Add option to not advertise software codecs as supported#5275
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Sometimes, software-codecs can cause performance-related issues like seen in jellyfin#4838. The added option allows disabling software codecs, forcing a transcode to a non-software/hardware-accelerated codec.
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Sometimes, software-codecs can cause performance-related issues like seen in #4838. The added option allows disabling software codecs, forcing a transcode to a non-software (hardware-accelerated) codec.
The latest version did not fix the issue described in #4838 for me. The software decoder still struggled with my particular file, even though the resolution was within the advertised range.
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use_software_codecs)createDeviceProfileandMediaCodecCapabilitiesTestto allow excluding software-based codecs.pref_use_software_codecs.Code assistance
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