Jellyfin transcode audio only 11 in a debian VM on proxmox with the GPU passthrough. Very impressed with Jellyfin so far. It seems like no matter what I do DTS just won't transcode and play in Chrome. 1 depending, but instead of Direct Stream: Transcodes audio but leaves original video untouched. Is there a device settings guide for dlna or for in app play. Play one of your videos as you normally would, and while it's playing to your dashboard on another device. More precisely the one with Image ID 544d674913bc, although I see that it's only very recent (2 weeks ago), not the actual latest If only the audio is transcoding that should mean the video is direct playing. To start, I run jellyfin out of a docker container. 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. A brief description of the issue as your thread subject, using the description for additional important context only if required: The webclient is in an infinite loop, the logs are saying: TranscodeReasons=VideoCodecNotSupported,%20AudioCodecNotSupported" Adding my voice to this request, particularly to force transcoding to a specific audio format. Posts: 1 Threads: 1 Joined: 2023 Aug Reputation: 0 Country: #1. Exiting. 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. Especially when i am on Travel there is often only 4-6Mbit available. Hardware acceleration is enabled. TS? Are they compressed (H. 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. The TV is using a set of stereo speakers & the videos have 5. « Jellyfin 10. 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. 265 hardware Means, I change the audio track (German DTS to English DTS) -> movie is reloaded but not with the previous settings (e. Unless perhaps it’s AAC 5. You can use vaapi and on the newer Intel CPUs it can process multiple 4k streams without breaking a sweat. 3 (Docker) Ubuntu 24. If I play that same file on my Iphone and air play it to the apple TV I get surround sound. I’m currently trying to play my copy of Scream (2022) via the Jellyfin app on my Roku TV. Top. 6 on Asustor NAS, installed with Docker. Lots of videos play without sound. Haven't tested, so I'm not sure audio-only streams actually respect the bitrate limit, though. 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 UPDATE: I believe I figured out a way to manually transcode the audio and inject it into the video file as per my needs, but then again I noticed that the web version of jellyfin was changing the container to webm. Please describe your bug My media files with HVEC 4K HDR video tracks and DTS audio tracks aren't switching my device into HDR mode any longer. Bladefin Offline. Junior Member. Audio is sent from the TV to a Denon avr via optical spdif. see #11774, and other comments for context. More posts you may like. Can you get dlna to transcode? 3. I fail to see why Jellyfin does not transcode these media files with opus audio and like to find a solution for it. mkv, file1. Using a media player like Jellyfin (which uses MPV) that can handle many formats, it generally does not have to transcode (at least format, size and bitrate may still need transcoding) How do I know which boxes to select? (2024-01-31, 12:15 AM) tmsrxzar Wrote: (2024-01-31, 12:08 AM) abaxi Wrote: I 'm not exactly sure why it would transcode when streaming to the browser but not elsewhere, as the Chromecast 4K and my desktop clients do not support AV1. 4-Jellyfin A The only way to play the 7. OancaAndrei 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. It is probably "direct" right 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 Jellyfin is transcoding both video and audio when only AUDIO is not supported. g. 3 (Docker) and only stereo sound was played through my 5. 13 installed on an Unraid PC for my server. Native support for AC3 & E-AC3 on Roku TVs & Ultra. I‘d really like to only keep the H265 versions (which I planned to initially when setting up jellyfin) but simply cannot because of the need to transcode in pretty much every browser for h265 However, when playing the very same file in Jellyfin, I see the following message on the dashboard. Jellyfin info: Start playing some content on Jellyfin on TV via the LG TV Jellyfin app (tested specifically with a LG C2) which requires only audio to be transcoded. io/linuxserver/ Works on 10. ) 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. Any of those tried and failed via the remote client were FLAC. 264. 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. I also have the setting to force direct play on live TV but it's not being respected. Plex and Jellyfin use the same After encountering this issue, I thought that maybe I could solve this by forcing the Jellyfin Server to transcode HEVC for the TV, as the TV seems to have no issue with H. Jellyfin is supposed to use only local network actually and everything is wired for 1 Gbit. Controversial. One is a google chromecast connected to a tv, another is my gaming PC, another is my iPad, and one last one that rarely is used is a laptop. We're now read-only indefinitely due to Reddit Incorporated's poor management and decisions related to third party platforms and content management. Old. I don't think that would really solve the problem, there must be a reason Jellyfin is transcoding in the first place (e. GitHub. 1 AAC audio to output correctly if I use Kodi, also installed on the internal GTV platform. 1 in which case I’ve seen the iOS client need to transcode the audio but not the video. Posts: 3 Threads: 1 Joined 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. x the Ubuntu OS is Kernel 6. Server settings, device settings, in device menu, text file settings, ffmpeg, server code. The name is inaccurate. We are using a Hisense Roku TV which plays all other media correctly. Around a year ago when I set up Jellyfin I was able to transcode 4 movies (blu-ray remuxes) concurrently without any issues. You could probably get away with 2 audio only transcodes. 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 The video stream starts and stops again after just a fraction of a second when trying to play 4K HEVC files. No audio whether Jellyfin is configured to use the graphics for transcoding or not. 6 running on Ubuntu. 1 sound. Hi all, I'm new to Jellyfin after years of being with Plex but have completely lost faith in them after them not fixing the playback issues on the ATV so thought I would give Jellyfin a try! The first issue I'm trying to fix is that I don't get any sound when playing either TrueHD 7. 1) The Clients i had tested: Win10 Laptop with Chrome and Edge LG Webos with JF client from the Appstore Transcode Audio to AC3 instead of AAC - kraM1t - 2023-06-21 Hi, I have a Sony HTIAB, it only supports PCM, Dolby Digital (AC3) and Dolby Digital Plus (EAC3). two files, one just has different audio). ac3, Jellyfin Media Player 1. Fastforward a few months and I (FINALLY!) get reverse proxy working and shared jellyfin out to my gf. 0. My Server is 10. it is transcoding Stream #0:2 -> #0:1 (dts (dca) -> aac (libfdk_aac)). 1k tbn (default) Metadata: title : Hi10P (1080p) Stream #0:1(jpn): Audio: flac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16 (default) Metadata: title : FLAC (2ch) Stream #0:2(eng): Subtitle: ass (default However, when I have it transcode to an output of 40mbps or more, it results in the video being blank green (audio is still playing). transcode mpeg2 to h264; but external ac3 direct play; mentioned reason: external audio; remuxing (no transcode) of separate compatible streams is possible, when not html client. On my iPad, using the official Jellyfin app, it transcodes the Sometimes I try to watch my media while traveling (when I have data caps). 0 has been tested. In an ideal world, it would be great to have the ability to transcode audio to stereo particularly if listening on a system with only two channels. Jellyfin say the audio is the only piece being transcoded to lossless. In the logs there looks like a Q command is being issued for a transcode file doesn't exist and no transcode running. (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 fiddled around with it for a while and discovered that it only happens when transcoding and tone mapping. But it does not transcode the audio. TrueHD is mixed - sometimes this just works, sometimes it thinks its playing direct but there Matroska normally uses internal SRT as far as I know and the only reason you would be using external is so Jellyfin wont need to pull the entire media file down in order to display the subtitles. 1, but for sure not always AC3/DTS the soundbar is expecting. Like, in VLC or Windows Media Player the audio works correctly? What format are the files in? . If stream is of lower resolution and same/lower bit rate transcode the 1080p file. Play a 4K HDR movie with TrueHD audio and PGS subtitles. 1 or 7. I know Samsung TVs * at least mine, does not support TRUEHD but why it is transcoding the video? Hello, I'm finding that Jellyfin is transcoding video content while listing the reason for transcoding as Audio Codec Not Supported. Q&A. 1/7. I do get dts and dolby digital audio if i play a movie from a USB flashdrive with TCL's media player. Instead of trying to transcode the audio (because I’ve heard that lossless audio is not supported by Roku), the video plays directly. I am using a Hisense TV with Google TV and the Jellyfin android client. 1. It looks like it is video transcoding due to the PGS subs needing to be burned in. I recently switched TVs and this new one does not have an optical audio output. However, I have been able to get 5. I'am using the docker image with you could simply build from latest master in jellyfin/jellyfin. The Jellyfin Server has hardware accelerated transcoding setup & tested working, can transcode HEVC at In my case I have an old AVR that only supports Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio. I use Tdarr myself to automatically transcode my whole library to h265. 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. Just to clarify, Jellyfin does not try to transcode all "Live" streams. Audio codec: aac File format: mp4 No subs for now, but if, then external I have only 1 audio in the file, since i experience trouble with multiple tracks, but i heard that in 10. 1 shows up as "Multi In". file1. ATSC Standard for AC-3 This means only AC3 and DTS (theoretically) are supported for true 5. Also Jellyfin should not be transcoding where the device is compatible or not. Tdarr will scan your library and only transcode media that isn't in the correct format. Server is running version 10. ). Being limited to AAC is especially a problem because Jellyfin normally I'm running the Android TV app on a Shield TV. I only use Jellyfin outside my local network And all my movies are 1080p uncompressed Blu rays, which is a no go for cellular data and a killer for internet connections. The logs show me starting playback in full direct stream of the movie Bad Boys II in 4K HVEC, HDR10 with DTS-MA audio, and then me hitting the quality button at 10Mbit/s to force a transcode. yet despite this the transcode is forced with all DTS-HD content. Most 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. It works and DTS is transcoded. The TV is 1080p and Jellyfin will transcode the video if I try to play a 4k movie, will still just not get audio. 1 only Thanks a lot! Related Topics Jellyfin Free software comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. 1 system. 2-5, 6. The web interface supports this, and it would be great to see something similar in media player if possible. who needs to transcode everything. 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. 1+ audio tracks to transcode(if not already) to ac3(dd) or dts. I have an LG sound bar thats connected with an optical cable to the TV. (2023-08-11, 11:45 AM) toytown Wrote: I don't think so in the current version. 1 file. 1 / 7. To avoid abandoned issues, it will be closed in 21 days if there are no new comments. 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-Jellyfin server version is 10. Attempt to seek to much later in the video, e. 1 audio system is somewhat old and only supports 'regular' Dolby Digital and DTS, no Dolby Digital Plus or DTS-HD. It looks like it's not transcoding at all. 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. 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. As a result I am able to see the video playing but without sound. This is normal as the server is preventing unnecessary transcoding by direct passthrough mp3, and unfortunately mp3 can only be used in mpegts container What happens if you select "downmix to stereo" in the Jellyfin app's audio output settings on your Android TV? down mix to stereo didn’t do anything with only thing which has happened is that now 1080p will now transcode down again which that had stopped working too! But 4k hdr won’t still !! Just stops seconds in ! I would like to be able to force all 5. Jellyfin 10. Determine what client you're using (i. 2. Jellyfin would transcode the audio AND video even though it only needed to transcode the audio. Is there any way to force the server to downmix the audio without forcing a transcode of the video as well? The fix provided in jellyfin/jellyfin-web#2971 works. Transcode: Transcodes the video stream. 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. At the moment there are only AAC and MP3 transcodes available for music streams. Will only get audio if the source is stereo. aac, *. If the stream is of same resolution but lower bit rate transcode the 1080p file. But having issues playing a few HV 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 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 testing purposes 1) it can result in higher quality because a pre-transcode doesn't have to be done at a playable speed letting the encoder find better means of compression and 2) transcoding is expensive electrically, especially if you redo it tons of times (and while I say expensive I'm picturing a few cents a month max per transcode) so only doing it once I have a few anime episodes uploaded onto my Jellyfin server. I have attached a transcode and server log. opus prov also for audio accompanying video, as it's supported by most major web browsers, Android, and Chromecast. Deselecting the True HD and DTS-X and DTS radio buttons forced Jellyfin to transcode the audio. I get no sound out of the rear speakers in my system. Both yes and no, the utopia would be a solution where all files could be direct played. That transcode is happening at 16-20FPS for a 24FPS video. 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 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. 3 OGG containers are not supported and will cause VORBIS to convert. 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 (*. All playback was done on the Jellyfin Web Player on both Chrome and Firefox. Kodi sends Dolby Digital untouched. Is this just a limitation of Jellyfin that it cannot transcode only audio for an HEVC stream? Share Add a Comment. MKV, . All of those files need to go through audio track transcoding, as my device isn't capable of SOLVED: Audio but no video using Jellyfin Media Player Audio but no video using Jellyfin Media Player. This doesn't work properly: the Jellyfin dashboard says that it's in Direct Play mode ("The source file is entirely compatible with this client, and the session is receiving the file without modifications. 11. My Jellyfin server is running on a Windows 10 box. I noticed it's only an issue with the Android TV app since the player on a browser and android phone are perfectly fine. 8. I don't think the video would need to be transcoded. Thanks, I ended up installing Kodi with the Jellyfin addon and enabling the metadata choosing option (only DV) in the Kodi advanced settings. Here my confirmation comment: jellyfin/jellyfin-web#2971 (comment) Now the only way to enable transcode is to choose a lower bitrate but also lower resolution, for example 1080p 40Mbit. It is the binhex-jellyfin docker app. 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: 8 Threads: 1 Joined: 2024 May It seems to be the only file that fixes the issue. I initially thought it was only live TV ts streams, but I have use 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 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). Triggering an audio transcode shouldn't make video transcode. 6 in a Transcoding audio-only and copying video results a choppy/stuttering video playback. Thanks! Months ago I setup a jellyfin server in a docker on my old Opteron 4376HE. I'll also remove all names from the audio tracks just like you, to keep it simple. Only when I allow transcoding of video, will it then transcode VIDEO AND AUDIO. My choice is based on best support with devices using my Jellyfin Server. Hello all. But when I try to play them on my Samsung device, the video stutters and the admin dashboard says that the video needs to be transcoded because "VideoCodecNotSupported". 7 just fine. But. It is more like a "max bit rate" setting. 1 Dolby Digital audio, and my device was only 2 speakers, that would cause a transcode? I know Jellyfin has an option to convert any files that are more than 2 channels down to stereo, and I believe I have that on most devices. 2 Only EAC3 2. the jellyfin documentation also mentions the CL runtime to be at least 23. I meant if you have the bluray backed up (say as an MKV) but the audio options are either DTS-HD MA (with DTS core) or TrueHD (with AC3 embedded - which is not always supported to extract during playback), you could convert the audio to FLAC or ALAC, for example, during playback. 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. A lightweight Kodi add-on that lets you browse and play media files directly from your Jellyfin server within the Kodi interface. The transcode helper constructs the ffmpeg command depending on client compatibility and your settings. In the Nvidia Shield Settings, you need to go into advanced sound settings and then choose available formats. Can you share your ffmpeg log associated with this playback? 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. r/volcas • Help with pajen firmware for But I also use a DLNA client on my phone (Hifi Cast) which plays to some wifi speakers. It supports most audio/video formats, DVDs and CDs, and various streaming protocols Jellyfin Server Version: 10. I'm using a HDHomeRun FLEX 4K and it works fine direct playing in other apps. 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. fra. ffpeg logs indicate that the transcoding works but then just stops with log output [q] command received. 5 Safari only supports opus in . 6 build 6; model 3600X; Software version 12. 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. 1-7. EDIT: i found that disabling "Enable Intel Low-Power H. Jellyfin is set up in a Docker container in a TrueNAS Scale environment. 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. When I played it on my Firestick I got no audio! Audio: DTS 5. 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 compatibility (direct So if I play John Wick Chapter for. In the user options I set my audio to stereo in hopes DTS could be transcoded - still no audio. I also have a Fire TV 4K, and I make sure my media is only in DV/HDR, avoiding DV/HDR10+ altogether. I'm playing the movie back in firefox, I've tried chrome as well but firefox have worked better for me in the past. The audio for the show is reported from jellyfin as being 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. the playback device can't handle the audio stream as-is, bandwidth isn't suitable, etc. The problem is when you are video transcoding. The Plex Android TV app direct plays subtitles even if the video or audio is transcoding. Playing a 2160p HEVC on my iPhone, the server reports my phone doesn’t have the necessary video or audio codecs and it’s in an unsupported container, mkv, hence the encode. let me know if you need more info and I would I am having a similar issue to the OP. 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. (That's if it works at all. ac3, *. FFMPEG can do that, but Jellyfin will never tell FFMPEG to do that. , Chromecast, Roku, Jellyfin Media Player on a PC) and what it's compatible with. Example: Shield connected to HDMI input on TV. Please help! Roku 4k+ Jellyfin in docker on a Ubuntu VM; GTX 1660 Super for the n100 is only supported with kernel 6. I am playing back a 4K video w/ DTS audio (6ch). Leaves out the option, yes but only some many at a time. I own an old AVR that only supports Dolby Digital (AC-3) or analog for surround audio. 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. picture direct, audio transcoded from dts to ac3) but with a full transcoding (picture and sound are transcoded). Neither do I want a copy of the media with just a new audio stream + the original video stream (ie. OS is Archlinux and JF is latest AUR I trief the JF-ffmpeg(6. 10; Roku Client Version: 1. When playing Media which has audio in the supported codecs, the Audio Passthrough is working fine and I get Dolby/DTS 5. But i'm only getting stereo sound when i play movies via jellyfin. 2. The playback info on the Roku says, “The source file is entirely Can Jellyfin transcode audio file downloads? Eirafell Offline. Hi everyone, I am facing a strange issue with audio transcoding. Assuming jellyfin has a setting like that. 2023-08-19, 03:44 AM . Only plays it in stereo. 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!). The videos are H. Is there a way I can have the server always transcode audio to AC3 for this client? I am running 32 gb of ram, on ubuntu server, with Jellyfin in a container. Instead of disabling E/AC3, you could force a transcode by setting playback to stereo instead of direct. . Any help is greatly appreciated. Community Moderator. 8 there is support fo external audio files and that feature i really look forward to. I should have been more clear regarding the transcoding, only the audio is trancoded (direct streaming). 10. I followed your advice. I am running Jellyfin Media Player on my windows 10 machine (different machine than my server) and the UI appears to be working well but when I play media I can hear the audio and the media controls act like it is playing but the screen is black. I do not care where I need to do this. 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) Hi! I'm using Jellyfin to stream to my Chromecast using the android tv app. 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. HW transcoding works perfectly on everything except 4K videos. ffmpeg version 5. Transcode audio only with copy video produces choppy video for LiveTV stream #10856. Before 10. I'm not sure if every client can direct play that, but other formats can also be used. 1 MP3 Mono is incorrectly reported as unsupported and will transcode to AAC. Apr 12 2022 06:27:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) · edited. 1-8), but no change. Obviously I haven't fully investigated the issue but I think this would be solved by requesting Jellyfin transcode the audio to E-AC3 on the fly If you don't have audio transcoding enabled, that would fail to play. On other devices the files play fine. The source file plays and seeks without issue on VLC. 9. Also if I play things through youtube or netflix that are surround sound from the apple tv in question I get surround sound. New. Let me detail my setup first : - Medias stored on a 4x4TB RAIDZ1. The audio will transcode. (otherwise it will try to transcode it down, which the pi cant handle) Reply reply More posts you may like Related Jellyfin Free software Software Information & communications technology 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. caf files. A related issue I had posted in the forums a while back was with AV1/OPUS files. Playing a video from jellyfin app on roku will display the video, but not the sound Jellyfin is aware of the unsupported audio codec (see journal below), but it streams the media without any transcoding. Set up a dedicated forced transcode user In dashboard->user settings, specify a very, very, very low remote bitrate limit. The only solution I have found so far, is to use KODI to play the content (using the Jellyfin library plugin) and adjusting KODI to transcode all non-AC3 audio into AC3 via the "AudioTrack (RAW)" audio passthrough device. less than 40mbps works fine, but 40 or above is green. Same files work fine with the Plex app and with Kodi. 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. minidisco Offline. 1 surround sound. It plays fine for about 30 seconds then just stops and goes back to the movie menu. This, again, didn't appear to be problematic when it was Jellyfin Media Player for Windows (old, installed in january 2022) Server: Ubuntu Jammy 22. You'll see theres no errors which leads me to believe this is a problem with Exoplayer in the AndroidTV client. 10 Linux/x64-Playback device is a Nvidia Shield Pro 2019-the AVR is capable of playing DTS MA and HRA Why will it not transcode AC3 into AAC for 1) but still play back HEVC natively? This would be the absolutely most wanted behaviour, as it would allow direct stream of video, and only transcode audio. /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg -analyzeduration 3000000 (2023-11-01, 09:45 PM) Voidths Wrote: On the Nvidia Shield Pro I can't get DTS-HD MA to work no matter what I try. My TV can Im running 10. mp4 container with no transcoding; 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? FFMPEG can be compiled to handle basically every single video and audio type out there (not including DRM protected formats). 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 volume playback vs if I pre So I have Jellyfin v10. Using Fire TV Stick 4K Max client, Jellyfin changes the Dolby Digital audio and sends PCM to my receiver. 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. The "transcode helper" is written in a way that doesn't support your use case. My 5. 1 AAC Solution: Go to your settings on the Jellyfin app on your device (for me it was the Firestick) Uncheck Process DTS Audio and Dolby Audio Check Downsample Audio The play the video! I assume that the audio gets downsampled to an MP3 format or something. On initial setup, it couldnt handle streaming 4k content at all, it would always attempt to transcode regardless if my equipment could handle the base file or not. However, Jellyfin Media Player which was once (1-2 days) working really well will not seem to work. The official image, that is jellyfin/jellyfin:latest. 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. It's currently in beta, but has been running for weeks now without any problems on my server. The video is 1080P H264 SDR, and the only audio track is DTS-HD MA. As it happens on our TV only. Zidoo plays the same files fine. I was only talking about the audio. Hello, My live TV is transcoding when it shouldn't be. Thanks for your reply! I really I have a Sony x90j hooked up via eARC to an AV receiver. I use plex currently but like to be informed by both subreddits which often have Transcoding occurs on server side if client can not play your video/audio directly. The problem isn't the server but what each different client can support and thus Jellyfin will transcode video and audio to whatever the client can support if the original file is in a format the client can't play. 8 to 10. From the dashboard in Jellyfin, it typically tells you if it’s encoding and why it’s encoding. "), but this does not appear to be true: the audio plays fine, but I can not see any video (if I seek through CPUs with onboard graphics can transcode as well. opus On windows using JFMP the only way to get it to transcode to 2 channel is to lower the bitrate even if it's already Direct Streaming. If it's just you, that's pretty easy. Select a bit rate that is lower than the video's native bit rate and it will force a transcode. DTS and other formats as DD and have real surround on my receiver? Please bare with me . 1, but these play fine through Plex, is there a (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. 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 You have two ways to solve this, better clients and connectivity to allow direct play without transcoding, or spec something that can easily transcode with minimal overheads - an ex-corp 8th gen box would be cheaper than a 1050ti LP and transcode anything you are likely to throw at it while only using a few % for each transcode. It's still doing this in the current version. Will update the post soon. The Server: AMD System with a Intel Arc A380 i bougt to play with. 0 build 4184-24; serial number 5S6711057680; Describe the bug. 04. Any suggestions would be appreciated, and I can provide further logs if needed. Apple TV with Infuse passes the LPCM fine. "Audio only" option on video playback Posted by . I think the above Nvidia bug is applicable only if you have the decode ability for DTS which I lack. The video will direct stream. 1 the audio on any transcoded playback is delayed by almost 2sec on some players but not on others. 7. Best. If it's only the audio codec that is causing issues it should probably be only encoding it and not the video 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 I'm trying to get my Roku TV to direct play 4K HDR content, but it keeps needlessly transcoding the video due to audio format. Also forcing “transcode” in the Jellyfin addon in Kodi does nothing. Some clients also have a max audio channels setting that might trigger an audio transcode and downmix. This will effectively transcode all video as well, but if the user is just for this one specific thing it wouldn't matter. Jellyfin does not change DTS, sends it to the receiver untouched. Please don't tell me to transcode the M4A files to MP3 - that would take days! The same client plays it How can I completely disable the option "transcode"? I want the source file to be streamed 1:1. Installation Guide. In this case, if I was sending over a video that had a 5. 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?) If you use videos not in mp3 audio it will transcode with hevc with mp4. Most of my content is 5. I will only keep one audio track per language. Most basic setups only have stereo speakers and will play UP TO 5. Sort by: Best. If you force-disable video transcoding for the user, the system DOES then operate in direct stream mode. Direct Stream in Jellyfin terms means that only the audio is incompatible and will be transcoded. Maybe the dashboard will give you a hint? but that is the only place I find options for it, I added a profile with the name of my Kodi box and told it to ONLY give AC3 and transcode all AAC and PCM audio , but nothing happens, in the dashboard it always say’s direct stream, no transcoding is hapening. The following was displayed in JMP: 1. 264, and according to the documentation, it should have no problem playing directly. 6 Supported via passthrough on all devices. The video stream will be repackaged losslessly on the fly before being sent to the device. Problem is visible in Android Exoplayer and also using VLC on Windows to directly play same transcoded stream. How To Reproduce. Server - 10. After upgrading from 10. MP4, . However there is a weird behavior happening I am unable to locate a setting to force transcode a specific codec, DTS*, to something lossless with the same channel count. 11 of jellyfin, TV is a TCL model with android 9 running the latest jellyfin android app. half way through a video that lasts around 1 hour. Expected behaviour would be to operate in "Direct Stream" mode and only transcode the audio. Blue Cat Audio "Blue Cat's Connector" audio & MIDI streaming plug-in that can be used to transmit audio and MIDI signals in real time between several computers or applications, or create your own routings within a single application, with minimal latency - Intro Price ($39) through 20 The Nvidia Shield uses the Plex Android TV client. Always seeing " I want to say that the current version of Jellyfin-Web still enforces transcoding DTS to AC-3 (Dolby Digital) because of the year where LG dropped all DTS support (even passthrough). cross-platform media player. 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. 1 stream is to force a transcode by enabling PGS subtitles (which have to be burned in, hence the transcode). audio only transcode would save me tons of bandwith I have also tried replacing the jellyfin-ffmpeg binary with older versions (7. One of my Jellyfin clients is a Windows 11 22H2 PC. 4 Only DTS Mono has been tested. Perfectly fine if it was the only stream happening. (AC-3) or analog for surround audio. 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. The end device is a Nvidia Shield on a 4k HDR Bravia screen, with a Denon AVR 5. 4 LTS Jellyfin 10. Is there a way for Jellyfin to transcode only the audio so I can play e. And AFAIK cannot transcode audio to WAV. 13) inside docker on ubuntu server 22. What does tdarr do? I only want to transcode audio, but I don't want to replace the audio in any media containers. 1 or DTS MA 5. see: Only the audio stream will be transcoded. The jellyfin UI does not support Download in a different format then the original, remux is only supported on playback. Quote:The video stream is compatible with the device, but has an incompatible audio format (DTS, Dolby TrueHD, etc) or number of audio channels. I reset it back to Auto - still no audio. Jellyfin will remux the content into a . 1' audio, Jellyfin will transcode that into 6 channel AAC, and I lose my Atmos/DTS-X. 0 is released, the only option is building it alone. Running 10. When I watch TV shows on my Sony Android TV the audio will sometimes cutoff mid-stream. Members Online • [deleted] DTS Audio transcode not working on LG OLED C1 Question I have a LG OLED C1 TV and use latest Jellyfin App on the TV, also on my PC with Windows 11 22H2. Jellyfin seems to detect this and provide that new standalone audio file as an audio stream option for playback (on desktop at least). A Volumio plugin for playing audio from one or more Jellyfin servers. Same goes for the Web player on a android phone. Using TV speakers for audio. Said client could play 1080p directly just fine (albeit it was AC3). If the MKS file is actually plain-text, have you tried either renaming the extension to srt or using ffmpeg to convert mks to srt? This issue has gone 120 days without comment. 264, HEVC)? Does the file have multiple audio tracks or just the one? Is this all files or just some of them? Do the files transcode when you're getting the de-sync or is everything direct playing? Match the media to your client setup. It switches to the correct settings (only audio is transcoded) only after about 3 - 5 min. Open comment sort options. Video is compatible and remains in its original format. Any help is greatly appreciated! TheDreadPirate Offline. 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. Even still, I always get VP9/OPUS. Also from the last tests i've seen (about 6 months ago) with hardware encoding Nvidia was practically the same quality with their H265/AV1 (Quality Profile 10Bit) encoding using Nvidia 4000 series. In my case that is nearly everything as most of my stuff in HEVC which Firefox doesn't do. 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. My entire movie library is H265 but I've never had to transcode since I only watch Jellyfin from kodi. This doesn't sound like normal behaviour. My personal beef is that I cannot make Jellyfin to skip transcodes for files, especially since I am using local network that has bandwidth for direct play even for 4K HDR. For some reason there is a certain type of stream Jellyfin is trying to transcode, where the device has compatibility or not. The only way to force transcoding is the quality selector. Will Offline. 1-Jellyfin) and the one thats latest aur(n6. because the source video is already compatible with the client, PlayMethod=DirectPlay and because the android-tv app does not have force Unfortunately, the integrated player doesn't transcode. 11 (Debian Hosting a Ubuntu Docker from lscr. 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. I am going to try to change the containers instead and see if that ends up giving me a better sound quality. When the source video is in HDR, it will need to be tone-mapped to SDR when transcoding, as Jellyfin currently doesn't support I could be wrong, but JF transcode the audio only if it doesn't need to do the video. its a 4k 5. Jellyfin is running v10. Streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu have no issues with audio and certain shows streamed from Jellyfin are fine but other shows play So I was wondering: is it possible to force the jellyfin server to always transcode or set it up so the firestick always requests transcoded video to prevent the bad transcoding on the firestick? Only other thing I can think of is manually converting each file via handbrake to something that is more compatible and friendly, but I'd rather avoid I found that the Jellyfin Media Player client on Windows has a setting in Client Settings>Prefer_transcode_to_h265. In Firefox, it will transcode to H264 instead, which is not preferred, but at least it's fast enough. 1 audio. You should try enabling transcoding and play one of your videos that has issues with AAC audio and see if Jellyfin transcodes just the audio. I recently moved from Jellyfin on docker to a native linux installation on debian 12 thinking hardware decoding would be easier without the need for gpu passthrough. The really odd thing is that if I launch the media player after deleting that file, setup the server, and then close media If I try to play a movie with 'TrueHD Atmos 7. Allowing users to specify the formats their hardware supports (and have Jellyfin transcode anything that isn't specified as supported to ones that are You could force Jellyfin not to transcode any audio streams for your Jellyfin user(s). nmr jdnc wzqv kfwuop umc rwxcnig gdz enznwb yfgpfwe ghlvty