jordy 284 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 (edited) Hi, I haven't used Ember for a while but am going away for a few days and thought I'd use it to sync some eps for offline usage as I don't have a great upload speed from home and limited mobile data anyway. I set up sync for a TV series with 10 eps. A couple of things I've noticed: Sync will not start if Ember is not "On Screen" If Ember is on screen, sync of the first un-synced file will commence and not stop until finished even though I might minimise Ember and do other stuff whilst it happening. BUT, Ember will not start the next file until I maximise Ember again, and so it repeats until the sync is complete. IIRC, there used to be a menu item titled "Offline" for synced items - this is no longer there. Synced items used to have a "Synced" icon on their images to advise that they were available offline - this is no longer there per 3 & 4 above - how then is the user supposed to know what he has on the machine for offline playback? If i have any problems with playback whilst I'm offline I'll let you know... cheers EDIT: Ok just re-started Ember and item 3 is resolved - the "Offline" Menu item is back. Must be enabled only when synced files are available? Edited December 25, 2016 by jordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ok, some follow up. First up, I'm using a Surface Pro 3 i5 with Win10 Pro fully updated to Anniversary edition, No changes to codec settings or packs etc. On my first attempt to play the synced files Ember would not play them at all it just exited with no explanation or error msg. That was with the internet available. So I turned off the internet and restarted Ember, This time it showed me a list of known servers and an Offline option. I chose Offline and was then asked to log on. I was then able to play the file, but it was out of sync with Video ahead of Audio. I could not rectify this at all. As a test I loaded up VLC and played it with the default settings (no sync adjustment) - it played fine no sync problems at all. After playing the first file I tried Ember again but still out of sync. I guess there is still some work to do... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 (edited) @@7illusions, seeing as you've been around on the forum in the last few hours, I thought I'd give this a bump. Have you looked at the issues noted above? Edited January 6, 2017 by jordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 @@7illusions, seeing as you've been around on the forum in the last few hours, I thought I'd give this a bump. Have you looked at the issues noted above? Sorry, this issue slipped my mind. I will do some investigation and report back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) Just for comparison purposes... I am aware that VLC will pretty much play anything you throw at it using it's own built in codecs. So, I played the same file with the built in Windows 10 "Films & TV" app which, I'm assuming, will use the same windows default codecs as Ember (correct me if I'm wrong on this) and it played perfectly - as it does in VLC and ET Desktop app - no A/V sync issues. cheers EDIT: I should also add that the files were synced as "Original" quality. Edited January 8, 2017 by jordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) @@Luke, @@7illusions, Can you guys tell me why a Sync job (initiated from the server) will not start unless the application is open and in focus on the receiving machine please? IMHO, it shouldn't be necessary and is a pia. Surely all you need is for the receiving machine/phone/tablet to be online at the time, then files are transferred across and a server flag is set for the receiving app (Android, Ember, ET - soon I hope, etc) to look in their sync folder and pick them up when it next starts. Comments please EDIT: Update it doesn't have to be in focus as the sync job finished whilst I was writing this on the receiving machine. BUT the App still needs to be open else nothing happens... Edited January 13, 2017 by jordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36884 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 The android app does not need to be running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Ok but Ember does. And that's the only way I can sync to my surface pro 3. It's very annoying. Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 It's fixed in the upcoming release. The background workers was disabled a while ago since it caused some strange issues and I didn't have the time to sort it then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 It's fixed in the upcoming release. The background workers was disabled a while ago since it caused some strange issues and I didn't have the time to sort it then.Did you manage to have a look at the playback issue for MKV files? Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7illusions 1249 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Did you manage to have a look at the playback issue for MKV files? Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Tapatalk Can you make sure that you jhave this update installed and then try again: https://mspoweruser.com/windows-10-build-14393-693-now-available-users-pcs-mobile/ It addresses quite a lot of playback issues in Media Foundation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Can you make sure that you jhave this update installed and then try again: https://mspoweruser.com/windows-10-build-14393-693-now-available-users-pcs-mobile/ It addresses quite a lot of playback issues in Media Foundation Yeah, that got installed yesterday. I'll test and let you know. Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) Yeah, that got installed yesterday. I'll test and let you know. Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Tapatalk Hey @@7illusions, no good. Playback is stuttery and because of that it's difficult to say whether the audio is out of sync or not. File is MKV @720p - h264 / AC3 5.1 Will post media info details shortly. EDIT: add MediaInfo: Sent from my HUAWEI MT7-L09 using Tapatalk Edited January 13, 2017 by jordy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy 284 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Just to confirm the requested update has been installed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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