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Deuce911

First of all Awesome Product, now I have what may be a simple question,  I have a file that is direct playing on the Surface that is 1080p but it is buffering from what I think is not enough bandwidth, a 720p file direct plays fine.  So what I need to know is how can I get the system to transcode it so it requires less bandwidth and will play fine.  I have tried setting the streaming options but it had no effect due to what I think is since it is directly playing the file it is ignoring those settings.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

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7illusions

the streaming settings should override the directplay option.

What if you change the streaming to 480p 1.5mbps, will it still directplay?

 

Also, worth noting is that you must change the setting before you start playback.

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Deuce911

480-1.5 works and it transcodes, 720-5 still direct plays.

 

Not sure why.

 

Sent from my Nokia Windows Phone using Tapatalk

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7illusions

It shouldn't, unless I've made a mistake somewhere along the way.

What about 4.5 - 7.2 Mbps and the lowest of the 720p settings?

It could be that I evaluate the resolution wrongly..

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Deuce911

All of the 480p ones cause it to transcode, all 720 & 1080 settings direct play.

 

Sent from my Nokia Windows Phone using Tapatalk

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7illusions

Do you think you could get me the movie details? Codecs, width, height, bit rates etc?

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Hope this helps.

General
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Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42
File size                                : 1.52 GiB
Duration                                 : 43mn 48s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 4 956 Kbps
Collection                               : 24
Season                                   : 9
Album                                    : 24
Album/Performer                          : 24
Part                                     : 2
Track name                               : Live Another Day ~  12 ~ 00 P.M. - 1 ~ 00 P.M.
Track name/Position                      : 2
Genre                                    : Action
ContentType                              : TV Show
Description                              : Jack and Chloe are on the trail of a hacker who might lead them to whoever is behind an assassination attempt on President Heller... but Kate is hot on Jack's trail.
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Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-05-06 13:41:21
Tagged date                              : UTC 2014-05-06 14:24:03
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Cover                                    : Yes
TVNetworkName                            : FOX

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Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
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Tagged date                              : UTC 2014-05-06 14:24:03
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Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-05-06 13:41:21
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Audio #2
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Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 43mn 48s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 160 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 211 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 50.1 MiB (3%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-05-06 13:41:21
Tagged date                              : UTC 2014-05-06 14:24:03

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