getEncodingCodecinformationVideo

Gets details about available video encoders and decoders

Requires authentication as administrator

getEncodingCodecinformationVideo

Request

get /Encoding/CodecInformation/Video

Responses

Status Code	Type	Description	Samples
200	VideoCodecBase []	Operation successful. Returning a VideoCodecBase[] object.
400		Bad Request. Server cannot process request.
401		Unauthorized. Client needs to authenticate.
403		Forbidden. No permission for the reqested operation.
404		Resource not found or unavailable.
500		Server error.

Definitions

VideoCodecBase

Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Codecs.VideoCodecs.VideoCodecBase

Name	Type	Notes
CodecDeviceInfo	ICodecDeviceInfo
CodecKind	CodecKinds	Enum defining the kind of media a codec is processing.
MediaTypeName	string
VideoMediaType	VideoMediaTypes	Enum listing video media types. The enum member names are matching exactly those that are used by ffmpeg. Exception: Items that are starting with a number are prefixed with an underscore here.
MinWidth	integer (int32)
MaxWidth	integer (int32)
MinHeight	integer (int32)
MaxHeight	integer (int32)
WidthAlignment	integer (int32)
HeightAlignment	integer (int32)
MaxBitRate	BitRate	A type for handling bit rates. The purpose of this type is to avoid manual calculations and conversions in code, unified handling and conversion as well as presentation through its various To***String methods. System.IComparable System.IEquatable1`
SupportedColorFormats	ColorFormats[]
SupportedColorFormatStrings	array
ProfileAndLevelInformation	ProfileLevelInformation[]
Id	string
Direction	CodecDirections	Enum for indicating the processing direction of a codec.
Name	string
Description	string
FrameworkCodec	string
IsHardwareCodec	boolean
SecondaryFramework	SecondaryFrameworks	Enum defining secondary frameworks for encoding and decoding. While most of these are hardware acceleration frameworks, this is not a necessity (e.g. Android MediaCodec offers software codecs as well).
SecondaryFrameworkCodec	string
MaxInstanceCount	integer (int32)
IsEnabledByDefault	boolean
DefaultPriority	integer (int32)

ICodecDeviceInfo

Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Codecs.Common.Interfaces.ICodecDeviceInfo

Name	Type	Notes
Capabilities	ICodecDeviceCapabilities
Adapter	integer (int32)
Name	string
Desription	string
Driver	string
DriverVersion	Version
ApiVersion	Version
VendorId	integer (int32)
DeviceId	integer (int32)
DeviceIdentifier	string
HardwareContextFramework	SecondaryFrameworks	Enum defining secondary frameworks for encoding and decoding. While most of these are hardware acceleration frameworks, this is not a necessity (e.g. Android MediaCodec offers software codecs as well).
DevPath	string
DrmNode	string
VendorName	string
DeviceName	string

ICodecDeviceCapabilities

Emby.Server.MediaEncoding.Codecs.Common.Interfaces.ICodecDeviceCapabilities

Name	Type	Notes
SupportsHwUpload	boolean
SupportsHwDownload	boolean
SupportsStandaloneDeviceInit	boolean
Supports10BitProcessing	boolean
SupportsNativeToneMapping	boolean

Version

Name	Type	Notes
Major	integer (int32)
Minor	integer (int32)
Build	integer (int32)
Revision	integer (int32)
MajorRevision	integer (int32)
MinorRevision	integer (int32)

SecondaryFrameworks

see also Emby.Media.Model.Enums.SecondaryFrameworks

Enum Values

• Unknown
• None
• AmdAmf
• MediaCodec
• NvEncDec
• OpenMax
• QuickSync
• VaApi
• V4L2
• DxVa
• D3d11va
• VideoToolbox
• Mmal

CodecKinds

see also Emby.Media.Model.Enums.CodecKinds

Enum Values

• Audio
• Video
• SubTitles

VideoMediaTypes

see also Emby.Media.Model.Enums.VideoMediaTypes

Enum Values

• Unknown
• copy
• flv1
• h263
• h263p
• h264
• hevc
• mjpeg
• mpeg1video
• mpeg2video
• mpeg4
• msvideo1
• theora
• vc1image
• vc1
• vp8
• vp9
• wmv1
• wmv2
• wmv3
• _012v
• _4xm
• _8bps
• a64_multi
• a64_multi5
• aasc
• aic
• alias_pix
• amv
• anm
• ansi
• apng
• asv1
• asv2
• aura
• aura2
• av1
• avrn
• avrp
• avs
• avui
• ayuv
• bethsoftvid
• bfi
• binkvideo
• bintext
• bitpacked
• bmp
• bmv_video
• brender_pix
• c93
• cavs
• cdgraphics
• cdxl
• cfhd
• cinepak
• clearvideo
• cljr
• cllc
• cmv
• cpia
• cscd
• cyuv
• daala
• dds
• dfa
• dirac
• dnxhd
• dpx
• dsicinvideo
• dvvideo
• dxa
• dxtory
• dxv
• escape124
• escape130
• exr
• ffv1
• ffvhuff
• fic
• fits
• flashsv
• flashsv2
• flic
• fmvc
• fraps
• frwu
• g2m
• gdv
• gif
• h261
• h263i
• hap
• hnm4video
• hq_hqa
• hqx
• huffyuv
• idcin
• idf
• iff_ilbm
• indeo2
• indeo3
• indeo4
• indeo5
• interplayvideo
• jpeg2000
• jpegls
• jv
• kgv1
• kmvc
• lagarith
• ljpeg
• loco
• m101
• mad
• magicyuv
• mdec
• mimic
• mjpegb
• mmvideo
• motionpixels
• msa1
• mscc
• msmpeg4v1
• msmpeg4v2
• msmpeg4v3
• msrle
• mss1
• mss2
• mszh
• mts2
• mvc1
• mvc2
• mxpeg
• nuv
• paf_video
• pam
• pbm
• pcx
• pgm
• pgmyuv
• pictor
• pixlet
• png
• ppm
• prores
• psd
• ptx
• qdraw
• qpeg
• qtrle
• r10k
• r210
• rawvideo
• rl2
• roq
• rpza
• rscc
• rv10
• rv20
• rv30
• rv40
• sanm
• scpr
• screenpresso
• sgi
• sgirle
• sheervideo
• smackvideo
• smc
• smvjpeg
• snow
• sp5x
• speedhq
• srgc
• sunrast
• svg
• svq1
• svq3
• targa
• targa_y216
• tdsc
• tgq
• tgv
• thp
• tiertexseqvideo
• tiff
• tmv
• tqi
• truemotion1
• truemotion2
• truemotion2rt
• tscc
• tscc2
• txd
• ulti
• utvideo
• v210
• v210x
• v308
• v408
• v410
• vb
• vble
• vcr1
• vixl
• vmdvideo
• vmnc
• vp3
• vp5
• vp6
• vp6a
• vp6f
• vp7
• webp
• wmv3image
• wnv1
• wrapped_avframe
• ws_vqa
• xan_wc3
• xan_wc4
• xbin
• xbm
• xface
• xpm
• xwd
• y41p
• ylc
• yop
• yuv4
• zerocodec
• zlib
• zmbv

BitRate

see also Emby.Media.Model.Types.BitRate

Name	Type	Notes
bps	integer (int64)
kbps	number (double)
Mbps	number (double)

ColorFormats

see also Emby.Media.Model.Enums.ColorFormats

ProfileLevelInformation

see also Emby.Media.Model.Types.ProfileLevelInformation

Name	Type	Notes
Profile	ProfileInformation	Class for unified presentation of all information associated with a specific codec profile.
Level	LevelInformation	Class for unified presentation of all information associated with a specific codec level.

ProfileInformation

see also Emby.Media.Model.Types.ProfileInformation

Name	Type	Notes
ShortName	string	The enum member name of the profile.
Description	string	The common name of the profile.
Details	string	Detail information about the profile.
Id	string	A unique identifier.
BitDepths	array	The bit depths.

LevelInformation

see also Emby.Media.Model.Types.LevelInformation

Name	Type	Notes
ShortName	string	The enum member name of the level.
Description	string	The common name of the level.
Ordinal	integer (int32)	A value indicating the level's ranking relative to other levels.
MaxBitRate	BitRate	A type for handling bit rates. The purpose of this type is to avoid manual calculations and conversions in code, unified handling and conversion as well as presentation through its various To***String methods. System.IComparable System.IEquatable1`
MaxBitRateDisplay	string	A display value of the Emby.Media.Model.Types.LevelInformation.MaxBitRate property.
Id	string	A unique identifier.
ResolutionRates	ResolutionWithRate[]	Examples for the maximum supported combinations of resolution and rate for this level.
ResolutionRateStrings	array	Examples for the maximum supported combinations of resolution and rate for this level as string values.
ResolutionRatesDisplay	string	A single string from the Emby.Media.Model.Types.LevelInformation.ResolutionRateStrings list.

ResolutionWithRate

see also Emby.Media.Model.Types.ResolutionWithRate

Name	Type	Notes
Width	integer (int32)	The resolution width.
Height	integer (int32)	The resolution height.
FrameRate	number (double)	The frame rate in frames/second (fps).
Resolution	Resolution	Struct representing a video resolution specified in X and Y dimension. System.IComparable System.IEquatable1`

Resolution

see also Emby.Media.Model.Types.Resolution

Name	Type	Notes
Width	integer (int32)	The resolution width.
Height	integer (int32)	The resolution height.

CodecDirections

see also Emby.Media.Model.Enums.CodecDirections

Enum Values

• Encoder
• Decoder