guide for dlna or for in app play. io/linuxserver/ The only way to force transcoding is the quality selector. Assuming jellyfin has a setting like that. z; Jellyfin-AndroidTV v0. It's still doing this in the current version. Haven't tested, so I'm not sure audio-only streams actually respect the bitrate limit, though. If the video codec is unsupported, this will I have only 1 audio in the file, since i experience trouble with multiple tracks, but i heard that in 10. 1, but for sure not always AC3/DTS the soundbar is expecting. I found two files on my instance (both VP6F, sorry :/) and I can reproduce the issue: for transcoded files only the audio is out of sync, delayed by 500ms-1s, when played through Firefox. Im using version 2. When I give it higher resolution video, which should be transcoded according to its DLNA profile, Jellyfin directs FFMPEG to transcode the audio but remove the video. The only option is basically not use "Live Streaming". xml profile, I am seeing this problem. Jellyfin is running v10. If I click on the trailer link for a movie, it does play properly. Please upload your jellyfin log to pastebin and link it here. Previously I was using Intel integrated graphics. If I disable subtitles, Jellyfin can transcode audio if the client requests it (Finamp has a toggle for transcode and direct play). Stereo Downmix Algorithm Algorithms used to downmix multi-channel audio to stereo. I tried Kodi, Jellyfin (with different players), Jellyfin plugin for Kodi, and even VLC over Samba. For example, one movie always freezes at the exact same frame and the audio continues. Can you get dlna to transcode? 3. If your audio is transcoding there is a setting in Dashboard > Playback to increase the volume of the audio. Is there a way I can have the server always transcode audio to AC3 for this client? Direct Stream in Jellyfin terms means that only the audio is incompatible and will be transcoded. Transcoding works - my problem is it seems to be transcoding too often, when a Direct Play or Direct Stream would be more appropriate. Allow opus transcodes for music. Third Jellycli. Had same issue on a This means only AC3 and DTS (theoretically) are supported for true 5. C:\Program Files\Jellyfin\server\ffmpeg. This should prevent Jellyfin from invoking ffmpeg for a transcoding, instead it should invoke it to remap, transcode audio (ac3->aac, light task) and create the . 0-beta3 [Issue]: HDR lost when switching to audio track that needs transcoding Jul 2, 2022 Expected behaviour would be to operate in "Direct Stream" mode and only transcode the audio. 1 audio. 2023-08-22, 04:13 PM . If you unchecked that box it will CPU decode before attempting to transcode. I am using a Hisense TV with Google TV and the Jellyfin android client. Same files work fine with the Plex app and with Kodi. and yes, of course, but the issue is, I have a huge library with tons of videos that arent supported as do many others from what I read, so I was just wondering more how people deal with it. Said client could play 1080p directly just fine (albeit it was AC3). 1 ##### Player MPV Video Player Play method Direct playing file1. Trying to see if their is a way to force the right audio channels on the android app. The problem is when you are video transcoding. I play a 1080p HEVC file with AC3 audio. Means, I change the audio track (German DTS to English DTS) -> movie is reloaded but not with the previous settings (e. It doesn't have HDMI passthrough, so I have to feed it an extracted SPDIF stream: no player I know of can detect this. And AFAIK cannot transcode audio to WAV. The result is normal playback. Be it compatibility or network performance. Each algorithm has its own design goal and has its own strength and weakness. The only link I can think of is that I have hardware acceleration on nvenc with a 1660 super and this table doesn't show mpeg4 support, however, I have unselected mpeg4 from the decoding options. Software versions used: Jellyfin 10. Finamp also allows you to download your music (original file only) to save mobile bandwidth or for offline play. It is the binhex-jellyfin docker app. Streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu have no issues with audio and certain shows streamed from In JMP it works fine without transcoding, however when I watch TV using the Tizen app on my TV, it always transcodes and the dashboard tells me: The media is being con. Some clients also have a max audio channels setting that might trigger an audio transcode and downmix. It starts transcoding the HDR10 content and then stops a few seconds later. Is there a way I can make Jellyfin transcode all movies played? Or even better only transcode videos with a high enough bitrate? TheDreadPirate Offline. The big differentiator between Jellyfin and Plex is If I try to play a movie with 'TrueHD Atmos 7. But it does not transcode the audio. 6 in a proxmox VM with the GPU using pcie passthrough. I also love h265 file size, and would sacrifice some electricity (and When I attempt to watch a movie on my laptop via Firefox browser, there will be no audio playing if the file has to transcode. MKVs on their own will only cause re-muxing. Additionally, subtitles don't *always* require transcoding, but anything in the "picture-based" family (DVD, VOB, PGS) generally will require transcoding on most client devices. 1) If you tried edge then it shouldn't be transcoding not unless audio and subs are not supported If i look here: codec A native music player for Android devices with transcoding support, gapless playback, favorites, playlists, and many other features. Posts: 1 Threads: 1 Joined: 2023 Aug Reputation: 0 Country: #1. Kodi can play basically anything so it's a perfect match for the Pi as all the Pi has to do is send the file across Running Jellyfin Docker on unRAID. Issue: jellyfin#6450 Enable DirectPlay responses Rewrite DirectPlay and DirectStream resolution Prefer copy transcode video codec options Enhance condition processor Support DirectStream and Transcode with parity Rework audio stream selection and add tests for ExternalAudio Update MediaInfoHelper to only call StreamBuilder once If I have a 4k and FHD version of a film transcoding the 4k version to 1080p seems pointless. Lots of unnecessary transcoding. But i'm only getting stereo sound when i play movies via jellyfin. The name is inaccurate. 11. Here's the video info (Just to clarify, only the video is being converted; subtitles are external, and the audio is being played 'direct'): Video Details Title: 1080p H264 SDR This week I acquired an Arc A310 to use for transcoding on my jellyfin server. DirectPlay works on my AndroidTV if both the video and audio are compatible (such as HEVC / AAC) Transcode is triggered on my phone correctly when I'm remote. When I start the same media from the Jellyfin app, on the same Chromecast, I do not get HDR and the video looks downscaled. I'm using a HDHomeRun FLEX 4K and it works fine direct playing in other apps. I wanted to I'm seeing issues around the "Max streaming bitrate" Jellyfin option, which I initially left at the default of 100 Mbit/s. Play one of your videos as you normally would, and while it's playing to your dashboard on another device. plugin said they were audio/mp4 or audio/aac, I think they would probably work. r/volcas • Help with pajen firmware for sample and padkontrol midi I'm new to Jellyfin and I've just installed it using Docker on my Linux server, running on an Intel i7-2600K. Set up a dedicated forced transcode user In dashboard->user settings, specify a very, very, very low remote bitrate limit. 8 there is support fo external audio files and that feature i really look forward to. exe -analyzeduration 200M The official image, that is jellyfin/jellyfin:latest. ffpeg logs indicate that the transcoding works but then just stops with log output [q] command received. 1 and 5. 11 of jellyfin, TV is a TCL model with android 9 running the latest jellyfin android app. If the media is incompatible for any reason, Jellyfin will use FFmpeg to convert the media to a format that the client can process. Symfonium will use vorbis. Jellyfin transcodes just fine on Firefox and even better once I upped the CPU core allotment. Night of the Living Dead, 4K HEVC w/burned-in subtitles - Jellyfin reports direct play, no issues. Why not add some of those formats to the dropdown list ? Or, for more power users, allow the direct input of the ffmpeg transcode options ? Describe alternatives you've considered An alternative would be having a setting to compensate the audio desync. Result : Play Method = If its the audio, you might get away with transcoding only the format of the audio, if it's the subtitles, you might have to burn them into the actual video stream, on the server, which is super processor heavy, or maybe it can just change the format of the subs to something else, which is super light. I have to select the pure mode If that is the case, shouldn't Jellyfin transcode only the audio? According to the log you posted ealier that is what jellyfin did:-codec:v:0 copy -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb -start_at_zero -codec:a:0 libfdk_aac Means video got "copied" and audio goz transcoded to aac. More posts you may like. GitHub Downloads F-Droid. Every other file plays normally, and this issue only happens with files that have AAC 7. 1' audio, Jellyfin will transcode that into 6 channel AAC, and I lose my Atmos/DTS-X. 4 on a Pixal 7. Maybe not surprisingly, if I use the Jellyfin ffmpeg to transcode a file, no matter what I use for -c:v -c:a the output file plays everywhere perfectly, as do any direct play files. But only if the audio is transcoding. It is probably "direct" right I'm finding that Jellyfin is transcoding video content while listing the reason for transcoding as Audio Codec Not Supported. Confirmed that the audio format of the movie is supported by my FireTV Stick and connected audio receiver. This will effectively transcode all video as well, but if the user is just for this one specific thing it wouldn't matter. Posts: 8 Threads: 2 Joined: 2024 Aug Reputation: 0 Country: #6. To add to this, subtitle format has been a "transcode reason" for one of my devices (Chromecast with Google TV). Discord Music Bot for Jellyfin by manuel-rw. If it is transcoding it is because it needs to. Here my confirmation comment: jellyfin/jellyfin-web#2971 (comment) The not so positive side of the problem is that whilst only audio had to be transcoded, full video was dumped into transcode folder which obviously is pretty heavy. So I get no video stream but can still hear the playback. 0 is released, the only option is building it alone. I fail to see why Jellyfin does not transcode these media files with opus audio and like to find a solution for it. 1 Mbps Video codec: H264 High 10 Video bitrate: 7. 1 / 7. But as u/truthfulie said " Audio transcoding isn't very resource intensive" so the best solution is to go with something the receiver supports eg DD or DTS or something like it, and simply let jellyfin transcode whenever it isn't supported. Of course forcing transcoding works to because it puts it down to AVC and does the audio as well. Playback Info reveals that it's transcoding to VP9 and OPUS, for some reason, at 0. aac, *. I am able to select the target as a streamable device and actually get it to play low resolution video. fra. To start, I run jellyfin out of a docker container. The beam only accepts AC3 or PCM audio so when I play some tv series which came with mp3 audio, I don't get any audio! I'd like to force transcoding of mp2/3 audio to ac3 2 channels When trying to play live TV channels with mp2 audio, the server seems to always want to transcode the audio track. On the other hand, playing the movie on VLC on a desktop computer over Samba works perfectly fine. EDIT: i found that disabling "Enable Intel Low-Power H. As a result I am able to see the video playing but without sound. Can you share your ffmpeg log associated with Because it also (for me at least) transcodes the audio most of the times, this took up a big portion of my cpu time. There is no modification to the file and almost no additional load on the server. What does tdarr do? I only want to transcode audio, but I don't want to replace the audio in any media containers. As the video format is your issue, you'll need full video and possibly audio transcoding to allow it to play in Chrome. Remux: Changes the container but leaves both audio and video streams untouched. Essentially what the issue is that upon starting a video (that requires transcoding) it will take significantly longer for the video to start playing compared to Plex even though it is the same file and on the same hardware (no hardware based transcoding only cpu to keep things comparable). A lot of times, the stream crashes and Jellyfin app returns to the movies page immediately without an on-screen error, and without any obvious errors in the log_* and ffmpeg logfiles. Problem is visible in Android Exoplayer and also using VLC on Windows to directly play same transcoded stream. For my surround amp pass-thru is the perfect solution, however when streaming to an alternate room I need stereo and transcode to 2 channel is a better fit, however the TV has this ability. There is nothing wrong with your setup or browser now, it is just your video is in a legacy format that uses mp3 as audio. It works and DTS is transcoded. If it's only the audio codec that is causing issues it should probably be only encoding it and not the video I could be wrong, but JF transcode the audio only if it doesn't need to do the video. Now whenever transcoding is involved, I only get audio but no video in the output . I have also encoded the audio to ACC(Two tracks 7. Verified the transcoding settings in Jellyfin to ensure it supports multi-channel audio. The transcode helper constructs the ffmpeg command depending on client compatibility and your settings. 1/7. So even with the default . transcoding settings on the server only tell the server what it is capable of doing IF THE CLIENT REQUESTS IT the server cannot force clients to take a When 4K video files are transcoded and the timeline changes position, then the audio and video will get out of sync by a couple of seconds. 1 video. You could probably get away with 2 audio only transcodes. 1 / 48 kHz / 8910 kbps / 24-bit You are right. Allowing users to specify the formats their hardware supports (and have Jellyfin transcode anything that isn't specified as supported to ones that are) would be ideal. 10. Most Jellyfin is transcoding both video and audio when only AUDIO is not supported. opus prov. From what I can see in the log files, the transcoding command now becomes this: I would like to be able to force all 5. The fix provided in jellyfin/jellyfin-web#2971 works. The TV is 1080p and Jellyfin will transcode the video if I try to play a 4k movie, will still just not get audio. FFMPEG can do that, but Jellyfin will never tell FFMPEG to do that. I'm experiencing an issue where Jellyfin hangs on my LG C2 TV via the LG TV Jellyfin app, specifically when playing a video which requires audio to be transcoded and then seeking to a later point in the video. 265 hardware Jellyfin is aware of the unsupported audio codec (see journal below), but it streams the media without any transcoding. Thanks for the tip but I know the reason for the transcoding However, when playing the very same file in Jellyfin, I see the following message on the dashboard. 13) inside docker on ubuntu server 22. 0. Hello, so I use the Desktop client application for Jellyfin to stream media, recently I noticed that most of my files have EAC3 audio encoding and Jellyfin is 'Direct Playing' all the files, but when I go on the web client (Opera) for the same file Jellyfin transcodes the media to AAC. Login; Register Forum; Website; GitHub; Status It looks like only one stream was even transcoding, and that was because the video codec was unsupported by the Can Jellyfin transcode audio file downloads? Eirafell Offline. My CPU is powerful enough to transcode 4k (20k passmark but no gpu) but unfortunately whenever Jellyfin transcodes 4k to 1080p it also converts HDR to SDR and the colors all look grey. Video is compatible and remains in its original format. Is it possible to force transcode the audio to a specific encoder if it exceeds a certain bitrate, just like it's possible with video? I have looked around how to do this for a long time but haven't f If you are asking about using a particular codec, the official client and Finamp both only do AAC for on-the-fly transcodes. A lot of your transcoding is due to "ContainerBitrateExceedsLimit". Posts: 66 Threads: 20 Joined: 2023 Jun Reputation: 0 All other audio format plays fine but AAC 5. Please describe your bug When playing (DLNA) unsupported audio formats (ones not specified in the active profile), Jellyfin successfully identiefies the audio as not being supported but chooses not to transcode it anyway. 8, but I'm not sure). Is this just a limitation of Jellyfin that it cannot transcode only audio for an HEVC stream? Hi Jellyfin users and developers. Strange that the Go to jellyfin r/jellyfin • My question is: What should I put inside the profile to force transcode audio only / DirectStream? I pretty much need 2. It is more like a "max bit rate" setting. If things work this way on all platforms, then it might be a good idea to have the following setting: if only the audio needs to be transcoded, transcode it and place the standalone stream (*. The best and that might be falling into RFE, My Shield TV is on my LAN and Jellyfin wants to transcode a 720p DTS 5. Jellyfin will always direct play if the client device and app supports the codecs in your media. I think the above Nvidia bug is applicable only if you have the decode ability for DTS which I lack. Right now, the android app only allows the MP3 format, when it can recognize a plethora of them. The "transcode helper" is written in a way that doesn't support your use case. 04 LTS Intel i3 12100 Intel Arc A380 OS drive - SK Hynix P41 1TB Storage 3x WD Red Pro 6TB CMR in RAIDZ1 (JF Library) In the Nvidia Shield Settings, you need to go into advanced sound settings and then choose available formats. I'm playing the movie back in firefox, I've tried chrome as well but firefox have worked better for me in the past. Allow Audio that requires transcoding & Allow video playback that requires conversion without re-encoding only selected. Zidoo plays the same files fine. I guess emby tries direct-play and jellyfin tries to transcode with the bitrate from the settings (300MBit/s which means no transcoding necessary - but it tries to transcode) [0x68](deu): Audio: mp2 ([3][0][0][0] / 0x0003), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 192 kb/s Stream (2023-11-20, 09:28 PM) GenericUser72 Wrote: 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 also have a Fire TV 4K, and I make sure my media is only in DV/HDR, avoiding DV/HDR10+ altogether. the only way i am familiar with getting logs from the jellyfin androidtv app is by using adb logcat - perhaps someone can fill in a more user friendly method TheDreadPirate Offline. I have been accessing Jellyfin on this machine via Unraid > docker > Jellyfin > WebUI, and using the web version of Jellyfin in LibreWolf to watch my media. I do get dts and dolby digital audio if i play a movie from a USB flashdrive with TCL's media player. GG devs. What codecs are in the MKVs will determine whether transcoding happens. 13. And this is the test result with no custom profiles. Some Titles playing only Audio on Black Screen . I know Samsung TVs * at least mine, does not support TRUEHD but why it is transcoding the I sometimes have files with only DTS or TrueHD audio, the problem is Jellyfin FFMPEG only transcodes the audio to AAC which is unsupported and causes VERY low audio Can you try setting the audio to "downmix to stereo"? In the Jellyfin app on the Firestick click on the gear in the top right, Playback > Audio output. When I go to the dashboard, I can see transcoding to h264 is going on. 5 (latest beta Sometimes I try to watch my media while traveling (when I have data caps). Server settings, device settings, in device menu, text file settings, ffmpeg, server code. As it happens on our TV only. Quote:The video stream is compatible with the device, but has an incompatible audio format (DTS, Dolby TrueHD, etc) or number of audio channels. 1-Jellyfin) and the one thats latest aur(n6. mp4 containers. GalayZloy Offline. Junior The auto setting doesn't work properly in 0. Also, just select auto for the player. 1 Mbps Transcoding progress: 1. My Jellyfin audio settings are: Audio Output: Direct Bitstream Dolby Digital Audio: checked but it's greyed Bitstream DTS Audio: checked Shield audio settings: Match content audio resolution: checked Available formats: Manual with all selected I'm running into an issue where Jellyfin does not kick off a transcode job for AV1 files when streamed to certain clients like my Chromecast and jellyfin-web-player desktop applications. What happens if you select "downmix to stereo" in the Jellyfin app's audio output settings on your Android TV? The goal is to Direct Play all media. That knocks off half of the use of the server. Deselecting the True HD and DTS-X and DTS radio buttons forced Jellyfin to transcode the audio. Will only get audio if the source is stereo. If you force-disable video transcoding for the user, the system DOES then operate in direct stream mode. Neither do I want a copy of the media with just a new audio stream + the original video stream (ie. 9. I'm having a problem with the Jellyfin media server. I was wondering if it is possible to configure Jellyfin to download audio files in a different format than the hosted files? The jellyfin UI does not support Download in a different format then the Audio but no video using Jellyfin Media Player. I believe web browsers will require audio transcodes for 7. not specifically useful other than confirming it was transcoding the jellyfin server log is what's needed, it will contain a line TranscodeReason to say "why" it was transcoding TheDreadPirate Offline. the n100 is only supported with kernel 6. Member. Please describe your bug I am running into a situation where HEVC videos with EAC3 audio are not being transcoded, even though the client (Chrome) does not have EAC3 support. Jellyfin Feature Requests Sign in. g. jellyfin server to always transcode or set Reviewed the audio settings within the Jellyfin app on the FireTV Stick. Dean Lennox · Thu Aug 22 2024 14:27:50 GMT+0000 Also, the jellyfin webos client reacts very sluggishly to an audio track change. Transcode: Transcodes the video stream. The strange thing is that the old version of Jellyfin server worked fine (I think it was 10. (That's if it works at all. 79x. All playback was done on the Jellyfin Web Player on both Chrome and Firefox. Direct Stream will occur if the audio, container or subtitles happen to not be supported. If I did only video transcoding it would probably have been able to do more streams concurrently. This can be With the same media emby use direct play and jellyfin uses transcoding - I don't know why. wma file provided by @BotBlake) the generated look The Android TV app uses HLS for transcoding, both for video and audio. server and login again, but then video playback works until I close media player and open it again. Junior Member. Hhhmm I think I will stick with merging all audio tracks into Jellyfin seems to detect this and provide that new standalone audio file as an audio stream option for playback (on desktop at least). Thanks, I ended up installing Kodi with the Jellyfin addon and enabling the metadata choosing option (only DV) in the Kodi advanced settings. Third Party Open Source. It plays fine for about 30 seconds then just stops and goes back to the movie menu. -Turned off hardware transcoding (NVENC) and I found that the Jellyfin Media Player client on Windows has a setting in Client Settings>Prefer_transcode_to_h265. Reply reply Only transcoding for my family, not much need to lock it down. Around a year ago when I set up Jellyfin I was able to transcode 4 movies (blu-ray remuxes) concurrently without any issues. Jellyfin Media Player for Windows (old, installed in january 2022) Server: Ubuntu Jammy 22. 8. opus, etc. DTS and other formats as DD and have real surround on my receiver? Please bare with me . I use JellyFin mostly because I don't want to ever see a YouTube short -- for me, it's mostly an alternative interface to YouTube, which is mostly When i use Jellyfin in localhost with android tv i just disable audio and video transcoding and almost everything direct play, i don't have any 4K content but since you got the best Android player i recommend you to disable audio and video transcoding it will direct play. Any suggestions? Please don't tell So I have Jellyfin v10. Community Moderator. Jellyfin 10. Audio is sent from the TV to a Denon avr via optical spdif. 2. 4% Transcoding framerate: 24 fps Reason for transcoding: VideoCodecNotSupported Original Media Info Container: webm Size: 1. 1-8), but no change. i am able to ask the jellyfin server to transcode all DTS audio to EAC3 if it would be agreeable i would be able to provide a debug build from that branch for Instead of disabling E/AC3, you could force a transcode by setting playback to stereo instead of direct. To avoid abandoned issues, it will be closed in 21 days if there are no new comments. picture direct, audio transcoded from dts to ac3) but with a full transcoding (picture and sound are transcoded). If I were to get a small low power machine such as an intel NUC, point it to the NAS, and make it a dedicated Jellyfin server, would this be enough to stream and perform hardware transcoding to the android TVs? I would like 2 concurrent 4k streams if possible but 1 would be sufficient if it's significantly cheaper. 3 (Docker) Ubuntu 24. When I stream that to my Chromecast Ultra via Plex, it shows up in HDR on the TV, and the Plex status tells me both audio and video are direct streams. If you're the original submitter of this issue, please comment confirming if this issue still affects you in the latest release or nightlies, or close the issue if it has been fixed. I have yet to see a user successfully "force" Jellyfin to transcode in the way they wanted. Jellyfin can also transcode video (highly suggested you have a GPU to accelerate transcoding). 3 GiB Bitrate: 8. Jellyfin can't know this, so I'd like to be able to tell Jellyfin to transcode all non-DD (AC-3) multichannel audio to AC-3. After much googling, I've tried a page-sized matrix of changing max audio channels, downmixing, enconding quality, etc, and the results are usually worse if any change at all. I'am using the docker image with you could simply build from latest master in jellyfin/jellyfin. ac3, (all clients) TESTS ##### file1. Nodiink · Thu Sep Jellyfin 10. 13 installed on an Unraid PC for my server. ) in the Both NVENC and software transcoding have the same issue, and transcoding to H264 instead of HEVC did not help either. It should cycle through to figure out which one is best for the codecs delivered. 5% Transcoding framerate: 4 fps Jellyfin 10. It looks like HEVC is only supported on roku devices that can play 4k which explains why the file is being transcoded in the first place since you are using a non-4k streaming stick. The video is 1080P H264 SDR, and the only audio track is DTS-HD MA. The video stream starts and stops again after just a fraction of a second when trying to play 4K HEVC files. Please describe your bug. Prerequisites: Jellyfin configured for DLNA and discoverable on your network Rep This issue has gone 120 days without comment. Posts: 12,235 If only the audio is transcoding that should mean the video is direct playing. I know image based subtitles need transcoding, so I only allowed "text based" in the config and I make sure I add a external srt Hello, My live TV is transcoding when it shouldn't be. mp4, file2. Only audio should be transcoded in this case, like in the example where the setting is disabled. Posts: 8 Threads: 1 Joined: 2024 May I get the same results with or without transcoding enabled. With that setting turned on, it works, the server is transcoding to h265, however the media just get stuck, it freezes with an infinite loading circle, here's the log of ffmpeg. However there is a weird behavior happening Works on 10. nothingveryobvious Offline. Most of my content is 5. Failing that, Jellyfin would transcode the audio while copying the video, presenting AV1 to the client; What's happening: Video is transcoded to H264; Uncertain: It looks like the audio codec is just being copied, despite Jellyfin stating this is the reason for transcoding? Other Notes: I was able to direct-play these videos when they were in . I inherited a very cheap NAS that can't transcode properly. Additionally, the audio Both yes and no, the utopia would be a solution where all files could be direct played. But without seeing your other transcode ffmpeg logs, I can't say why Adding my voice to this request, particularly to force transcoding to a specific audio format. The playback info on the Roku says, “The source file is entirely Triggering an audio transcode shouldn't make video transcode. 1 shows up as "Multi In". 1) This requires a transcode to play on both Roku and Firefox players that I know of. Seems like the Jellyfin app on the Shield doesn't support DTS Direct Play: Delivers the file without transcoding. ac3, *. I have an LG sound bar thats connected with an optical cable to the TV. Let me detail my setup first : - Medias stored on a 4x4TB RAIDZ1. Jellyfin can't know this, so I'd like to be able to tell Jellyfin to transcode all non-DD (AC-3) multichannel audio to AC-3 while leaving the video stream up to If jellyfin is transcoding, it's because the client does not, in fact, support the encoding for one reason or another. This cannot be done on the gpu unfortunately and thus limiting the max concurrent transcode streams. 9 Mbps Audio codec: AAC LC I have a Sony x90j hooked up via eARC to an AV receiver. When I try to play these videos in the web client it seems to be unnecessarily transcoding the video to H264 as well. 11 (Debian Hosting a Ubuntu Docker from lscr. Leaves out the option, yes but only some many at a time. The Server: AMD System with a Intel Arc A380 i bougt to play with. Echoing skribe. 0-beta. On the cog menu when changing to a stream that matches a resolution and bit-rate of the 1080p film choose to play direct rather than transcode the 4k file. 1 only Thanks a lot! Related Topics Jellyfin Free software comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. In the logs there looks like a Q command is being issued for a transcode file doesn't exist and no transcode running. I got the new card installed, used DDU in safe mode, installed the new Its possible the CPU usage is audio transcoding since that happens exclusively on the CPU. m3u8 file It seems that this issue pops up only for PGS subtitles, with srt it doesn't slow down the playback I will . 04. Direct Stream: Transcodes audio but leaves original video untouched. « This would a real nice to have for those that primarily consume YouTube streams on Jellyfin, since this behavior is provided in the app-proper and happens whenever the application gets backgrounded or you turn the phone off. Using the Jellyfin Android TV app on the built-in Google TV ecosystem, AAC surround sound files will only output two channel audio using either exoplayer or LibVLC. It seems to be the only file that I've one issue tough: I'm using a Sonos Beam connected directly via spdif to my android STB (ARC on tv doesn't work so well). HDR to SDR Tone-mapping remuxing or direct streaming (transcode audio only) see: file2. I run my Jellyfin server on a Raspberry pi 4b (2023-06-24, 01:27 AM) BortLicensePlates Wrote: I recently switched TVs and this new one does not have an optical audio output. Anything more than that or special codecs like DTS-MA, Atmos, etc and you're SOL. Going to a 4k file with FLAC triggered a transcode (down to 1080p somehow Hi there, have an issue with DTS Master Audio Playback in Jellyfin, first here is my setup: -Jellyfin server is a docker container on my NAS -Docker Container is pulled from jellyfin/jellyfin -Jellyfi. 1 Operating System: Linux I've spun up a completely fresh Container with a fresh I know i can fix this by re-rippping my content to include a stereo audio track, but that takes time. Help Request I've done a bit of digging and I'm unsure as to why this is happening. In my case that is nearly everything as most of my stuff in HEVC which Firefox doesn't do. 1+ audio tracks to transcode(if not already) to ac3(dd) or dts. 1 AAC audio to output correctly if I use Kodi, also installed on the internal GTV platform. The same video plays with no transcoding on the same Shield TV via stoically changed the title [Issue]: StreamBuilder Audio-only transcoding regression between 10. Before 10. It would be incredibly helpful if Jellyfin could add a feature in the transcoding settings to input additional FFmpeg parameters or specifically allow for the selection of the QSV device, similar to the VAAPI device input option on the transcode settings page of jellyfin webui. Some 4k content plays great. I'd like to only transcode the audio as I (assume) it is less burden on my system, so the desktop client would be preferred. Starting with 10. It looks like it's not transcoding at all. If the stream is of same resolution but lower bit rate transcode the 1080p file. 2023-08-22, 06:36 PM . I use plex currently but like to be informed by both subreddits which often have to be transcoded due to either bitrate or DTS audio. mkv, Jellyfin Web 10. Apple TV with Infuse passes the LPCM fine. Ensured Direct Play and Direct Stream are being used instead of transcoding. When it is just audio transcoding, it is making that conversion at about 60-70FPS. This means the container, video, audio and subtitles are all compatible with the client. For some reason, it always ends up just under 1x (in the Direct Stream: Transcodes audio but leaves original video untouched. 3 (Docker) The only reason I use a ram disk is that I have an old ass SSD with good read speeds but not good write speeds. Especially when i am on Travel there is often only 4-6Mbit available. 2. Select a bit rate that is lower than the video's native bit rate and it will force a transcode. The media info function is only showing the embedded subtitle Please describe your bug With an Mastroka (mkv) container containing H. However, I have been able to get 5. Only when I allow transcoding of video, will it then transcode VIDEO AND AUDIO. ts file. Jellyfin is set up in a Docker container in a TrueNAS Scale environment. 0 (Firefox) Jellyfin forces external audio files to always transcode/remux. Also keep in mind that it may be transcoding due to incompatibility with the audio codec or to burn in subtitles. Thanks for your reply! I really Im running 10. Even still, I always get VP9/OPUS. Until I can afford to upgrade I've been using it as server for a Jellyfin WebOs client and it works great except when transcoding. Perfectly fine if it was the only stream happening. A terminal player for Jellyfin, only for music at *The same videos work fine and play with transcoding on Jellyfin Android app on my phone and Tablet. 15. TheDreadPirate Offline. Pick the algorithm that best fit your use case and preference. And my Arc A380 can transcode faster than it can write. Depends on the client. Version: 10. dthree Offline. Most clients will just downmix the channels to whatever is available. 04 Reason for transcoding: VideoCodecNotSupported container: mkv video codec: HEVC audio codec: eac3 5. I mean, you're using an Rockchip ARM based SoC CPU to serve your media that can only consume at most 10W of power at peak performance You cannot be expecting to seek your audio around unless you pre-transcode all your media library and simply fetch and stream that at the bitrate that it was pre-cached. 1, s32 (24 bit) (default) Metadata: title : Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio / 7. This is with Jellyfin configured to use ExoPlayer (default). Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: truehd, 48000 Hz, 7. This will play the MP3 files only, and rejects the M4A files saying they have mime type "video/quicktime" which can't be played on the speakers. GitHub. Adding my voice to this request, particularly to force transcoding to a specific audio format. 4 LTS Jellyfin 10. My choice is based on best support with devices using my Jellyfin Server. * Its just the Jellyfin Android TV client that has the issue. At the same time use the information button in the mobile app's Dashboard screen, that'll tell you the target codec, bitrate, the speed/progress of transcoding and the reason that transcoding started. Posts: 12,235 Threads: 10 Joined: 2023 Jun Reputation: 358 Country: #2. I have checked the client's playback settings in Chromium, and manually set "Preferred transcode video codec" to HEVC, as well as "preferred transcode audio codec in video playback" to AAC. mkv, Jellyfin Media Player 1. 21. I own an old AVR that only supports Dolby Digital (AC-3) or analog for surround audio. On my iPad, using the official Jellyfin app, it transcodes the Hello, I'm new to Jellyfin and not very tech savy. I have disabled all hardware acceleration for transcoding to try and resolve these and I definitely have "allow HEVC transcoding" enabled. 4. Hardware acceleration is enabled. Please let me know if this is an audio transcoding issue. Always seeing " In my case I have an old AVR that only supports Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio. I have verifi. I have also tried replacing the jellyfin-ffmpeg binary with older versions (7. I am unable to locate a setting to force transcode a specific codec, DTS*, to something lossless with the same channel count. Please help! Roku 4k+ Jellyfin in docker on a Ubuntu VM; GTX 1660 Super for Jellyfin say the audio is the only piece being transcoded to lossless. Apr 12 2022 06:27:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · edited. 10 the audio transcoding stopped working. I should have been more clear regarding the transcoding, only the audio is trancoded (direct streaming). And only if you select VAAPI for hardware acceleration. A Volumio plugin for playing audio from one or more Jellyfin servers. No audio whether Jellyfin is configured to use the graphics for transcoding or not. If it transcodes, there is a good reason for it. 11 in a debian VM on proxmox with the GPU passthrough. What happens if you select "downmix to stereo" in the Jellyfin app's audio output settings on your Android TV? This is normal as the server is preventing unnecessary transcoding by direct passthrough mp3, and unfortunately mp3 can only be used in mpegts container in most browsers which does not support HEVC. Server is running version 10. x the Ubuntu OS is Kernel 6. Jellyfin The log you attached doesn't appear to show any errors. 1 since they support 5. When playing an incompatible music file (in this case a . 5 I think but I have not installed the Intel CL runtime from github as I fathom the docker image is dominant in that regard (can I limit audio transcoding? because good audio is for me mor important than pixel perfect video) DTS Master Audio Transcoding Issue DTS HD Master Audio and Hi Resolution Audio gets transcoded, even if jellyfin is set to output bitstream Only plays it in stereo. I ended up purchasing this and I have a Roku stick connected to it, with the HDMI out going to the TV and optical audio going to a Sabaj A4 amp. The only way to have audio play is by using the Opensubtitles plugin which forces Roku to transcode the file, but in turn significantly lowers the quality of the original video. 0-beta2 and 10. 1. two files, one just has different audio). Most basic setups only have stereo speakers and will play UP TO 5. Both bit rates of video and audio added together falling far below the 35 mbps constraint I have set up should not trigger a video transcode. I will only keep one audio track per language. OS is Archlinux and JF is latest AUR I trief the JF-ffmpeg(6. The beam only accepts AC3 or PCM audio so when I play some tv series which came with mp3 audio, I don't get any audio! I'd like to force transcoding of mp2/3 audio to ac3 2 channels when using this particular client. Posts: 12,235 Threads: 10 Joined: 2023 Jun Reputation: 358 Country: #4. I'll also remove all names from the audio tracks just like you, to keep it simple. video:58kB audio:625kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown [libx264 @ Transcoding Info Video codec: H264 Audio codec: AAC Audio channels: 6 Bitrate: 1. ) The idea of setting max audio channel is good, but then you run into problems that this setting is per client device (note - Not per user!). So what now, use multiple apps or just use some other single app solution like Kodi? If that's the case, then why the hell even use Jellyfin? Allow audio playback that requires transcoding Allow video playback that requires transcoding Also Jellyfin should not be So when I was evaluating Jellyfin, I played the same file on the browser, where it transcoded the video, audio, and subtitles, while using only 45% out of 600% cpu resources with at most 24% of a single core, which immediately amazed me and I started phasing out Plex for Jellyfin. 5 Mbps Transcoding progress: 1. 2-5, 6. More precisely the one with Image ID 544d674913bc, although I see that it's only very recent (2 weeks ago), not the actual latest TheDreadPirate Offline. Is there a way for Jellyfin to transcode only the audio so I can play e. If transcoding "+igndts" parameter is rem The log you attached doesn't appear to show any errors. To enable transcoding, go to Dashboard > Users > (select a user) > Media playback > (select all of them or just the audio one; idk which one will just transcode the audio) You can see if Jellyfin is transcoding in your Dashboard. Instead of trying to transcode the audio (because I’ve heard that lossless audio is not supported by Roku), the video plays directly. I tried setting it to force transcode but the audio still remained the same! If I try to play over firefox the audio gets transcoded but the image is laggy! The laptop is running jellyfin media player from flatpak running on endevouros! The server is running jellyfin(10. 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. It's always almost the same problem. The AVR will mix PCM stereo to virtual surround sound depending on what setting I have, so it looks like it's DD+. Jellyfin info: Just change the bitrate in the player, if you force it lower than the file bitrate it'll force a transcode. Jellyfin would transcode the audio AND video even though it only needed to transcode the audio. Is there a way to make Jellyfin transcode AAC to AC3 or something? I was able to get Emby and Plex to convert AAC to something that would show up as Dolby Surround on my receiver but Jellyfin seems to be lacking in audio settings. yrfc jsowau lcqu rbbwudl spqbejmz afi pnybq zmtfm penh jlevub