EduardoSantos 40 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hi, Though my MediaBrowser app on Roku is set to 20.0Mbps, any movies with bitrate above 14 get transcoded. Is this the expected behavior? What would be the maximum bitrate supported by Roku direct play? I have browsed the forum but did not find any mention of transcoding due to this scenario. As a test I joined audio streams of the suspect movie files (the ones with higher bitrates) to low video bitrates and they got played directly. Also as a test I extracted the audio streams and left only the high bitrate video streams: movies get transcoded. I am running app version 1.78 and server version 3.0.5490.2. Does anybody confirm this behavior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 there are other reasons why it may transcode...container, audio, ref frames, anamorphic, resolution, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Cameron 40 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I agree with Luke, I have movies that are 20Mbps and they don't transcode on my Roku 3. All my movies are Mp4 H264 with AAC audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Luke, Thanks for the quick answer. But let me see if I got it right: video bitrates above 14.0 would be supported on roku IF other aspects were ok. Is that correct? Would you see any aspect on the mediainfo of such a file that would cause the transcode? Geral Unique ID : 246989269295516406619275402468352192452 (0xB9D06728E6C1F8ADACA42C99E4F1EFC4) Complete name : \\W-EDUARDO-WEI\Videos\Filmes\The Trouble with Harry (1955)\The Trouble with Harry (1955).mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 2 File size : 14.2 GiB Duration : 1h 39mn Overall bit rate mode : Variável Overall bit rate : 20.4 Mbps Movie name : The Trouble with Harry (1955) Encoded date : UTC 2015-02-03 16:09:51 Writing application : mkvmerge v5.6.0 ('Kenya Kane') built on May 27 2012 16:44:04 Writing library : libebml v1.2.3 + libmatroska v1.3.0 Vídeo ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Sim Format settings, ReFrames : 4 quadros Muxing mode : Header stripping Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 1h 39mn Nominal bit rate : 18.6 Mbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 040 pixels Display aspect ratio : 1.85:1 Frame rate mode : TConstante Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressivo Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.390 Title : The Trouble with Harry (1955) Writing library : x264 core 129 r2230+696+36 4446aa2 tMod+MixAQ [8-bit@4:2:0 X86_64] Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=11 / psy=1 / fade_compensate=0.00 / psy_rd=1.05:0.10 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=64 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=5 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / fgo=0 / bframes=12 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=600 / keyint_min=1 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=2pass / mbtree=0 / bitrate=18649 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.70 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=3 / aq-strength=0.85 / aq-sensitivity=10.00 / aq-ifactor=1.00 / aq-pfactor=1.00 / aq-bfactor=1.00 / aq2=0 Language : Inglês Default : Sim Forced : Não Áudio ID : 2 Format : DTS Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems Format profile : MA / Core Mode : 16 Format settings, Endianness : Big Muxing mode : Header stripping Codec ID : A_DTS Duration : 1h 39mn Bit rate mode : Variável Bit rate : Desconhecido / 1 509 Kbps Channel(s) : 2 canais Channel positions : Front: L R Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 24 bits Compression mode : / Lossy Title : English Language : Inglês Default : Sim Forced : Não Texto ID : 3 Format : UTF-8 Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8 Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text Title : Português Language : Português Default : Não Forced : Não Edited February 4, 2015 by EduardoSantos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 if you install the zip file you can get a roku log to find out why exactly. instructions are in the roku wiki section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8139 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 You total bit rate is higher then set max bit rate. Taxa de Bits Total : 20.4 Mbps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Ah, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8139 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 @@EduardoSantos - Since Max Bit rate have been expanded have you tried changing it to 30 Mbps in preferences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Ok! Thanks everybody. I'll check the other files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) @@EduardoSantos - Since Max Bit rate have been expanded have you tried changing it to 30 Mbps in preferences I think this option will only be available on the new app version (1.79). I will wait to see if it does the trick... Edited February 5, 2015 by EduardoSantos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardoSantos 40 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 It worked! It plays directly with the new 30mbps config. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36881 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farside847 39 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Amazing that this little box with MB can play 20mbps video. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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