Jellyfin transcode audio only 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. 0. 11 in a debian VM on proxmox with the GPU passthrough. 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, I have only 1 audio in the file, since i experience trouble with multiple tracks, but i heard that in 10. In the logs there looks like a Q command is being issued for a transcode file doesn't exist and no transcode running. Select a bit rate that is lower than the video's native bit rate and it will force a transcode. 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 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). Audio but no video using Jellyfin Media Player. Even still, I always get VP9/OPUS. 6 in a proxmox VM with the GPU using pcie passthrough. ac3, (all clients) TESTS ##### file1. mp4, file2. For some reason, it always ends up just under 1x (in the 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 Direct Stream: Transcodes audio but leaves original video untouched. 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 I installed a fresh install of Jellyfin Server on my Windows computer last night I've never had Jellyfin I'm coming from Plex but don't fancy paying premium on plex for what I want to do. Posts: 8 Threads: 1 Joined: 2024 May I get the same results with or without transcoding enabled. What happens if you select "downmix to stereo" in the Jellyfin app's audio output settings on your Android TV? Transcoding audio-only and copying video results a choppy/stuttering video playback. I think there are some Android TV settings regarding DTS passthrough. Zidoo plays the same files fine. The name is inaccurate. Apple TV with Infuse passes the LPCM fine. Member. It should cycle through to figure out which one is best for the codecs delivered. It starts transcoding the HDR10 content and then stops a few seconds later. Login; Register Jellyfin 10. I know Samsung TVs * at least mine, does not support TRUEHD but why it is transcoding the video? I have the Hi everyone, I am facing a strange issue with audio transcoding. ffpeg logs indicate that the transcoding works but then just stops with log output [q] command received. 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. Lots of unnecessary transcoding. I have yet to see a user successfully "force" Jellyfin to transcode in the way they wanted. HW transcoding works perfectly on everything except 4K videos. And this is the test result with no custom profiles. HDR to SDR Tone-mapping Jellyfin seems to detect this and provide that new standalone audio file as an audio stream option for playback (on desktop at least). It is probably "direct" right I could be wrong, but JF transcode the audio only if it doesn't need to do the video. It's still doing this in the current version. The log you attached doesn't appear to show any errors. Now whenever transcoding is involved, I only get audio but no video in the output . 8. jellyfin server to always transcode or set The auto setting doesn't work properly in 0. Posts: 12,095 Threads: 10 Joined: 2023 Jun Reputation: 354 Country: #4. 2024-10-18, 08:13 PM (2024-10-18, 04:28 AM) TheDreadPirate Wrote: One issue is that Roku, for whatever reason, only 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. Hhhmm I think I will stick with merging all audio tracks into Works on 10. No audio whether Jellyfin is configured to use the graphics for transcoding or not. 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. 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. Jellyfin 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. Also, just select auto for the player. Junior Member. From what I can see in the log files, the transcoding command now becomes this: All other audio format plays fine but AAC 5. I run my Jellyfin server on a Raspberry pi 4b For example, one movie always freezes at the exact same frame and the audio continues. fra. Seems like the Jellyfin app on the Shield doesn't support DTS Direct Play: Delivers the file without transcoding. The TV is 1080p and Jellyfin will transcode the video if I try to play a 4k movie, will still just not get audio. 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. 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. So even with the default . If it's only the audio codec that is causing issues it should probably be only encoding it and not the video 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. I followed your advice. 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 have never seen my JF server transcode audio to anything but AAC 2. Check that passthrough is remuxing or direct streaming (transcode audio only) see: file2. server and login again, but then video playback works until I close media player and open it again. Only when I allow transcoding of video, will it then transcode VIDEO AND AUDIO. Transcode: Transcodes the video stream. mkv, Jellyfin Web 10. Remux: Changes the container but leaves both audio and video streams untouched. dthree Offline. 1 shows up as "Multi In". opus, etc. 2023-08-19, 03:44 AM . All playback was done on the Jellyfin Web Player on both Chrome and Firefox. xml profile, I am seeing this problem. I will only keep one audio track per language. Problem is visible in Android Exoplayer and also using VLC on Windows to directly play same transcoded stream. If transcoding "+igndts" parameter is rem 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. I'll also remove all names from the audio tracks just like you, to keep it simple. Play one of your videos as you normally would, and while it's playing to your dashboard on another device. When trying to play live TV channels with mp2 audio, the server seems to always want to transcode the audio track. 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 (*. 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 The log you attached doesn't appear to show any errors. Thanks for the tip but I know the reason for the transcoding (2023-06-24, 01:27 AM) BortLicensePlates Wrote: I recently switched TVs and this new one does not have an optical audio output. 9. However there is a weird behavior happening I'm finding that Jellyfin is transcoding video content while listing the reason for transcoding as Audio Codec Not Supported. It plays fine for about 30 seconds then just stops and goes back to the movie menu. But it does not transcode the audio. I have also tried replacing the jellyfin-ffmpeg binary with older versions (7. 15. 10. That knocks off half of the use of the server. Community Moderator. Jellyfin would transcode the audio AND video even though it only needed to transcode the audio. 2023-08-22, 04:13 PM . Said client could play 1080p directly just fine (albeit it was AC3). If I click on the trailer link for a movie, it does play properly. 2-5, 6. 11. 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 video is 1080P H264 SDR, and the only audio track is DTS-HD MA. Im running 10. mkv, Jellyfin Media Player 1. You could probably get away with 2 audio only transcodes. Most Jellyfin is transcoding both video and audio when only AUDIO is not supported. ) in the Both NVENC and software transcoding have the same issue, and transcoding to H264 instead of HEVC did not help either. 11 (Debian Hosting a Ubuntu Docker from lscr. g. 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. 1 ##### Player MPV Video Player Play method Direct playing file1. 79x. I've installed Jellyfin and pointed it to my libraries on an External 8TB SSD and it's found and indexed everything and put the meta info in fine. the jellyfin documentation also mentions the CL runtime to be at least 23. Direct Stream: Transcodes audio but leaves original video untouched. 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. The only way to force transcoding is the quality selector. My choice is based on best support with devices using my Jellyfin Server. 0 (Firefox) Jellyfin forces external audio files to always transcode/remux. It looks like it is video transcoding due to the PGS subs needing to be burned in. Same files work fine with the Plex app and with Kodi. ts file. Streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu have no issues with audio and certain shows streamed from . x the Ubuntu OS is Kernel 6. 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. 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. ac3, *. 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. Jellyfin is running v10. 8 there is support fo external audio files and that feature i really look forward to. The playback info on the Roku says, “The source file is entirely Triggering an audio transcode shouldn't make video transcode. TheDreadPirate Online. Posts: 8 Threads: 2 Joined: 2024 Aug Reputation: 0 Country: #6. 2. nothingveryobvious Offline. io/linuxserver/ Playback Info reveals that it's transcoding to VP9 and OPUS, for some reason, at 0. Perfectly fine if it was the only stream happening. Can Jellyfin transcode audio file downloads? Eirafell Offline. It's always almost the same problem. Posts: 66 Threads: 20 Joined: 2023 Jun Reputation: 0 The only option is basically not use "Live Streaming". Let me detail my setup first : - Medias stored on a 4x4TB RAIDZ1. 7 just fine. Instead of trying to transcode the audio (because I’ve heard that lossless audio is not supported by Roku), the video plays directly. On the other hand, playing the movie on VLC on a desktop computer over Samba works perfectly fine. 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. 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 I’m currently trying to play my copy of Scream (2022) via the Jellyfin app on my Roku TV. Server - 10. Is there a way for Jellyfin to transcode only the audio so I can play e. A lot of your transcoding is due to "ContainerBitrateExceedsLimit". 1/7. I tried Kodi, Jellyfin (with different players), Jellyfin plugin for Kodi, and even VLC over Samba. Will Offline. 1-8), but no change. Posts: 1 Threads: 1 Joined: 2023 Aug Reputation: 0 Country: #1. Thanks for your reply! I really When it is just audio transcoding, it is making that conversion at about 60-70FPS. There is no modification to the file and almost no additional load on the server. aac, *. Going to a 4k file with FLAC triggered a transcode (down to 1080p somehow 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. DTS and other formats as DD and have real surround on my receiver? Please bare with me . I am unable to locate a setting to force transcode a specific codec, DTS*, to something lossless with the same channel count. It is more like a "max bit rate" setting. Some clients also have a max audio channels setting that might trigger an audio transcode and downmix. the n100 is only supported with kernel 6. The problem is when you are video transcoding. Will only get audio if the source is stereo. lwuouy xyfsrn tvze ljuvg bdqv rsash rprkm skv kqxms kvtnpq