Hi there,
Is it possible to select the streaming playback quality (i.e. transcoding) when playing media in Infuse from an Emby or Plex server? I’ve searched all through the app, and through the forums here, but can’t find any mention of it (besides a post from 2016).
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
It’s still in the ‘planned’ list at Upcoming Features (updated 2/23/21)
I don’t believe transcoding is supported by infuse. If you want transcoding you’ll need to use the official emby app.
The upcoming features says “Versatile transcoding options for Plex/Emby/Jellyfin”, so thought maybe some type of basic option was already available.
All you can do at the moment is select the file from a set of multiple files of varying quality. But infuse has been designed to play back video and audio at the highest quality possible, to the limit of the device. So transcoding has never been high up on the list. Also this would only work if you’re running a server that can transcode it and there are a lot of people that are just doing direct file streaming
Infuse will direct play the file and if needed transcode to supported format themself.
Unless you require transcoding to lower bitrate due to network bandwith, there is no need for transcoding in Emby
Hi,
Yes, the reason I was asking is because I would prefer to stream lower bitrate transcodes when viewing media over a cellular connection.
Thanks
In that case, you have to use native emby client on your mobile until transcode feature is available in infuse.
Is transcoding available yet please?
Not at this time. Sorry.
Ok thank you.
Hallo together,
Is there any news on the transcoding part for Infuse? As far as I was able to research this topic on the forums, Infuse is just missing the option to ask for the transcode prompt while starting to play a movie (with an installed media server in the background, Jellyfin in my case). Or will this be solved with the upcoming “direct mode”?
To explain the scenario that I have and why I would love this feature:
I use a Jellyfin server to keep my collection organized, my home setup uses Infuse to play these files (in full quality, without transcoding). I also have two remote setups (e.g. when traveling or being abroad in a different location) where a transcoding of the files is needed due to limitations of bandwith. Since Infuse is only able to play those files directly and thus leads to stuttering, I am forced to use the Jellyfin client on the remote locations (which is able to send the transcode option I guess), but this is of course a different experience than with Infuse.
Thank you in advance for any help.
Greetings