Croll12 3 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I have suspicions my ISP is throttling my connection so I am using a VPN on my server and transcoding Live TV. Everything is working great and I would like to do the same with the strm files I setup for VOD content. I see a lot of posts where it was previously always transcoding and they wanted it direct played, unfortunately that is the opposite of what I am trying to do. Is this possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hi, just curious of the underlying reason, is the bitrate too high, or is the format not compatible? The store app should always be routing through Emby Server regardless for strm files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 When I look at the status from the server dashboard, it says direct playing. I would like it to be transcoded so the stream is over the vpn connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 It should still be going through emby server. can you attach the emby server log? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Attached. Looking through it, it does say no direct stream available. If that's the case, why does it show Direct Play on the server dashboard? serverLog.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Ok, looks like it might actually be direct playing to the remote url, which for the store app we never want to do. @@ebr will review this, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horstepipe 356 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 (edited) Ok, looks like it might actually be direct playing to the remote url, which for the store app we never want to do. @@ebr will review this, thanks. Why do you never want it doing so? Edited April 9, 2018 by horstepipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 See original post. My ISP is throttling my connection. Having it transcoded will use the VPN tunnel for the streaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14947 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hi. Can you please play one of these and then send a log from the app? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Will do. Will have to be later when I get home from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Why do you never want it doing so? The store apps will always go through Emby Server for remote content, but that doesn't mean it will be transcoding. It can still direct stream when doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted April 9, 2018 Author Share Posted April 9, 2018 Log files just sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Thanks. We'll see what @@ebr thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14947 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Thanks. This should be fixed in the next beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Great, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Beta for Emby Server or Fire TV App? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14947 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 The next beta of the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Any update here? It's been quite a while and my app updated but there still is no transcoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Any update here? It's been quite a while and my app updated but there still is no transcoding. Hi, are you experiencing a playback problem? Can you please discuss that? Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Back in April @@ebr mentioned transcoding of strm files will be fixed in the next beta version for the Fire TV. It has been two months and I haven't noticed a difference. Wondering when this will get done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14947 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Back in April @@ebr mentioned transcoding of strm files will be fixed in the next beta version for the Fire TV. It has been two months and I haven't noticed a difference. Wondering when this will get done. What, exactly, do you mean by "fixed". What isn't working properly? Are the items playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 See post #14. FireTV is direct playing strm files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Our goal is to get your content playing. We're not tied to any particular play method. Can we please look at an example? Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croll12 3 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 I have already done all this. If you read the previous posts in this topic, logs files were submitted and the issue was found. It was also mentioned this would be resolved in the next Fire TV beta update. I am asking if this is done since it has been a few months and I haven’t seen any changes on my devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37156 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 The reason I'm asking for it again is so that we can see the differences with the latest versions. We don't think the app will be direct playing anymore but if it is we will need to look at logging to find out why. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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