Make Live TV compatibility profiles customizable (#12529)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs
index 535ef27c3..3cc6a393b 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Helpers/StreamingHelpers.cs
@@ -142,28 +142,15 @@ public static class StreamingHelpers
         }
         else
         {
-            // Enforce more restrictive transcoding profile for LiveTV due to compatability reasons
-            // Cap the MaxStreamingBitrate to 30Mbps, because we are unable to reliably probe source bitrate,
-            // which will cause the client to request extremely high bitrate that may fail the player/encoder
-            streamingRequest.VideoBitRate = streamingRequest.VideoBitRate > 30000000 ? 30000000 : streamingRequest.VideoBitRate;
-
-            if (streamingRequest.SegmentContainer is not null)
-            {
-                // Remove all fmp4 transcoding profiles, because it causes playback error and/or A/V sync issues
-                // Notably: Some channels won't play on FireFox and LG webOS
-                // Some channels from HDHomerun will experience A/V sync issues
-                streamingRequest.SegmentContainer = "ts";
-                streamingRequest.VideoCodec = "h264";
-                streamingRequest.AudioCodec = "aac";
-                state.SupportedVideoCodecs = ["h264"];
-                state.Request.VideoCodec = "h264";
-                state.SupportedAudioCodecs = ["aac"];
-                state.Request.AudioCodec = "aac";
-            }
-
             var liveStreamInfo = await mediaSourceManager.GetLiveStreamWithDirectStreamProvider(streamingRequest.LiveStreamId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             mediaSource = liveStreamInfo.Item1;
             state.DirectStreamProvider = liveStreamInfo.Item2;
+
+            // Cap the max bitrate when it is too high. This is usually due to ffmpeg is unable to probe the source liveTV streams' bitrate.
+            if (mediaSource.FallbackMaxStreamingBitrate is not null && streamingRequest.VideoBitRate is not null)
+            {
+                streamingRequest.VideoBitRate = Math.Min(streamingRequest.VideoBitRate.Value, mediaSource.FallbackMaxStreamingBitrate.Value);
+            }
         }
 
         var encodingOptions = serverConfigurationManager.GetEncodingOptions();