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Might not be the answer you’re looking for, but Apple TV + Infuse is a fantastic media player. It has support for basically every codec so your server doesn’t

by xienze 4y ago

Might not be the answer you’re looking for, but Apple TV + Infuse is a fantastic media player. It has support for basically every codec so your server doesn’t have to be beefy — you can just direct stream everything. I stream full 4K UHD rips this way. And it supports Jellyfin, naturally.

izacus 4y ago
That's a lot of money to pay just to get back functionality the previous poster already has.
- xienze 4y ago
  One might argue it’s cheaper than paying for a beefy GPU to do transcoding.
  - kodt 4y ago
    True, unless you already have one..
  - philjohn 4y ago
    No need for a beefy GPU - Intel QuickSync on 9th gen is fine - I'm running a Core i3 9100T (25W) part that can take anything I throw at it. In-house it doesn't do any transcoding to the TV's, only to mobile devices and off-network.
- Avamander 4y ago
  It actually has slightly more features, it can play Dolby Vision and other HDR content that any regular reencoding process chokes on.
phnofive 4y ago
Agreed, but just to note: it'll cost ya.
gjsman-1000 4y ago
No, unfortunately, it’s not a great player. Speed wise and aesthetically, yes, but codecs… Blu-rays with Atmos use TrueHD Atmos, while streaming Atmos only supports Dolby Digital Atmos. Infuse does not support TrueHD Atmos, and there is no way to switch between the two, so giving up Atmos for the base 5.1 or 7.1 is your only option. Similar case with Dolby Vision. Blu-rays use Profile 7, Apple TV only supports Profiles 5 and 8.4. So no actual Dolby Vision streams for you, just HDR10.
- xienze 4y ago
  Fair enough, though I figure those are “will work some day” limitations of the Apple TV.
- Avamander 4y ago
  Does that profile limitation still apply with the latest Apple TV released? Now that they've added HDR10+ I'd imagine P7 is also doable?

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Might not be the answer you’re looking for, but Apple TV + Infuse is a fantastic media player. It has support for basically every codec so your server doesn’t

by xienze 4y ago

izacus 4y ago
That's a lot of money to pay just to get back functionality the previous poster already has.
- xienze 4y ago
  One might argue it’s cheaper than paying for a beefy GPU to do transcoding.
  - kodt 4y ago
    True, unless you already have one..
  - philjohn 4y ago
    No need for a beefy GPU - Intel QuickSync on 9th gen is fine - I'm running a Core i3 9100T (25W) part that can take anything I throw at it. In-house it doesn't do any transcoding to the TV's, only to mobile devices and off-network.
- Avamander 4y ago
  It actually has slightly more features, it can play Dolby Vision and other HDR content that any regular reencoding process chokes on.
phnofive 4y ago
Agreed, but just to note: it'll cost ya.
gjsman-1000 4y ago
No, unfortunately, it’s not a great player. Speed wise and aesthetically, yes, but codecs… Blu-rays with Atmos use TrueHD Atmos, while streaming Atmos only supports Dolby Digital Atmos. Infuse does not support TrueHD Atmos, and there is no way to switch between the two, so giving up Atmos for the base 5.1 or 7.1 is your only option. Similar case with Dolby Vision. Blu-rays use Profile 7, Apple TV only supports Profiles 5 and 8.4. So no actual Dolby Vision streams for you, just HDR10.
- xienze 4y ago
  Fair enough, though I figure those are “will work some day” limitations of the Apple TV.
- Avamander 4y ago
  Does that profile limitation still apply with the latest Apple TV released? Now that they've added HDR10+ I'd imagine P7 is also doable?