eric859 1 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I have a roku stick using the emby app to watch live tv. It buffers a lot probably because it's a little far from the router. Can I setup Emby to transcode the m3u and hdhomerun prime live tv so I can lower the mb/s? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Hi. Yes, just set the bitrate to a lower value in the Roku app settings (under Video Quality settings). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewoliver 1 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Along the same lines, is there a way to set a default value for streaming (as a max)? Some of my channels try to play at 1080p/60Mbit and my server, network, and clients are all incapable of anything approaching that level of quality. I'd like to force it to something more like 1080p/4Mbit maximum. - Evan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Along the same lines, is there a way to set a default value for streaming (as a max)? Some of my channels try to play at 1080p/60Mbit and my server, network, and clients are all incapable of anything approaching that level of quality. I'd like to force it to something more like 1080p/4Mbit maximum. - Evan If you set the bitrate inside the app then it will apply to anything you play from that app on that device. does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewoliver 1 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 If you set the bitrate inside the app then it will apply to anything you play from that app on that device. does that help? Yeah. That's perfect, almost all of my viewing is on Roku. I can live with setting the quality manually for each stream on the few times I'm watching it on my PC. Thanks x100000 - Evan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37116 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Well every app has a bitrate setting do you don't need to set it every single time you play something. just go into the settings for that particular app. Just keep in mind that lowering the value will cause more server transcoding, which many find undesirable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewoliver 1 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Well every app has a bitrate setting do you don't need to set it every single time you play something. just go into the settings for that particular app. Just keep in mind that lowering the value will cause more server transcoding, which many find undesirable. I've been watching it in firefox via the web interface. I'll give the windows store app a try. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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