jleckenby 13 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hi, I'm talking about the Fire TV version is my case, but this probably applies to all android versions. Is it possible to add support for direct streaming using SMB, i.e. no transcoding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 SMB isnt' really the issue. If your device supports the content then we can already avoid transcoding over http. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathsquirrel 741 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 It will stream when playing content the device can natively play. If it isn't then that would be looked at as a potential bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Wow, that was quick! Hmm, this means its transcoding right? /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -fflags +genpts -i file:"/mnt/media/tvshows/Breaking Bad/Season 4/S04E02 - Thirty-Eight Snub.mkv" -map_metadata -1 -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset superfast -crf 23 -maxrate 10206274 -bufsize 20412548 -vsync vfr -profile:v high -level 40 -force_key_frames expr:gte(t,n_forced*3) -vf "scale=trunc(min(iw\,1920)/2)*2:trunc(min((iw/dar)\,1080)/2)*2" -flags -global_header -copyts -sc_threshold 0 -codec:a:0 aac -strict experimental -ac 2 -ab 128000 -af "adelay=1,aresample=async=1,volume=2" -hls_time 3 -start_number 0 -hls_list_size 0 -y "/var/db/emby-server/transcoding-temp/5816329067f62ff3b618eb5c915cb3ac.m3u8" It's not a major issue, but I'm running emby on a low powered device. Sometimes when I load the dashboard the actual stream freezes until the images are loading. For reference, I was using Kodi (new plugin) with SMB. Trying to see whether I could get away with an android TV experience. Liking it so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 yea post the media info from the web client as well as the transcoding log, and also, indicate your client bitrate setting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Video CodecH264ProfileHighLevel41Resolution1920x1080Aspect ratio16:9AnamorphicNoInterlacedNoFramerate23.97599Bitrate9967 kbpsBit depth8 bitPixel formatyuv420p Audio LanguageengCodecDCAProfileDTSLayout5.1Bitrate1500 kbpsSample rate48000 khzDefaultYes Subtitle LanguageengCodecSUBRIPDefaultNoForcedNoExternalNo Subtitle LanguageengCodecSUBRIPDefaultNoForcedNoExternalNo Containermkv Pathsmb://CORSAIR/TV Shows/Breaking Bad/Season 4/S04E02 - Thirty-Eight Snub.mkv Size3358 MB Max streaming bitrate is 30 Mbits/sec. Hope that helps! log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Live TV also seems to be transcoding. tvlog.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 As long as you aren't using the subs, it is probably the level 41 which will no longer be an issue with the new version just released. If you are including subtitles though it will have to transcode at this point in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 I have no idea what you mean by level 41 , but hopefully that is the fix! I'm running a freshports version, what's the version number for the latest one? Currently running 3.0.5588.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I meant the new version of the Fire TV app that was just announced today. It is still in the approval process at Amazon so it isn't available for update quite yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 ahh, gotcha! will keep my fingers crossed and report back. Sure you hear this all the time, but keep up the good work. Couldn't live without emby now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Nice update, like the new info panel on videos! Don't think its solved my issue though, although the video does start quicker. If I'm reading the logs right, it looks like its only transcoding video now? Not sure why though, doesn't the fire TV support h264? At least we are getting there! On a sort of related note, what's happening behind the scenes when I load the dashboard? It stops my video while processing images. The resulting images don't seem to cache though, which means it happens every time I refresh the dashboard. log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Are you using subtitles? Can you get the line feeds back into that transcode log? Very hard to read . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Looks like it's transcoding both: Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (ac3 (native) -> aac (native)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 No subtitles. I get linebreaks, opening using Sublime Text if that helps. Anyway, I've posted the top part below: http://10.0.0.130:8096/mediabrowser/videos/d6cd9f649d04550447935283634221d4/hlsdynamic/main/0.ts?DeviceId=68107f8d3042ed85&MediaSourceId=d6cd9f649d04550447935283634221d4&VideoCodec=h264&AudioCodec=aac&AudioStreamIndex=1&VideoBitrate=29872000&AudioBitrate=128000&MaxAudioChannels=2&MaxWidth=1920&MaxHeight=1080&Level=40&ClientTime=1430846858553&MaxVideoBitDepth=8&Profile=high&PlaySessionId=9d61136bc224495f9ba6ba1e2472f953&api_key=542ea04925ca494f9c0cb20bdd394c27 /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -fflags +genpts -i file:"/mnt/media/tvshows/2 Broke Girls/Season 4/S04E20 - And the Minor Problem.mkv" -map_metadata -1 -threads 0 -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset superfast -crf 23 -maxrate 4015798 -bufsize 8031596 -vsync vfr -profile:v high -level 40 -force_key_frames expr:gte(t,n_forced*3) -vf "scale=trunc(min(iw\,1920)/2)*2:trunc(min((iw/dar)\,1080)/2)*2" -flags -global_header -copyts -sc_threshold 0 -codec:a:0 aac -strict experimental -ac 2 -ab 128000 -af "adelay=1,aresample=async=1,volume=2" -hls_time 3 -start_number 0 -hls_list_size 0 -y "/var/db/emby-server/transcoding-temp/0b558dc5e56e509cbb61a70f88786c1f.m3u8" ffmpeg version 2.3.6 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers built on May 4 2015 14:20:57 with gcc 4.2.1 (GCC) 20070831 patched [FreeBSD] configuration: --disable-libaacplus --disable-indev=alsa --disable-outdev=alsa --disable-libopencore-amrnb --disable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libass --disable-libcdio --disable-libcelt --disable-libfaac --disable-libfdk-aac --enable-ffserver --enable-fontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --disable-libgsm --enable-iconv --disable-indev=jack --enable-libmp3lame --disable-libbluray --disable-libv4l2 --disable-indev=v4l2 --disable-outdev=v4l2 --disable-libmodplug --disable-openal --disable-indev=openal --enable-libopencv --disable-libopenjpeg --disable-openssl --disable-libopus --disable-libpulse --disable-indev=pulse --disable-outdev=pulse --disable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --disable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --disable-vaapi --disable-vdpau --enable-libvorbis --disable-libvo-aacenc --disable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --disable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/man --datadir=/usr/local/share/ffmpeg --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter --enable-avresample --enable-pthreads --enable-memalign-hack --disable-libstagefright-h264 --disable-libutvideo --disable-libsoxr --cc=cc --extra-cflags='-msse -I/usr/local/include/vorbis -I/usr/local/include' --extra-ldflags='-L/usr/local/lib ' --extra-libs=-lpthread --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-outdev=sdl libavutil 52. 92.100 / 52. 92.100 libavcodec 55. 69.100 / 55. 69.100 libavformat 55. 48.100 / 55. 48.100 libavdevice 55. 13.102 / 55. 13.102 libavfilter 4. 11.100 / 4. 11.100 libavresample 1. 3. 0 / 1. 3. 0 libswscale 2. 6.100 / 2. 6.100 libswresample 0. 19.100 / 0. 19.100 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100 Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'file:/mnt/media/tvshows/2 Broke Girls/Season 4/S04E20 - And the Minor Problem.mkv': Metadata: encoder : libebml v0.7.9 + libmatroska v0.8.1 creation_time : 2015-05-04 23:45:34 Duration: 00:21:49.75, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4015 kb/s Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1280x720, SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc Stream #0:1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 384 kb/s (default) [libx264 @ 0x809c22920] using SAR=1/1 [libx264 @ 0x809c22920] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 [libx264 @ 0x809c22920] profile High, level 4.0 [mpegts @ 0x80abc3a20] Using AVStream.codec.time_base as a timebase hint to the muxer is deprecated. Set AVStream.time_base instead. Last message repeated 1 times [adts @ 0x80abc4020] Using AVStream.codec.time_base as a timebase hint to the muxer is deprecated. Set AVStream.time_base instead. Output #0, hls, to '/var/db/emby-server/transcoding-temp/0b558dc5e56e509cbb61a70f88786c1f.m3u8': Metadata: encoder : Lavf55.48.100 Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (libx264), yuv420p, 1280x720 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=-1--1, max. 4015 kb/s, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbn, 23.98 tbc Metadata: encoder : Lavc55.69.100 libx264 Stream #0:1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default) Metadata: encoder : Lavc55.69.100 aac Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (ac3 (native) -> aac (native)) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 68 fps=0.0 q=22.0 size=N/A time=00:00:03.24 bitrate=N/A P.S. If you want to add me to any beta etc, I'm happy to provide feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Here is why it is transcoding: Level=40 The question is why is that what is being requested? Luke - I put 41 into my profile. Is something else usurping that based on some information provided by the device maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 the setting i gave you is a default that gets overwritten if the device reports it's own value. i'll have to add another property to force it in anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 the setting i gave you is a default that gets overwritten if the device reports it's own value. i'll have to add another property to force it in anyway. Wouldn't it be safer to take Paul's approach and, instead, examine the bitrate at the server and adjust the profile to be correct (moving it down to 40 if bitrate is within that spec)? If we simply force 41 and we encounter a video that actually is 41 with the high bitrate, then playback will fail. But, if we, instead, adjust the profile correctly, it should work in all instances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 let's start with the app because i bet the device can handle 41. two year old rokus can handle 41. doing it at the server takes longer, will need more research/proof of that and also can't guarantee it won't be pulled out if a problem comes up in another app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Hi guys, Getting better! So the same files as above seem to be just transcoding audio now. Not sure why still as I can stream direct using Kodi perfectly fine, but heyho. Not sure whether this is a tv plugin issue or emby issue, but live tv seems to be transcoding everything (log attached). I know everything can play direct, I can test it using Kodi. log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Kodi is special because it can play any media format (I think). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jleckenby 13 Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Hi all, Can anyone confirm the reason it's transcoding is because I'm not using Kodi? I've attached a log from Live TV as an example. If it is indeed Kodi transcoding the FTV is doing some impressive work! This issue is pretty much the only thing stopping me exclusively using the emby app, everything else is awesome! I'm running an Octacore Intel C2750 which does manage to transcode most of the time, but would be much better if it only did it when absolutely necessary. log.txt Edited June 1, 2015 by jleckenby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Yes. Kodi has its own internal player with codecs beyond what the native player on the device can handle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 @@jleckenby - I've installed the Kodi addon for Emby onto my Nexus Player and the direct playback is much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutty 0 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 (edited) Did the level 41/40 thing ever get sorted? I'm running into what seems to be the same transocde issue, where everything I play thats an mkv is transcoded and my poor little media server box is struggling. Subtitles are off and the only thing (to me at least!) is the level 40/41 issue. My setup is the current Emby app on the FireTV stick plus the latest EMby server on windows. Edited July 20, 2015 by scutty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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