Can't modify transcoding settings in 10.12

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odav01
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Can't modify transcoding settings in 10.12

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I just installed the 10.12 release and for some reason I can't modify the transcoding settigns, they appear greyed out. I Used to have 10.00 installed and was able to change those settings, any idea on what may be the problem?
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Re: Can't modify transcoding settings in 10.12

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UMS now does a speed test of each renderer and uses this to use the best settings for transcoding, so those options were disabled by default.
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Re: Can't modify transcoding settings in 10.12

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Is there any way to change those settings now?
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Re: Can't modify transcoding settings in 10.12

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You shouldn't need to.
I'm not exactly sure but I think there is an option in the UMS.conf that will disable the check to set the best quality, I believe it is automatic_maximum_bitrate =
Setting this to false should enable those options but this will effect all renderers on the network instead of picking the best options for one particular renderer.

Is there a reason why you need to set it yourself? are you having any playback issues?
If you are then it may be something else and logs will help.
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