From ca64edd93cbef4a189eff60c0563c8cf18863280 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mertalev <101130780+mertalev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 21:13:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] simplify level picker

---
 server/src/utils/media.ts | 16 +++++-----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/utils/media.ts b/server/src/utils/media.ts
index 8a34edd190..5c81001eba 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/media.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/media.ts
@@ -36,28 +36,22 @@ export const getOutputSize = (videoStream: VideoStreamInfo, targetRes: number) =
   return isVideoVertical(videoStream) ? { width: targetRes, height: larger } : { width: larger, height: targetRes };
 };
 
-const pickLevel = (levels: CodecLevel[], frame: number, rate: number): string => {
-  for (const level of levels) {
-    if (frame <= level.maxFrame && rate <= level.maxRate) {
-      return level.token;
-    }
-  }
-  return levels.at(-1)!.token;
-};
+const pickLevel = (levels: CodecLevel[], frame: number, rate: number) =>
+  levels.find((level) => frame <= level.maxFrame && rate <= level.maxRate) ?? levels.at(-1)!;
 
 export const getCodecString = (codec: VideoCodec, width: number, height: number, fps: number): string => {
   switch (codec) {
     case VideoCodec.H264: {
       const macroblocks = Math.ceil(width / 16) * Math.ceil(height / 16);
-      return `avc1.6400${pickLevel(H264_LEVELS, macroblocks, macroblocks * fps)}`;
+      return `avc1.6400${pickLevel(H264_LEVELS, macroblocks, macroblocks * fps).token}`;
     }
     case VideoCodec.Hevc: {
       const samples = width * height;
-      return `hvc1.1.6.${pickLevel(HEVC_LEVELS, samples, samples * fps)}.B0`;
+      return `hvc1.1.6.${pickLevel(HEVC_LEVELS, samples, samples * fps).token}.B0`;
     }
     case VideoCodec.Av1: {
       const samples = width * height;
-      return `av01.0.${pickLevel(AV1_LEVELS, samples, samples * fps)}.08`;
+      return `av01.0.${pickLevel(AV1_LEVELS, samples, samples * fps).token}.08`;
     }
     default: {
       throw new Error(`Codec '${codec}' does not support HLS codec strings`);