setting the stream quality to 40mbps in the android app does nothing

[eeeeeesy 31]

why does setting the stream quality to 40mbps in the android app do nothing? i just added all 4k content into live tv chanels i created on etv  and in the emby app on android i changed the streaming quality 40mbps which should allow to play 4k content as long as i have a 4k file but when i look at the stream in the server  it shows im still running 10mbps 1080p. i also have a 300mbps up and down connection from my isp. also my home connection in the server is set to auto and all of the encoders are enabled in the server. i also have direct pplay enabled in the emby for android tv app.

 

Edited November 6, 2022 by eeeeeesy

[eeeeeesy 31]

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[eeeeeesy 31]

the above is what the file looks like in mediainfo

[eeeeeesy 31]

@Luke are you awake?

[pünktchen 1259]

You have to adjust your ffmpeg profile in ErsatzTV, because that is where the stream is coming from. It's not the original library file that is played back here.

[eeeeeesy 31]

37 minutes ago, pünktchen said:

You have to adjust your ffmpeg profile in ErsatzTV, because that is where the stream is coming from. It's not the original library file that is played back here.

ohh that was it. awesome. thanks so much.

[ebr 14929]

Also, the original file is 78mb/s so a max setting of 40 still wouldn't direct play it.

However, as noted, that isn't the file that is being played, obviously, because Emby is direct playing a 10Mb version of it.

[eeeeeesy 31]

3 minutes ago, ebr said:

Also, the original file is 78mb/s so a max setting of 40 still wouldn't direct play it.

However, as noted, that isn't the file that is being played, obviously, because Emby is direct playing a 10Mb version of it.

but now that i changed the resolution for the ffmpeg profile in etv to 4k, i see now in emby its playing at 4k 20mbps even though i have the client app set to 40mbps. but at least its not 1080p 10mbps anymore.

[ebr 14929]

3 minutes ago, eeeeeesy said:

emby its playing at 4k 20mbps even though i have the client app set to 40mbps

Is it transcoding or direct playing again?

[eeeeeesy 31]

1 minute ago, ebr said:

Is it transcoding or direct playing again?

direct playing

[ebr 14929]

4 minutes ago, eeeeeesy said:

direct playing

Okay, then Emby is doing exactly what it was asked to do.  Again, the source being fed to it is a lower bitrate than your max set in the app.

[eeeeeesy 31]

oh i guess its because i set my ffmpeg profile to a low bitrate in etv

 

 

what bitrate should i set it to for 4k?

Edited November 6, 2022 by eeeeeesy

[Luke 37112]

Can you just have it pass the original stream without using ffmpeg?

[eeeeeesy 31]

13 minutes ago, Luke said:

Can you just have it pass the original stream without using ffmpeg?

i dont think it has that option

 

edited; no i dont see that option

Edited November 6, 2022 by eeeeeesy

[eeeeeesy 31]

58 minutes ago, Luke said:

Can you just have it pass the original stream without using ffmpeg?

i talked to JD the etv dev about this just now. i asked if he could add an option to disable the etv ffmpeg. he said this

jasondove — Today at 1:14 PM
The hls direct streaming mode is the only way to get full quality video, but the client needs to support range requests since it's delivered as a single segment.

You could try that in emby, but again, it removes all normalization, which they said was a requirement in the other thread.

 

 

he was referring to the 8bit 10bit normalization that hes adding right now about the post from a few days ago i made on here.

and he said this too that i said i would pass on to you guys.

 

jasondove — Today at 1:16 PM
The normalization shouldn't be required since discontinuity tags are used between each item, but most clients don't handle those tags properly
NEW
[1:17 PM]
EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY: Indicates an encoding discontinuity between the media file that follows it and the one that preceded it.

 

[Luke 37112]

Ok well another option might be to have them add an option to at least retain original bitrate.

[eeeeeesy 31]

23 minutes ago, Luke said:

Ok well another option might be to have them add an option to at least retain original bitrate.

theres already sort of an option for that. we can already specify any bitrate we want in the etv ffmpeg profiles.

 

JD helped me realize that i tried only 6000kb and 12000 kb bitrates which are only 6mbps and 12 mbps. so as you can see now i changed it to 40000kb whch should be now 40mbps. but in the emby dashboard its still shows 4k 20mbps. i have also now changed the max quality in the emby app from auto to 40mbps but its still only doing 20mbps displayed in the emby dashboard.

 

[ebr 14929]

It is direct playing so that is the quality it is receiving.

[eeeeeesy 31]

i have new info. i switched etv from mpegts to hls segmenter like JD recommended and now im getting the full bitrate as he suspected but as he said hls segmenter removes his normalizaton. so the scrambled video issue might come back on my sony tv i think is what hes saying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[eeeeeesy 31]

the other problem with HLS segmenter i just remembered why i dont use it. it does not transition to the next movie at all. i think thats what JD was talking about when he said the client has to support HLS segmenter too. and its about the xdiscontinuity ffmpeg error.

Edited November 6, 2022 by eeeeeesy

[eeeeeesy 31]

so what needs to happen is emby clients need to support HLS segmenter and HLS direct in the future. these are supported by tivimate on android so why not emby?

[Luke 37112]

We already send HLS to Emby clients, and the server is already capable of handling HLS sources.

[eeeeeesy 31]

yes but HLS segmenter and HLS direct i think is different from just regular HLS

[justinrh 174]

Just curious, @eeeeeesy, what problem does ErsatzTV solve for you in Emby?  It sounds like it is doing what Emby already does.  I guess I'm missing the purpose of it for Emby.

[eeeeeesy 31]

3 minutes ago, justinrh said:

Just curious, @eeeeeesy, what problem does ErsatzTV solve for you in Emby?  It sounds like it is doing what Emby already does.  I guess I'm missing the purpose of it for Emby.

the purpose of emby is to have everything in one app vod and live tv