Can I have multiple video files of the same episode but in different codecs? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca to c/jellyfin@lemmy.ml

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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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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