Let the viewer server transcode federated playback

[kaybi-gh]

What problem would this solve?

Federated playback often taxes the origin peer (CPU + bandwidth) even when the viewer has a stronger machine. Generous library owners pay the cost for remote friends and that discourages federation.

Proposed solution

Configurable policy for who remuxes/transcodes on both peer sides:

• Origin-server always
• Peer-server always
• Auto (capabilities / bandwidth hints)?

On peer-server, the origin-server would just serve the original raw file and let the peer-server do the remuxe/transcode job locally.

Alternatives considered

No response