What's the link between Preferred Streaming Profile and config.xml Transcode Profile?

[aderlopas]

Hello, 

Apologies if this has been explained in another post...

I am a bit confused about when a transcoding profile is used and which exact tag in config.xml has this option.

Currently in my config.xml I have the below tags:

<AllowRemoteTranscode>true</AllowRemoteTranscode>
    <SendVOD>false</SendVOD>
    <TranscodeProfile>720p - 2Mbps</TranscodeProfile>
    <TranscodeExe>.\other\ffmpeg.exe</TranscodeExe>
    <TranscodeHLS>default</TranscodeHLS>
    <VideoEncoder>CPU</VideoEncoder>

However, via the web interface, in settings I have specified:

Preferred Streaming Profile: 480p

Which of the two is in effect and how can I tell from the config.xml?
Also how can I switch back to no transcoding at all if I want to?

By the way, as implemented also in Kodi NextPvr addon, shouldn't the transcoding Profile to be used be a client and not a server option?

Thanks and regards

[mvallevand]

There's another group of settings further down <StreamingProfiles> that the gear on the transcoding screen changes which the browser and Kodi would use.

You can't have no transcoding in the browser

Martin

[sub]

However, via the web interface, in settings I have specified:

Preferred Streaming Profile: 480p

Which of the two is in effect and how can I tell from the config.xml?

These days the streaming profile you select in your browser is remembered in your browser, not in config.xml, and requested when it starts the stream - so that each client can have different settings.

[aderlopas]

Thank you both, now I understand how it works.

[aderlopas]

However, via the web interface, in settings I have specified:

Preferred Streaming Profile: 480p

Which of the two is in effect and how can I tell from the config.xml?

These days the streaming profile you select in your browser is remembered in your browser, not in config.xml, and requested when it starts the stream - so that each client can have different settings.

Hi Sub,

Just an idea for when you have the time :-)
As you have 1 settings page with tabs mixing client-side setting with server-side settings which can be a bit confusing, as for instance server-side settings may need restart of the service to take effect whereas client-side settings normally wouldn't, can you possibly make a distinction of these two broad categories of settings so that everybody knows which affect which?

Kind regards

[mmortal03]

Where is the web client's "Default" setting for the Preferred Streaming Profile defined? It seems like this default may be "720p - 2Mbps", but it also seems to ignore whatever "Transcode Profile" is set to in config.xml server-side. Is it hard-coded?