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jellyfin / Swiftfin

Native Jellyfin Client for iOS and tvOS
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MKVs won’t play more than a few seconds. #502

Open rastacalavera opened 2 years ago

rastacalavera commented 2 years ago

I have an Apple TV HD with tvOS 15.5.1

It won’t play MKV files for more than a few seconds. MKVs play fine using the app infuse. I read online that vlc wont play MKV on the Apple TV due to lack of hardware encoding and am wondering if this is true for swiftfin as well since I think it uses vlc on the backend.

LePips commented 2 years ago

MKV files can be played in Swiftfin, the container is not the issue. If you're unable to play media, I will need some more details.

rastacalavera commented 2 years ago

Happy to provide anything details you need if you tell me how to get them or point me to documentation that describes how to get what you need

LePips commented 2 years ago

Is there a way I can get the file that is not playing? Again, the fact that it's an MKV file is not the issue so it may be something with the file itself or your server. We most likely will not be able to fix this as this deals with video playback with VLCKit, which we do not control. Or, it can be an issue that will be fixed when we improve our device builder if applicable.