Jul 11, 2023 · There is no way to simply toggle transcoding for the entire server. This being said, your use case doesn't really strike me as anything particularly demanding of some custom solution here. …

Jan 16, 2023 · In the admin area go in each user you have and uncheck all the transcoding permissions. After that it should be direct play only.

5 days ago · As long as your network is fast enough, and your client supports the encoded formats, jellyfin will avoid transcoding the file by default. If jellyfin is transcoding, it's because the client does …

Jan 20, 2019 · As far as I know there is no general option to disable transcoding once and for all, however you can do this in your profile settings. You should uncheck the following options:

Jul 11, 2023 · So if you’re also facing such an issue and want to enhance your streaming quality and performance, you need to disable transcoding in Jellyfin. In this article, we will explore transcoding …

Jun 9, 2022 · Disabling transcoding on the user level works for me as that's how I always setup new users and then ask them to use jellyfin media player if they find anything that doesn't play on the web …

Feb 27, 2025 · Because it definitely doesn’t need any transcoding. I set up the Jellyfin server on a Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB RAM). Since I don’t need any transcoding for local network streaming, it should …

Disabling transcoding would mean that your device would no longer be able to play the stream. The simplest solution is of course to just pause for a few minutes to give ffmpeg time to build a buffer.

This option will manually set the number of threads to use when transcoding. If you're not using the server for anything else, it's best to leave this option alone.

Apr 29, 2023 · On User settings in the “Profile” tab, underneath “Media playback” deselect “Allow video playback that requires transcoding.”