Add option to disallow some codecs for exoplayer #1403
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Some devices can't play some codecs using exoplayer for a variety of reasons, such as poor performance, bad hardware, or even buggy software. This change allows users to specify some codecs that their device has issues with. Jellyfin will try to transcode media to something else.
First time trying to contribute so please let me know if there are things I can improve.
Changes
Added an option to the Client Settings page for the exoplayer to list codecs to try not to play.
Issues
Allows users to work around some issues by specifying the problematic codec such as
#1359 #1342 #1389 #1264 #1220 #1174