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EduardoSantos

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EduardoSantos

Hi,

 

Some movies are being transcoded by Emby when playing to a Roku3. Problem is these same movies were not transcoded when playing to this same Roku some time ago.

 

Roku is hooked to a receiver and, thus, has DD/DTS passthrough enabled.

Passthru works on various movies when they get directly played.

 

Maximum bitrate on Roku is set to 30.

 

This is the mediainfo of one of these movies:

General
Unique ID                                : 176864499973909610004582734147649503017 (0x850EDD18D0677F98B96AA186F8F37F29)
Complete name                            : \\W-EDUARDO-WEI\Videos\Filmes\The Avengers (2012)\The Avengers (2012).mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 2
File size                                : 18.3 GiB
Duration                                 : 2h 22mn
Overall bit rate                         : 18.3 Mbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-11-11 21:35:05
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

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L5
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 5 frames
Muxing mode                              : Header stripping
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 2h 22mn
Bit rate                                 : 17.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.342
Stream size                              : 16.4 GiB (90%)
Title                                    : The Avengers (2012)
Writing library                          : x264 core 120
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=17000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Mode                                     : 16
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Muxing mode                              : Header stripping
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 2h 22mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : 11ms
Stream size                              : 1.51 GiB (8%)
Title                                    : English
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Text
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : UTF-8
Codec ID                                 : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info                            : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title                                    : Português
Language                                 : Portuguese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

Is there other config to check? Should I attach server logs?

 

Thanks

 
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Its the level 5. The official app transcodes anything over level 4.1. The emby blue neon night theme has direct-play support for level 5 and 5.1 btw, the official app hasn't yet.

 

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@@EduardoSantos

 

Did you remember to open preferences and set the video quality bitrate to 30Mbps again? Apps cannot access another apps registry, a security thing.

 

Overall bit rate : 18.3 Mbps

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EduardoSantos

Thanks Luke. I will grab a log.

 

But it seems to me this server's version is transcoding more frequently than before.

Were there any changes on the decision logic?

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Attached server log with transcoding debug enabled.

 

Log was generated by Emby's default Roku App trying to play the above mentioned file.

 

 

logs.zip

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I think I got something really good on this problem.

 

You see... This same movie, for which I attached the server log, has both mkv stream subtitles and a SRT file.

When Roku app requests the movie to be streamed, server picks up the mkv subtitle.

Movie doesn't even play both on Emby's Roku default app and on blue neon night app.

 

When I manually select the spare SRT file, film plays on Emby's default roku app but it gets transcoded.

When I manually select the spare SRT file, film plays on Blue Neon Night Roku app directly.

 

Also a bunch of other films which are transcoded when played by Emby's Roku default app will directly play when I select the spare SRT file.

Also, when I select external subtitles and the movie gets transcoded, the stream starts almost instantly but when mkv subtiles are selected by default, stream takes long to initiate.

 

It seems there is a problem with embedded mkv subtitles...

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For the transcoding path?

 

No your media paths. But this doesn't look like it matters from your previous post.

 

 

When I manually select the spare SRT file, film plays on Emby's default roku app but it gets transcoded.

When I manually select the spare SRT file, film plays on Blue Neon Night Roku app directly.

Some of that is do the Blue Neon Night Roku app has different play capabilities like High@L5.

 

Googling this looks like Plex is having the same issues.

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EduardoSantos

 

No your media paths. But this doesn't look like it matters from your previous post.

 

 

Some of that is do the Blue Neon Night Roku app has different play capabilities like High@L5.

 

Googling this looks like Plex is having the same issues.

 

This seems ok to me. problem seems to be related to internal embedded subs...

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@@Luke yes, .srt in mkv is.

 

But what is happening, possibly. Which way are they trying to get subtitles? There are two ways on the roku.

 

1) Before you play the video, choose "audio & subtitles" then you can choose which becomes used. This will not prevent transcoding, and could induce it.

 

2) just play the video. Do not choose "audio & subtitles" ever. Just hit play and it will direct-play. When the video is playing, press * and choose a caption. You must have captions enabled to see them. This works with embedded and external srt subs.

 

@@EduardoSantos

 

Which way are you using 1 or 2? I am assuming by presence of the transcoding log it is 1. Try the other way. These are .srt subs embedded?

 

 

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just srt? does it support any others?

This was the last conversation ( http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?p=414984 ) and it starts to get fuzzy, if even roku knows what is and isn't supported. But can confirm embedded srt in mkv is with option 2, multiple srt support direct-play.

 

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Ok. I didn't know it was supported, so try out the update to the zip install that i just pushed.

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@@EduardoSantos

 

Which way are you using 1 or 2? I am assuming by presence of the transcoding log it is 1. Try the other way. These are .srt subs embedded?

 

 

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All my mkv movies have both subtitles: mkv embedded and a separate .SRT file.

 

Most of the times I play the movie without selecting anything, so what happens is that the embedded SRT subs are shown. On this mode the subtitles are sent to Roku in such a way that Roku renders the subtitles (which are originally embedded on the MKV).

 

On some movies (like the one I sent the mediainfo and server logs) not selecting anything causes transcoding and then, subtitles are sent printed on the image. These subtitles are originally embedded  on the mkv but something causes transcoding.

 

I know the sample movie I sent has to be transcoded anyway in order to be played by the default Roku app. But there are many others that do not have to be transcoded and actually they play without transcoding when I select external subtitles on Roku. As I understand there is some kind of problem on the transcoding decision logic that makes these movies to be transcoded when played without selecting the separate SRT file.

On these movies if I select the separate SRT file, they play without transcoding.

 

Below a mediainfo of one of these movies: it gets transcoded only when external subtitles are not selected.

General
Unique ID                                : 209888645776082727567681677829735618986 (0x9DE71531A3F98E28A23565E2E58299AA)
Complete name                            : \\W-EDUARDO-WEI\Videos\Filmes 1\O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)\O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000).mkv
Format                                   : Matroska
Format version                           : Version 4 / Version 2
File size                                : 7.65 GiB
Duration                                 : 1h 47mn
Overall bit rate                         : 10.2 Mbps
Movie name                               : O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
Encoded date                             : UTC 2015-10-04 17:57:53
Writing application                      : mkvmerge v7.9.0 ('Birds') 64bit
Writing library                          : libebml v1.3.1 + libmatroska v1.4.2

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 5 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1h 47mn
Bit rate                                 : 8 714 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 824 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.230
Stream size                              : 6.37 GiB (83%)
Title                                    : O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)
Writing library                          : x264 core 116 r2074 2641b9e
Encoding settings                        : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=240 / keyint_min=24 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=8714 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Mode                                     : 16
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 1h 47mn
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.13 GiB (15%)
Title                                    : English
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

Text
ID                                       : 3
Format                                   : UTF-8
Codec ID                                 : S_TEXT/UTF8
Codec ID/Info                            : UTF-8 Plain Text
Title                                    : Português
Language                                 : Portuguese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No

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Luke, it works for me. :)

 

Choosing embedded srt from "audio & subtitles" now direct plays. Same as pressing * when direct-play and choose the subtitle would do. The expected behavior. :) :)

 

Was waiting for Eduardo to reply, but in his absense I can confirm this fixes the problem with inducing transcoding.

 

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Sorry, I was supposed to install the zip on the Roku? I did not get...

Shall I install it from the beta channel?

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