Movies stop playing early.

[King Pin 32]

Not sure if this should be in Windows or Qnap sections since I run Emby on a Qnap server.  

 

Last 4 movies I have streamed to my tv with Chromecast dongle, War Dogs, The Paperboy, Jack Reacher and Game night have all stopped early.  Except for war dogs the other 3 stopped with roughly 20 minutes left.  War Dogs stopped half way through.  

Screen goes back to the Green Emby sign with my different movies changing in the background. 

 

Equipment: 

• Qnap TVS-882T
• Desktop Computer running WIn 7 hardwired to router and NAS
• tv with chromecast dongle wifi
• All movies in .mkv format

 

I go to Emby on my desktop pick a movie and stream it to one of my tv's.  

Happened with Emby 4.2 and now with Emby 4.3 

 

I attached the last 3 log files on my screen.  

not sure if they are the right ones. 

 

 

embyserver.txt

embyserver-63710150400.txt

ffmpeg-remux-7450483d-4acf-4793-9731-64ea39fbb2ee_1.txt

[Luke 40121]

Hi there, what model Chromecast?

[King Pin 32]

2nd generation HD  

 

I haven't had any issues previously just lately.  

[Luke 40121]

Can you try lowering the Chromecast quality setting in the casting app? This could be a sign the bitrate is too high. Thanks.

[King Pin 32]

Not sure what you mean by the casting app.  

I stream these directly from my desktop not my phone or tablet.  

 

Pic attached.  

 

[Luke 40121]

 

 

I stream these directly from my desktop not my phone or tablet.  

 

These are the casting apps.

[King Pin 32]

So you would like me to change from "Auto" to something like 1080p 8mbps? 

[Luke 40121]

Correct yes. The default behavior on the local network is to just go as high as possible to avoid transcoding, but sometimes for Chromecast that can be a little too much.

[King Pin 32]

Thanks I'll give it a try tonight.  

[Luke 40121]

Let us know how you get on. Thanks.

[King Pin 32]

Let us know how you get on. Thanks.

 

Looks like you were right. 

The last 2 movies I watched since lowering the streaming quality have played in full. 

Thank you so much! 

[Luke 40121]

Thanks for the feedback !