Merge pull request #876 from JustAMan/pedal-to-the-metal

Expose option to turn on/off transcode throttling

src/controllers/encodingsettings.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ define(["jQuery", "loading", "globalize", "dom", "libraryMenu"], function ($, lo
         page.querySelector("#selectEncoderPreset").value = config.EncoderPreset || "";
         page.querySelector("#txtH264Crf").value = config.H264Crf || "";
         page.querySelector("#chkEnableSubtitleExtraction").checked = config.EnableSubtitleExtraction || false;
+        page.querySelector("#chkEnableThrottling").checked = config.EnableThrottling || false;
         page.querySelector("#selectVideoDecoder").dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("change", {
             bubbles: true
         }));
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ define(["jQuery", "loading", "globalize", "dom", "libraryMenu"], function ($, lo
                 config.EncoderPreset = form.querySelector("#selectEncoderPreset").value;
                 config.H264Crf = parseInt(form.querySelector("#txtH264Crf").value || "0");
                 config.EnableSubtitleExtraction = form.querySelector("#chkEnableSubtitleExtraction").checked;
+                config.EnableThrottling = form.querySelector("#chkEnableThrottling").checked;
                 config.HardwareDecodingCodecs = Array.prototype.map.call(Array.prototype.filter.call(form.querySelectorAll(".chkDecodeCodec"), function (c) {
                     return c.checked;
                 }), function (c) {

src/encodingsettings.html

@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@
                     <div class="fieldDescription checkboxFieldDescription">${AllowOnTheFlySubtitleExtractionHelp}</div>
                 </div>
 
+                <div class="checkboxContainer checkboxContainer-withDescription">
+                    <label>
+                        <input is="emby-checkbox" type="checkbox" id="chkEnableThrottling" />
+                        <span>${AllowFfmpegThrottling}</span>
+                    </label>
+                    <div class="fieldDescription checkboxFieldDescription">${AllowFfmpegThrottlingHelp}</div>
+                </div>
+
                 <div>
                     <button is="emby-button" type="submit" class="raised button-submit block">
                         <span>${ButtonSave}</span>

src/strings/en-us.json

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     "AllowMediaConversionHelp": "Grant or deny access to the convert media feature.",
     "AllowOnTheFlySubtitleExtraction": "Allow subtitle extraction on the fly",
     "AllowOnTheFlySubtitleExtractionHelp": "Embedded subtitles can be extracted from videos and delivered to clients in plain text in order to help prevent video transcoding. On some systems this can take a long time and cause video playback to stall during the extraction process. Disable this to have embedded subtitles burned in with video transcoding when they are not natively supported by the client device.",
+    "AllowFfmpegThrottling": "Throttle Transcodes",
+    "AllowFfmpegThrottlingHelp": "When a transcode or remux gets far enough ahead from the current playback position, pause the process so it will consume less resources. This is most useful when watching without seeking often. Turn this off if you experience playback issues.",
     "AllowRemoteAccess": "Allow remote connections to this Jellyfin Server.",
     "AllowRemoteAccessHelp": "If unchecked, all remote connections will be blocked.",
     "AllowedRemoteAddressesHelp": "Comma separated list of IP addresses or IP/netmask entries for networks that will be allowed to connect remotely. If left blank, all remote addresses will be allowed.",