I have some 1440p videos that I've downloaded off youtube but they use either the AV1 or VP9 codec. I'd like to watch these on my phone but it can't direct play those codecs and my iGPU can't transcode them so it has to be done in software extremely slowly.

So I'd like to transcode the videos ahead of time into either h264 or h265 which my phone can direct play but I don't want to get rid of the originals. So can I have two copies of the same episode but using different codecs? How would I name them? Would jellyfin be smart enough to send the right video based on what my phone supports?

The videos are currently named like so:

'Rimworld with Francis John - Anomoly - S01E01 - An Unlikely group of researchers.mkv'
'Rimworld with Francis John - Anomoly - S01E02 - New weapons, new threats, new research.mkv'
'Rimworld with Francis John - Anomoly - S01E03 - Small colony equals few options.mkv'

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The bit after the dash is supposed to indicate the version after the episode number. Like 4k/2k etc. You can use whatever label you want and pick between them on the client before starting. The field is only visible if you have more than one file for the episode number

[–] UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So like Rimworld with Francis John - Anomoly - S01E01 - H265 - An Unlikely group of researchers.mkv?

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No episode name and I don't know if other dashes are permitted. There is a guide on the jellyfin site

[–] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 4 points 4 months ago

Here's how I have harry potter 1 with the option for the extended format, I'm guessing it'll be the same flow for different codecs.

hp.1[imdbid-tt0241527].mp4
hp.1[imdbid-tt0241527] - [Extended][Latino].mp4

And in the UI it shows me a dropdown called Version which has two options
hp.1[imdbid-tt0241527]
[Extended][Latino]

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies/#multiple-versions-of-a-movie

Not sure if this works for shows. Also because the name template you use already has dashes.
And most probable it won't work to autoselect the codec for the device you're using.

[–] Mountaineer@aussie.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I don't think that's a use case the developers really envisaged.
I know under movies (and possible shows as well), you can specify versions:
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies

But I think you're expected to select the version at playback time.

When I've had this issue, I've just transcoded to a format that all my targets can read without drama and kept the resulting file.

If your keen to experiment, I'd be curious to hear the outcome.