Being able to stream my shows on an unstable or lower bandwidth internet connection like on a train (which is where I really enjoy watching it) is impossible if I am streaming the raw files. I usually watch 480p or 720p on the go but enjoy the 1080p quality when watching from home.
Also, downloading a 1080p file takes significantly longer and takes up much more space than a 480p or 720p. My phone has no memory card and despite having 128GB internal storage, it is scarce. For a while, in the morning I was downloading my episodes before heading out, but really needed to luck out to get the episodes before I needed to catch the train (as the native jellyfin client does not allow downloading the transcoded files). You could argue I should adapt my habits to my means but I frankly really think it should be the other way around, and transcoding solves that for me.
Being able to stream my shows on an unstable or lower bandwidth internet connection like on a train
Oh yeah good point wasn’t thinking of that kind of use case. Internet is available everywhere now and I’m so used to gigabit Ethernet and high-speed WiFi/5g that I forgot the low speed of public WiFi or locations where the connection can get unstable.
You could argue I should adapt my habits to my means but I frankly really think it should be the other way around, and transcoding solves that for me.
In the past I probably would ^^" but today it’s nearly impossible if you want a balanced life in a daily working/study routine. There’s so much to do, to much to think of, to much information… Automating stuff is where you can gain hours in the long run, so I totally get it !
What kind of stylized subtitles? I do not have a big library so I have never encountered this kind of trouble. But I’m curious to know to circumvent in advance.
Most anime have .ASS subtitles and are kinda complex sometimes with singsong related subtitles, but never had any issues on android with them.
Most anime have .ASS subtitles and are kinda complex sometimes with singsong related subtitles, but never had any issues on android with them.
That’s exactly what I meant. Most simple subtitles will be fine.
This example is still relatively simple, but it should give you an idea: https://streamable.com/nj8fey
Good fansubs can sometimes do really crazy things, including replacing entire moving backgrounds.
Anyway, I’ve tried a lot of different players and they all struggle.
On the phone it’s almost fine, but any Android TV Box just gets killed with a sufficiently complex scene.
I have no idea what streamlabs or Android TV boxes uses as backend player, but after a lot of debugging MPV solved all my subtitles issues on mobile (android) and desktop (Linux).
It made me kinda sad because VLC was the defacto application I installed on Windows for years !! But since I’m on Linux, MPV is the new standard in my default applications.
Maybe have a look if you can change the default player?
I’m a noob and find when I run some video of jelly fin, my processor goes crazy, but other formats hardly move the needle. What formats does jelly fin not have to do much work with in order to play? If you know? Thanks!
Not an expert but it depends on transcoding settings. Some GPU support encoding formats like av1 while others might not so the processor would have to do that work, hence the heavy usage you have noticed. If you need to use transcoding then check what your GPU supports for encoding but transcoding in general is not preferred if you can avoid it.
May I ask why? Maybe I haven’t been in your actual case so I probably can’t relate.
However having everything in a format that every device can read and disable transcoding on jellyfin, saves resources and power usage.
Being able to stream my shows on an unstable or lower bandwidth internet connection like on a train (which is where I really enjoy watching it) is impossible if I am streaming the raw files. I usually watch 480p or 720p on the go but enjoy the 1080p quality when watching from home.
Also, downloading a 1080p file takes significantly longer and takes up much more space than a 480p or 720p. My phone has no memory card and despite having 128GB internal storage, it is scarce. For a while, in the morning I was downloading my episodes before heading out, but really needed to luck out to get the episodes before I needed to catch the train (as the native jellyfin client does not allow downloading the transcoded files). You could argue I should adapt my habits to my means but I frankly really think it should be the other way around, and transcoding solves that for me.
Oh yeah good point wasn’t thinking of that kind of use case. Internet is available everywhere now and I’m so used to gigabit Ethernet and high-speed WiFi/5g that I forgot the low speed of public WiFi or locations where the connection can get unstable.
In the past I probably would ^^" but today it’s nearly impossible if you want a balanced life in a daily working/study routine. There’s so much to do, to much to think of, to much information… Automating stuff is where you can gain hours in the long run, so I totally get it !
Thanks for your answer !
For some content DirectPlay is just not possible, as much as I’d love it to be.
More complex stylized subtitles will absolutely trash almost any Android device unless transcoded.
What kind of stylized subtitles? I do not have a big library so I have never encountered this kind of trouble. But I’m curious to know to circumvent in advance.
Most anime have .ASS subtitles and are kinda complex sometimes with singsong related subtitles, but never had any issues on android with them.
And most movies have simple plain text subtitles.
That’s exactly what I meant. Most simple subtitles will be fine.
This example is still relatively simple, but it should give you an idea: https://streamable.com/nj8fey
Good fansubs can sometimes do really crazy things, including replacing entire moving backgrounds.
Haha I’m to late :( Not available anymore. You sure it isn’t about the external player used by jellyfin on mobile?
Cauz’ I remember I had issues with
.ASSsubtitles only on mobile when VLC was used as external player.Damn, I didn’t know streamable is so crappy now…
Anyway, I’ve tried a lot of different players and they all struggle.
On the phone it’s almost fine, but any Android TV Box just gets killed with a sufficiently complex scene.
I have no idea what streamlabs or Android TV boxes uses as backend player, but after a lot of debugging MPV solved all my subtitles issues on mobile (android) and desktop (Linux).
It made me kinda sad because VLC was the defacto application I installed on Windows for years !! But since I’m on Linux, MPV is the new standard in my default applications.
Maybe have a look if you can change the default player?
I’m a noob and find when I run some video of jelly fin, my processor goes crazy, but other formats hardly move the needle. What formats does jelly fin not have to do much work with in order to play? If you know? Thanks!
Not an expert but it depends on transcoding settings. Some GPU support encoding formats like av1 while others might not so the processor would have to do that work, hence the heavy usage you have noticed. If you need to use transcoding then check what your GPU supports for encoding but transcoding in general is not preferred if you can avoid it.