Transcoding
Media Browser has the ability to convert your media during playback in order to make it compatible with all of your devices. This process is known as transcoding.
In most cases, the server and the apps will automatically select the ideal settings to achieve smooth playback. In some cases though, you may choose to provide your own configuration in order to improve the playback experience.
Every Media Browser app will have a setting known as "Max streaming bitrate". This is the most important setting to configure within the app that you're trying to use.
In addition, the server has some transcoding settings that can be configured. These are found by opening the server dashboard and navigating to Playback -> Transcoding.
The server will need to create temporary files throughout the transcoding process. The location of these files can be configured.
If you specify a custom path, please ensure the following conditions are met:
- The folder is writable
- The folder is not used for any other purpose, as the server will delete all contents to keep it clean.
When surround audio is converted to 2-channel stereo audio, this often results in a lower volume level. To offset this, you can configure an audio boost scale factor to increase the volume.
The default value is 2, meaning the volume will be doubled when converting surround audio to stereo.
Debug logging can be enabled as needed for troubleshooting.
Note: Debug logging will significantly increase the size of transcoding log files, and therefore is only recommended as needed to resolve issues.