From b123f7ffcd639a5be1c0cb996c9e44829ca6afa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gnattu <gnattu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 18:41:04 -0400
Subject: Backport pull request #11851 from jellyfin/release-10.9.z

Relax remuxing requirement for LiveTV

Original-merge: 0392daa10397c40d62e2068cd85e030d9ca2d898

Merged-by: crobibero <cody@robibe.ro>

Backported-by: Joshua M. Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>
---
 MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs')

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index e4ec7a4e3..6c2b5bf71 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -2320,7 +2320,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             if (request.VideoBitRate.HasValue
                 && (!videoStream.BitRate.HasValue || videoStream.BitRate.Value > request.VideoBitRate.Value))
             {
-                return false;
+                // For LiveTV that has no bitrate, let's try copy if other conditions are met
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(request.LiveStreamId) || videoStream.BitRate.HasValue)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
             }
 
             var maxBitDepth = state.GetRequestedVideoBitDepth(videoStream.Codec);
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