gwbaker 4 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Setup Emby Server for my elder mother for Live TV mostly using HD Homerun 4K. She is experiencing severe buffering at times watching recorded LiveTV. It is possible she is also recording shows while watching, but I get the typical old folks response that she does not know, just make it work. I think it is underpowered hardware, but not sure where to look in logs to decide. I am guessing I should start with a media drive upgrade because what she is using is too slow. But I don't want to throw uneducated money at it... PC HP Prodesk 600 Core i-5-6500, 3192 Mhz 4 Cores Nvidia GT 1030 installed Media drive - WD USB Elements USB (maybe 2.0) Diskmark - SEQ Read 89.68 MBsec SEQ Write 101.87 RND Read .55 RND Write 1.01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-Droid 670 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 What's installed for the boot drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14958 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 52 minutes ago, gwbaker said: but not sure where to look in logs to decide If ffmpeg logs are generated, look in them for the "fps" number. if that is showing below 30 it may indicate slow hardware. Make sure your transcoding temp folder is on a fast and direct connected drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycedk 396 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I might be wrong, but remember 1030 reading about transcoding issues or lack off. Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix | NVIDIA Developer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lessaj 81 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 (edited) Yes the 1030 is only capable of decode, not encode. But the i5 6500 has an HD 530 which should provide Quick Sync instead. Also those look like USB 3 speeds since USB 2 caps at 480 Mbps, or roughly 60 MB/s. Edited April 30 by Lessaj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbaker 4 Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 (edited) 9 hours ago, ebr said: If ffmpeg logs are generated, look in them for the "fps" number. if that is showing below 30 it may indicate slow hardware. Make sure your transcoding temp folder is on a fast and direct connected drive. If the transcode temporary path location is blank, does it default to the boot drive? DISREGARD, I found the transcode location was the boot drive. Frames are showing 150+ if I am reading it right. Edited April 30 by gwbaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37234 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 20 hours ago, gwbaker said: If the transcode temporary path location is blank, does it default to the boot drive? DISREGARD, I found the transcode location was the boot drive. Frames are showing 150+ if I am reading it right. Default is under the server data folder, which yes will usually be boot drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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