4k hevc content fails to play on 1080p devices

[MichaelRUSF]

Describe the bug

Side effect of #3281, 4k content gets remuxed on devices that only support 1080p. This will lead to the player failing.

Tested on Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen), see logs for details.

Fire TV Stick Gen 2 Logcat.txt
FFmpeg.Remux.log

Tested on prior release,16.4, and had the same results, 4k videos get remuxed.

Logs

No response

Application version

0.16.5

Where did you install the app from?

Sideloaded APK

Device information

Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen) 2016

Android version

Android Level 22 (Android 5.1)

Jellyfin server version

10.8.13

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