chef 3745 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Quick question before I press the purchase button on Amazon. Is this true: If I switch the emby cache save location to an SSD, I will most likely experience faster load times in emby. Is this also true: Running my OS and the emby server from SSD will most likely increase load speeds from my server. Thanks very much in advance. Chef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Some swear by it, others not. Since the cached stuff is cached (by definition in memory), I don't see how it could make a difference unless youi're constantly adding new media to your library and clicking around... so ymmv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 Many thanks sir. I think I'll wait until my main drive dies before investing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche 174 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) I'm running an SSD drive strictly for emby's cache, metadata and transcoding temp folder. I really don't see a big difference, but it might help my users when it comes to transcoding (accessing files), but that is just my own theory. Edited September 29, 2018 by arche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I'm running an SSD drive strictly for emby's cache, metadata and transcoding temp folder. I really don't see a big difference, but it might help my users when it comes to transcoding (accessing files), but that is just my own theory. But that's mostly for transcoding. I definitely suggest getting an SSD for a transcode drive. Low latency makes a difference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 Since I'm using Xbox one in my living roon, most of my content is transcoded. There isn't a huge issue for me, but I've lowered bitrates from streaming to my users and I do find load times over the internet is slower. Probably to be expected though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) Okay, what about utilizing RAM as a transcode folder by allocating some gigs as a RAM disk? Do you think that is a good idea fellas?? Edited September 29, 2018 by chef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Okay, what about utilizing RAM as a transcode folder by allocating some gigs as a RAM disk? Do you think that is a good idea fellas?? Why? is there an issue somewhere? I use basic magnetic platters for everything and have had no complaints in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) The only problem I seem to have is that when transcoding (this is over my sub network) the stream catches up to the transcoded endpoint to quickly and the loading circle appears. This doesn't cause playback to stop or pause. It just flashes on the screen. I'm transcoding with an i7 quad core chip. My settings have been maxed out in emby and yet the stream meets the tracode limit serveral times throughout the viewing of a movie. That lead me to believe that perhaps there was something else throttling my experience somewhere. Maybe read and write times of my drives. Edited September 29, 2018 by chef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 That just sounds like it isn't transcoding fast enough. Post your transcode log. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 That just sounds like it isn't transcoding fast enough. Post your transcode log. I'll have to find one. Last night it was happening a little more then usual. Thank you for your help Be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmind11 717 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 yeah need a log. what are you transcoding? Guessing something 4k since my 8 year old Xeon is generally 40% ahead of playback on 1080p content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arche 174 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 The only problem I seem to have is that when transcoding (this is over my sub network) the stream catches up to the transcoded endpoint to quickly and the loading circle appears. This doesn't cause playback to stop or pause. It just flashes on the screen. I'm transcoding with an i7 quad core chip. My settings have been maxed out in emby and yet the stream meets the tracode limit serveral times throughout the viewing of a movie. That lead me to believe that perhaps there was something else throttling my experience somewhere. Maybe read and write times of my drives. This seems to be happening to me mostly on the lastest couple of betas, seems the transcode is only staying about 5-10% ahead of the video playing. I just haven't been around to grab a log. Are you on a beta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 So how I fixed this was to switch all my transcoding options to auto and default settings I had switched the encoder to "slow" to try and get a better quality, but in the end it was just to slow to keep up with the stream. One setting I did change was maxing out all threads and cores while transcoding. I have yet to see the loading circle. Perhaps there could be a core change where the condition of having a slower encoding could stop the loader from showing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8218 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 So how I fixed this was to switch all my transcoding options to auto and default settings I had switched the encoder to "slow" to try and get a better quality, but in the end it was just to slow to keep up with the stream. One setting I did change was maxing out all threads and cores while transcoding. I have yet to see the loading circle. Perhaps there could be a core change where the condition of having a slower encoding could stop the loader from showing? What was the thread count set to when you were encoding "slow"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 It was set to "Max" as well. Unfortunately, I spoke to soon. There are still instances when transcoding media to the Xbox one theater where the loading circle becomes visible. No inruptions in playback, but the circle appears for one full rotation and disappears. I forgot to post logs. I intend to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 What processor are you transcoding with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef 3745 Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 Core i7 4790. It is over clocked to 3.4 GHz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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