elgandino 1 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I have only just started using Emby but noticed a problem and wondered if other people have the same problem. Im using emby server on Windows, IOS app to cast to Chromecast on my TV When i cast a movie the aspect ratio is fine 16.9 with black bars which it should If the first thing i cast is a TV show its fine with 16.9 with black bars but if i stop it and cast another TV show its full screen and stretchs the image. Unless i turn the casting off and restart chromecast all TV shows are full screen and its anoying. It seems like i can only watch 1 episode of TV if thats the first thing i cast. But strange things is all Movies stay as the correct aspect ratio, when i check the information for all TV shows and Movies they are the same 16.9 Is there a setting im missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Just did another test, i watched a film on my TV using my usual WDTV media player, and the film was fine with full Widescreen with Black bars on top and bottom. Watched the same film on chromecast via Emby and it has zoomed in so im missing the left and right of the film. I must be doing something wrong why wont it play in the default normal Radio that the film is in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Do you know if they're direct playing on the chromecast or transcoding? if you don't know, then you could just see here to provide additional information: http://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/739-how-to-report-a-problem/ Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 I don't know I'll see if I can get logs. Is that from the server or the ios app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 The server. See link in previous post. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Here is my server log i also noticed that all the other logs say transcode does that mean they the files are being transcoded and not direct play? Is it something to do with the bitrates. my App settings are Max streaming bitrate - auto Max chromecast bitrate - 10mbps Enable chromecaste ac3 passthrough - yes hope this helps server-63588476590.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 @@shorty1483 have you ever seen this? @@elgandino, is it possible for you to provide us with a sample file? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Sample of what as its basically every tv show i have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty1483 453 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 No, @@Luke. Just watched some stuff at the Weekend and the resolutions are as they should. But I will recheck tonight after work. Perhaps some weird Overscan Setting in TV @@elgandino ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) with chrome cast i don't think i can change the TV resolution settings. i have a samsung 40" tv and its always set to auto or 16:9 Also how do i know if its direct play or not? is it better to direct play then transcode? do i need to change settings to testthis? Edited January 19, 2016 by elgandino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty1483 453 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 with chrome cast i don't think i can change the TV resolution settings. i have a samsung 40" tv and its always set to auto or 16:9 Also how do i know if its direct play or not? is it better to direct play then transcode? do i need to change settings to testthis? 1. You can check in Server Dashboard. Maximum for CC is Direct Streaming. 2. For sure Direct Playing or Streaming is better for server, no CPU power, full quality of the file. 3. Which Samsung Series are you using? If it's E-Series or newer, you could use the Samsung app. 4. Lots of TV's have the option the scale the TV picture to the viewers delight (e.g. cropping of the sides to eliminate the black bars in 21:9 movies. This has nothing to do with the CC. That was just my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty1483 453 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Ok did a recheck and i cannot repoduce the issue. Are you sure the TV Shows which are not scaling proper are 2.40:1 scaled? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 ill do more testing, 1. You can check in Server Dashboard. Maximum for CC is Direct Streaming. How can i check this and how do i know if its direct streaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Here is the details of a file that i watched while streaming from the ios app to chromecast There is also a transcoding log so im guessing its being transcoded and not direct streamed This was full scrren with no black bars, when i watch the same file on my media player direct its correct widescreen format How can i make it direct stream? Will that fix the issue with the aspect ratio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The media info is cut off at the bottom. Can you please supply the rest as well as the transcoding log? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Actually the transcoding log should be enough because it has the media info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 here are my logs, hopefully this will help the problem i have server-63589612616.txt transcode-aff3224c-c559-40c5-86d6-e118f434e840.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 it's stream copying the video as-is without transcoding. only the audio is being transcoded. So the server is not modfying the video stream in any way. Also I would update to the latest version of emby server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 @ I've made the change. Please reboot your CC and let me know if you see the audio popping when transcoding audio to aac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty1483 453 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 @ I've made the change. Please reboot your CC and let me know if you see the audio popping when transcoding audio to aac. Sadly, the crackling/audio popping is back when Server transcodes to aac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Yup, just reverted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 @ i've updated chromecast to use ac3 as the transcoding audio codec, which means now you at least get ac3 when for example dts isn't supported. this is relying on CC detecting ac3 support which as i recall doesn't work when plugged into your TV, but it does with your receiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorty1483 453 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 @@Luke Now everything's working again. I don't know what was the problem the one time in the past, b ut my TV itself is capable of AC3 (also Multichannel). Everything's working now DTS/MP3toAC3 and Passthrough, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37119 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgandino 1 Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 so basically this isnt helping that i still cant get the aspect ratio correct then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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