shudder 1 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 It seems that when streaming with CC, the max video bitrate is fixed to 10Mbps. Is there a way for me to increase this limitation for testing purposes? I already had a look at the code but wasn't quite sure where the limitation is set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37260 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 No because anything over 11 and Chromecast will lock up and crash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shudder 1 Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Are you sure? If that's the case, this seems to be specific to MB. Plex has set a hard limit of 12Mbps but people have been able to cast 20+ Mbps with CC just fine. Maybe it would be worth reconsidering this limitation again. I meanwhile understood that one can not easily edit this limitation as it is set within the chromecast receiver app. If somebody is interested in how a user tweaked Plex to overcome the 12Mbps limit, the following article is definitely worth reading: https://www.andrewmunsell.com/blog/reducing-transcoding-on-chromecast-from-plex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37260 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 12 is fine but I don't see much need to go beyond if the device doesn't support it. Who will answer user questions when people ask why it stutters at 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shudder 1 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Who will answer user questions when people ask why it stutters at 20? That's one good point but could be avoided by making the CC bitrate option configurable. Would it be an option to let the admin account set a certain bitrate limitation? However, I can't estimate the effort it needs to implemt such change and I'm not capable of doing it on my own either. You guys at MB are doing a great job and for sure you are busy enough with other things already. The only thing that kept me pushing on this topic is that I felt that we currently do not use the full power that CC has to offer. @@Luke Thanks for increasing the limit from 10 to 12Mbps already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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