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[Issue]: (Crossplatform) Jellyfin media player unable to run media which VLC can #4741
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Originally created by @scotrod on GitHub (Mar 28, 2023).
Please describe your bug
I am running my server on a TrueNas Scale Docker contanier and I've installed the media player on all of my home devices.
I've faced the problem where the Jellyfin client is unable to run some 4k media which VLC can run on both Android smartphone and Windows based laptop.
I face this problem on my Samsung S22U, which is a pretty capable device, and upon running the movies via VLC player, I face no problems. On VLC however, the player just halts or gives me "server does not send compatible format" problem. I face the same problem on my laptop (i5-7200U CPU) which should be enough powerful to run any media. Also, running the movies via VLC doesn't give me any errors. I know that the hardware can run it, so I'm looking for a solution in the Jellyfin client.
I face no problems on the problematic movies on my desktop machine. It's equipped with old 6800k processor and gtx970. Jellyfin media runs the media without any problems on it. Both my desktop and laptop are windows based machines and the installation of Jellyfin is the same.
Can I get some guidance on what should I be working on? Should I provide any type of logs for troubleshooting or this is a known issue?
Thanks!
Jellyfin Version
10.8.0
if other:
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@Bond-009 commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2023):
Logs, client apps, screenshot of the playback info would all be useful.
@scotrod commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2023):
Logfiles (please tell me if I need to use PasteBin instead):
Jellyfin client (Windows version): v1.9.0
Upon playing the movie the player just halts, nothing changes, no error message.
Upon gathering the logs, I discovered that Jellyfin server has generated 54 logfiles for a minute. The pasted log here was the first one. Would you require more?
@nyanmisaka commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2023):
Step 1 and 2 in https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/hardware-acceleration/intel#official-docker
@scotrod commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2023):
Just to confirm, I do not wish to do any kind of transcoding from Jellyfin's server. If I need to do any additional configuration, shouldn't I do it from the clients?
@Shadowghost commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2023):
If you don't want to do any transcoding then you've configured something wrong since the log above indicates that the server tries to transcode with the Intel HWA.
@scotrod commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2023):
Thanks! I've disabled the transcoding (I think):

The issue still persists.
@Bond-009 commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2023):
You've disabled HW transcoding, not all transcoding
@scotrod commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2023):
So how do I disable all the transcoding?
Disabling this on user-level was the first thing I did - wouldn't that work anyway?
@fallenbagel commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2023):
You might wanna turn
allow media playback that requires conversion without re-encodingon. That's for remuxing it's not technically transcoding.@scotrod commented on GitHub (Apr 3, 2023):
Thanks! This solved the problem partly. Now Jellyfin player is able to run the problematic player, but in "pictures". I get like 2 frames per second and the cpu/gpu is not even on 100% load. Again, VLC has no problems running the media. Any logs I should provide?
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