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Jellyfin: Can I disable HEVC playback on ONE device? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, the issue at hand is, I have a Chromecast 4K with Jellyfin Android TV on it. And most of my library is x265/HEVC. But, whenever playing from this specific device, it will natively take HEVC, but with exoplayer library it plays kinda like a slideshow, at about 5-10FPS. Choosing VLC should be ok, and forcing a transcode will result in a perfectly playable x264 at 24-30-60FPS or whatever is needed. But x265 with the default exoplayer seems to be a struggle. Is there a way either in Jellyfin Android TV or in the server, to specifically disable x265 playback, but only on this device?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you set the bitrate in the player below the bitrate of the video, it'll force Jellyfin to transcode. You can set Jellyfin to only ever transcode to h264, so that should work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thanks...but I don't want to block all other users/devices from using x265 just because that one single device :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

It won't block them. It just won't transcode to h265. It'll still direct play h265 wherever appropriate