Improve playback, preroll and TV experience

server/internal/emby/client.go

@@ -297,12 +297,16 @@ func (c *Client) PlaybackInfo(
 		"UserId":     {cred.UserID},
 		"IsPlayback": {"true"},
 	}
+	profile := androidTVDeviceProfile(capabilities)
+	if forceTranscode {
+		forceH264TranscodeProfile(profile)
+	}
 	body, err := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
 		"Id": itemID, "UserId": cred.UserID, "IsPlayback": true,
 		"StartTimeTicks": startTicks, "EnableDirectPlay": !forceTranscode,
 		"EnableDirectStream": !forceTranscode, "EnableTranscoding": true,
-		"AllowVideoStreamCopy": true, "AllowAudioStreamCopy": true,
-		"DeviceProfile": androidTVDeviceProfile(capabilities),
+		"AllowVideoStreamCopy": !forceTranscode, "AllowAudioStreamCopy": true,
+		"DeviceProfile": profile,
 	})
 	var requestBody map[string]any
 	if err == nil {
@@ -314,10 +318,6 @@ func (c *Client) PlaybackInfo(
 	if currentPlaySessionID != "" {
 		requestBody["CurrentPlaySessionId"] = currentPlaySessionID
 	}
-	if forceTranscode {
-		profile := requestBody["DeviceProfile"].(map[string]any)
-		profile["DirectPlayProfiles"] = []map[string]string{}
-	}
 	if err == nil {
 		body, err = json.Marshal(requestBody)
 	}