Sun Mar 29, 2020 11:26 pm by atc98092
I didn't notice your original post. But no, you can't disable transcoding for MediaBrowser. That functionality is coded into the browser itself.
I can't say why your server would freeze. While I've seen CPU at 100%, the computer itself would still respond to the mouse and keyboard. I'm not certain what media would be considered native and not require transcoding for MediaBrowser, but I would guess MP4 video and AAC audio.
Transcoding can be disabled for DLNA playback. However, if you enable burned in captions that enables transcoding regardless of setting. But without transcoding your media must be compatible with whatever your player supports. For example, I can play anything on my Nvidia Shield, but my Roku players need all lossless audio transcoded, along with VC-1 video, as well as H.265 for the non-4K players.
Dan
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