Macburp 109 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) First, thanks for the app. When I got the NowTV box I was concerned that video over wifi would not be very good. I'm afraid that has proved to be the case. HD shows (MP4 files that have been converted from MKV to ensure compatibility with my Xbox extender) look no better than SD on my 32" Mirai LCD TV, while SD shows (AVI format) are blocky and drop frames. The MB server CPU is not high spec - Intel Pentium @2.6Ghz, scores 1908 on cpubenchmarking.net - but should be good enough. The NowTV box is about 10ft from the router with one wall in the way. I do have the encode bit rates turned up high on the NowTV - would this have any impact? Thoughts are welcome on how to improve PQ. My missus wants her extender back tia Edited May 25, 2014 by Macburp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikuf 663 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Some Log files would be helpful here - transcode log (if there is one) and a server log in debug mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macburp 109 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Sorry for the delay in replying to this. I tried playing a SD avi and an HD mp4 file for 2-3 minutes each. Only the SD file was transcoded. Logs - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22367822/server-63537286495.txt https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22367822/transcode-8f8e88e5-aa94-4ac6-a310-b231ca825c49.txt I have for some reason set video quality to 20Mb HD. God knows why, will experiment with a lower bit rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macburp 109 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) So I tried to play the same files as above with reduced bit rate - in this case 1.3Mbit/s. The HD file looked a lot better, but the SD one looked worse. As the missus watches Neighbours in SD I'd really love some help Transcode log for the SD File that looks worse - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22367822/transcode-ed66dd57-269c-4df1-a36e-88ecd76b4731.txt Edited June 2, 2014 by Macburp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macburp 109 Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Any chance of someone looking at this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36991 Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 can you post the media info from the web client ,for both videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macburp 109 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 This is the HD file - Video Codec H264 Profile Main Level 40 Resolution 1280x720 Aspect Ratio 16:9 Interlaced No Framerate 23.97488 Bitrate 999 kbps Bit Depth 8 bit Pixel Format yuv420p Audio Language eng Codec AAC Layout stereo Bitrate 159 kbps Sample Rate 48000 khz Default Yes Size 484 MB Path \\HIGHVIEW\Video\Breaking Bad\Season 1\Breaking.bad.s01e01.720p.bluray.x264-ctrlhd (1)-1.mp4 This is the SD file - Video Codec MPEG4 Profile Advanced Simple Profile Level 5 Resolution 624x352 Aspect Ratio 3315:1826 Interlaced No Framerate 25 Bitrate 1093 kbps Bit Depth 8 bit Pixel Format yuv420p Audio Codec MP3 Layout stereo Bitrate 129 kbps Sample Rate 48000 khz Default No Size 176 MB Path \\HIGHVIEW\Video\Neighbours\Season 29\s29e190 - Neighbours - Episode 6740 (27th September 2013) [PDTV (XviD)].avi Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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