I’m wondering, is there some way to tell Jellyfin to just transcode or reencode all my media for a particular client? And have that stored and used? I’m just thinking that each clients have different support and it’s not always possible to get all the stars aligned, but jellyfin knows when a transcode is needed based on the client profile.

I guess I can do with hand break or something, but yeah… Any thoughts? Thanks.

  • Mountaineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Jellyfin doesn’t support this and is unlikely to add it, even as a plugin.

    There are several tools out there that can automate converting a large library such as:
    https://github.com/mdhiggins/sickbeard_mp4_automator
    https://github.com/HaveAGitGat/Tdarr

    And you can see a supported codec grid on here:
    https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/clients/codec-support/

    It seems like an mp4 file, with H264 video and ACC audio would be the safest bet, with transcoding only occuring when the client resolution is less than the native video resolution.

    edit: This post doesn’t appear to have federated. As it contains links to tools which can perform the desired transcoding, I’m bumping it in the hope of it being sent.

    • CCatManOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it’s ok, I don’t have a massive collection and have started realizing with the Roku audio transcoding happens more when not needed.