Disable encoding and show only original file.

[Zibbp]

Hello,

I'm using the docker setup - is it possible to disable encoding and display the original video when viewing a video?

Thanks.

[swiftugandan]

I think if you removed/disabled all the encoding profiles, encoding would be disabled

[Zibbp]

I thought that as well and I've tried disabling all encoding profiles or disabling all except the GIF preview and when uploading media it is forever marked as "Media encoding in progress".

[mgogoulos]

Hi @Zibbp , this is not possible, besides serving different resolutions (240, 1080 etc) video transcoding through H264 (that is enabled by default) ensures that the transcoded version of a video will play on a number of clients (older browsers, mobile) that the original video won't play.

You may choose to disable all encoding profiles as @swiftugandan suggests, and then let the API get the original file instead of the transcoded versions, I can send you more hints if this interests you.

Out of curiosity, what would be the motivation to play original files and not transcoded versions?

[kajatak]

Thank you, this seems to be working perfectly.

[falense]

I really like this feature too. Please add it to the main release. For now I have applied the changed to latest manually.

[foeyonghai]

@mgogoulos I just tested this by using the main branch and change the settings from your commit by hand. That works like a charm. Nevertheless we are 2 years further already, is their a certain reason that this is still not in the main branch? Your solution is perfect!

[mgogoulos]

Thanks for the reminder, and great to know it works without issues, I am going to merge, close or comment on all open PRs one of these days and this one will find it's way!

[foeyonghai]

@mgogoulos I see that is it merged now, super! This saves me a great amount of processing time and storage, even though it is on my local servers and does not run in the cloud this is a great improvement!

[devilmind81]

I also need to have only the original file and this option should be very good for me.
Could you support me telling how can I integrate the changes your released in the feauture branch in the main one?
Which files I must update?

Thanks in advance

[streamly]

Is the DO_NOT_TRANSCODE_VIDEO = True in the latest install version? I just installed it and added this option, restarted and videos are still encoding. thx

[mgogoulos]

Unfortunately, it's not!

[3rd-st-ninja]

Can this feature be merged in? Is there any reason it isn't or shouldn't be?

[marcofloriano]

Wating for this feature too. It gives MediaCMS a new form of life, so i can manually transcode and upload my videos elsewhere (vimeo on my case) and save tons of space, since i will provide the original file only via API.

[mgogoulos]

It's like a hack, but since it's requested I've opened a work in progress PR on #829 and will try to test it locally and see if it needs something or it can be merged...

[mgogoulos]

PR is now merged, checkout the note on https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/blob/main/docs/admins_docs.md