Comment on Must my Jellyfin server be able to AV1 videos?

curbstickle@anarchist.nexus ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• barnaclebill@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ll double check my various devices’ specs before I move forward. Thanks for confirming that.

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  • illusionist@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also if you want another resolution. Then it’ll also transcode afaik.

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    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes.

      If you always direct-play, the only bitrate you can use is original.

      If ever need to watch on a slow connections using a lower bitrate, that will requure transcoding.

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    • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Or if you want subtitles but the player doesn’t support them. Then jellyfin will need to burn them into the stream.

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  • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Consider any future clients you might have or if you decide to share with other people the clients they have. I personally think it’s worth spending a few extra bucks now to ensure compatibility in the future.

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    • barnaclebill@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Good point, and I agree - after reading all the responses, I’m leaning toward spending the few extra bucks so that I don’t have to fret all the potential scenarios that might require transcoding.

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      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Probably the safe bet. Though I think my 8th gen Intel does AV1 decode as well. But it’s not hardware accelerated and full hd is the limit, it can’t do 4k or reltime av1 encoding.

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