Did anyone get AV1 codec to work via Jellyfin? I can play the file over a USB stick connected directly to the Roku, but just getting audio only when playing via Jellyfin.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think there's an option in the roku Jellyfin app to enable AV1 playback. I haven't tried it myself, but I have seen it messing around with a few settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, I have that set to enabled.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you check in the logs what exactly Jellyfin tries to do? Does it try to transcode for any reason?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It does are package, remux. Not sure how to prevent this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Remux means the container format you're using isn't supported. The video and audio won't be transcoded, so this should have minimal impact only.

Edit: What container are you using? According to this list every common container format should be supported by roku.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm using MKV, but for whatever reason Jellyfin wants to remux all the MKVs 🤘

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can share the file with you if you want to see what happens? But I'm not going to put that link here lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't have a roku to test on, so it probably reacts in a different way :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, no problem. I just wanted to save space in my server as my disk rips are big and AV1 is really impressive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I found the repacking setting under transcoding, let me turn that off and see if the remuxing stops.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is that a setting specific to the roku client? I wasn't able to find it in the server settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It says "Allow video playback that requires converaion without reencoding" I assume this is the remux setting?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No luck, movies that are mkvs require a remux. I checked the logs but could not see the reason for the remux

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry for the late reply. Do mkvs with other codecs (avc or hevc) also remux?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, from what I can see everything sent to the Roku is being remuxed. I can triple check this, but I know that hevc is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I couldn't really find anything on the web that would explain the remuxing :/
Have you tried asking on the Jellyfin forums? The devs probably hang out there and could help further.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I GUESS it's time for me to sign up over there. Thanks for looking, I'm not too sure either. 🤘

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Works fine here, encoded with handbrake

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hmm. I also encoded with handbrake, maybe an issue with the Roku ultra?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Could be, I have a Roku built in to my TCL TVs, that's what I use. Did you replace an existing file with the av1? I had to rescan my library after swapping my files for it to work, otherwise it gave a playback error.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I only put the av1 encoded file in the library, so nothing to rescan... This time .

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