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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illusionist@lemmy.zip 5 months agoAlso if you want another resolution. Then it’ll also transcode afaik.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
frongt@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Or if you want subtitles but the player doesn’t support them. Then jellyfin will need to burn them into the stream.