To add more context: Infuse is not a file server. It only has client apps (on iOS, tvOS, and MacOS) that access files stored elsewhere. To transcode, Infuse would need to reside where the files are, (such as on a users’ NAS) and be able to use that hardware to decode and reencode video files (at l…

[image] FLskydiver: Plex and Jellyfin have both Server and Client apps. They’ll do what you seek. Infuse has limited support for Plex and other media servers, but I’m unaware if that includes supporting those apps transcoding or simply using them to manage the media library (as I don’t use anyt…

[image] elchupete: Currently Infuse uses Emby, Plex, Jellyfin as media Server only. […] Infuse will ALWAYS direct play the files. Requesting one of the media servers to transcode and send the transcoded stream is STILL NOT SUPPORTED. It was mentioned, that this feature might make it for future v…

[image] FLskydiver: If you link Infuse to Emby/Plex/Jellyfin because you prefer the way those programs manage your library to the way Infuse does (which is 1/2 of what Infuse exists for), but also prefer the way Emby/Plex/Jellyfin transcodes and streams lower-bandwidth versions of your content o…

[image] elchupete: With pure Infuse its quite complicated to replace a movie poster that is downloaded from TMDB with the one you prefer Just download it, name it “movie title-poster.jpg” if a movie or “folder.jpg” if a TV series, and save it in the same folder as the files. Yes, you need to…

[image] elchupete: Instead of direct playing the file, the Infuse player would play the transcoded stream. ^I missed this point first time around. In this case, the server software (Plex/Emby) created the transcoded stream, so surely the Plex/Emby client wouldn’t have any trouble playing it?…

[image] FLskydiver: Understood. So what do you use Infuse for? Playing Movies / Shows on Apple TV because the Emby native player is very bad at this.

[image] elchupete: Playing Movies / Shows on Apple TV because the Emby native player is very bad at this. But doesn’t that speak against the argument that Firecore should allow Emby to control the playback of content in Firecore’s own app? If Emby is by your own description “very bad at play…

I voted for the OP but honestly the bugs keep growing and growing in Infuse and they try and do more and more things. I have not had a fully functioning player since early this year, monthly the bugs grow, my tickets ignored, etc. Pretty sure the problem is too much for too few people. When the comp…

[image] FLskydiver: how would it benefit Firecore (and Infuse users) to give up control of playback quality to Emby? No one asks for giving playback control to emby. Playback should be done by Infuse. But Instead of playing back the original 8K fullAtmos file, Emby could transcode to 720p and…

Interesting discussion so let’s not derail the suggestion thread and move it here. :wink:

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