Samsung QN55QN90AAFXZA

I have the TV listed in the subject line. The available profiles don't show this model.

It seems to work if I choose the Samsung NU profile. Does that seem like the right one to use?

Do I need to enable transcoding? If serviio detects from the profile that the TV supports a format, will it serve the video without transcoding even if transcoding is enabled?

Thank you.

[atc98092]

Profiles are only created when someone takes the time to determine what the TV supports. I happened to create the NU profile when I bought one of those sets, but I ended up giving it to my daughter as I was unimpressed with its HDR quality.

The NU profile is the latest profile created for a Samsung TV. If everything appears to work well with your TV, then by all means continue using it.

If transcoding is disabled in the Serviio console, then Serviio will not transcode even if the media requires it to play correctly. One example would be a media file that is in a supported container, and has a supported video codec, but the audio codec isn't supported by the TV. In that case, the video would display but there would be no sound, since the sound would need transcoding into a supported codec. For me, that would be almost all of my ripped Blu Ray discs, since they almost all have a lossless audio codec that a TV is unlikely to support. If your TV and your AVR both support eARC, then that wouldn't be necessary as the lossless audio should be passed to the AVR for processing. If you leave transcoding enabled, Serviio still does not transcode unless the media contents triggers one of the options contained in the profile in use. Again, media with lossless audio would trigger audio only transcoding if the video and container are both supported by the TV.

The exception to the transcoding disabled setting is if you also select to burn in captions. Since this requires transcoding to burn the captions into the video stream, it overrides the disabled setting.

@2atc98092:

Thank you very much for the thorough answer!

Profiles are only created when someone takes the time to determine what the TV supports. I happened to create the NU profile when I bought one of those sets, but I ended up giving it to my daughter as I was unimpressed with its HDR quality.

The NU profile is the latest profile created for a Samsung TV. If everything appears to work well with your TV, then by all means continue using it.

If transcoding is disabled in the Serviio console, then Serviio will not transcode even if the media requires it to play correctly. One example would be a media file that is in a supported container, and has a supported video codec, but the audio codec isn't supported by the TV. In that case, the video would display but there would be no sound, since the sound would need transcoding into a supported codec. For me, that would be almost all of my ripped Blu Ray discs, since they almost all have a lossless audio codec that a TV is unlikely to support. If your TV and your AVR both support eARC, then that wouldn't be necessary as the lossless audio should be passed to the AVR for processing. If you leave transcoding enabled, Serviio still does not transcode unless the media contents triggers one of the options contained in the profile in use. Again, media with lossless audio would trigger audio only transcoding if the video and container are both supported by the TV.

The exception to the transcoding disabled setting is if you also select to burn in captions. Since this requires transcoding to burn the captions into the video stream, it overrides the disabled setting.

Thank you for the NU profile which have worked flawlessly with my Samsung sets for years, but now that my S95D got updated to the new firmware with the One UI interface, files no longer resume where I left them and always start playing at 4:40 but others say their files always start at other time. Any idea what could have gone wrong or how to modify the profile? TIA

[atc98092]

Thank you for the NU profile which have worked flawlessly with my Samsung sets for years, but now that my S95D got updated to the new firmware with the One UI interface, files no longer resume where I left them and always start playing at 4:40 but others say their files always start at other time. Any idea what could have gone wrong or how to modify the profile? TIA

I have my doubts there's anything in the profile that could resolve this issue. No TV maker impresses me with their built-in media player, including Samsung. My player of choice is something Android based that can run Kodi as the player app. The Nvidia Shield is now 6 years old, but there's nothing at that price point or below that can touch it. The Onn 4K Media Player (Onn is the Walmart house brand) does everything except passthrough lossless audio bitstreams. The Amazon Fire TV Cube now does support lossless audio passthrough. Apple TV players do not passthrough the audio. Roku devices do not either, and because of their limited codec support some files might need transcoding that the others will play.

Thank you for the NU profile which have worked flawlessly with my Samsung sets for years, but now that my S95D got updated to the new firmware with the One UI interface, files no longer resume where I left them and always start playing at 4:40 but others say their files always start at other time. Any idea what could have gone wrong or how to modify the profile? TIA

I have my doubts there's anything in the profile that could resolve this issue. No TV maker impresses me with their built-in media player, including Samsung. My player of choice is something Android based that can run Kodi as the player app. The Nvidia Shield is now 6 years old, but there's nothing at that price point or below that can touch it. The Onn 4K Media Player (Onn is the Walmart house brand) does everything except passthrough lossless audio bitstreams. The Amazon Fire TV Cube now does support lossless audio passthrough. Apple TV players do not passthrough the audio. Roku devices do not either, and because of their limited codec support some files might need transcoding that the others will play.

To be quite honest, I find the Samsung built in player perfectly adequate besides being plug and play. I have Kodi on my FireTV stick and the Mi Box and I doubt I was able to set it up to see my DLNA server on either device since I am using VLC on both, which again isn't very reliable and stops seeing my DLNA server every now and then, requiring a device reboot before it will see the server again, as closing and restarting VLC does not work.

[atc98092]

To be quite honest, I find the Samsung built in player perfectly adequate besides being plug and play. I have Kodi on my FireTV stick and the Mi Box and I doubt I was able to set it up to see my DLNA server on either device since I am using VLC on both, which again isn't very reliable and stops seeing my DLNA server every now and then, requiring a device reboot before it will see the server again, as closing and restarting VLC does not work.

I have Kodi on several Android devices: Nvidia Shield, Fire TV Cube and Onn 4K Media Player. To see DLNA servers you first have to enable DLNA support in the menu, then map a connection to the server. You have to enable the Expert settings in the menu to see the DLNA option. I realize your TV and the VLC app are both plug and play for DLNA, but Kodi provides a much better user experience of either.

To be quite honest, I find the Samsung built in player perfectly adequate besides being plug and play. I have Kodi on my FireTV stick and the Mi Box and I doubt I was able to set it up to see my DLNA server on either device since I am using VLC on both, which again isn't very reliable and stops seeing my DLNA server every now and then, requiring a device reboot before it will see the server again, as closing and restarting VLC does not work.

I have Kodi on several Android devices: Nvidia Shield, Fire TV Cube and Onn 4K Media Player. To see DLNA servers you first have to enable DLNA support in the menu, then map a connection to the server. You have to enable the Expert settings in the menu to see the DLNA option. I realize your TV and the VLC app are both plug and play for DLNA, but Kodi provides a much better user experience of either.

Thanks for the tip. I'll give Kodi another go but I am pretty miffed with Samsung for messing up their player.