Is this FireTV really playing back at 658kbps?

[gene0915 37]

Just looking for help understanding something.

 

A friend of mine is streaming a movie from my Emby server. Stats from Plex for the movie in question:

Media

    Duration 1:23:25
    Bitrate 4421 kbps
    Width 1280
    Height 532
    Aspect Ratio 2.35
    Video Resolution 720p
    Container MKV
    Video Frame Rate 24p
    Video Profile main

Part

    Duration 1:23:25
    File Like a Boss (2020).mkv
    Size 2.58 GB
    Container MKV
    Video Profile main

    Codec H264
    Bitrate 4037 kbps
    Language English
    Bit Depth 8
    Chroma Location topleft
    Chroma Subsampling 4:2:0
    Color Primaries bt709
    Color Range tv
    Color Space bt709
    Color Trc bt709
    Frame Rate 23.976 fps
    Height 532
    Level 3.1
    Profile main
    Ref Frames 2
    Scan Type progressive
    Width 1280
    Display Title 720p (H.264)

    Codec AC3
    Channels 6
    Bitrate 384 kbps
    Language English
    Audio Channel Layout 5.1(side)
    Sampling Rate 48000 Hz
    Display Title English (AC3 5.1)

Snippet from the transcoding log:

2020-04-08 15:06:17.874
Emby Server version: 4.4.1.0
Operating system: Unix 4.15.0.96
Command Line: /opt/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/lib/emby -ffdetect /opt/emby-server/bin/ffdetect -ffmpeg /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -restartexitcode 3 -updatepackage emby-server-deb_{version}_amd64.deb

App: AndroidTv 1.7.92a
Joseph's Fire TV Stick

http://geneflix.asuscomm.com:8096/emby/videos/263849/hls1/main/0.ts?DeviceId=ad6ec94a930618a&MediaSourceId=ab7a1d7ef82cacc980f21fdcad8f308f&PlaySessionId=eaed82dfdd42491eaa96d2ea044be39c&api_key=021a558c0d7e4cdea578f7b4779f4c96&VideoCodec=h264,mpeg2video,hevc,h265&AudioCodec=aac_latm,mp4a_latm,ac3,eac3,aac,mp3&VideoBitrate=274504&AudioBitrate=384000&MaxHeight=2160&AudioStreamIndex=0&SubtitleMethod=Encode&CopyTimestamps=true&SegmentContainer=ts&MinSegments=2&BreakOnNonKeyFrames=True&ManifestSubtitles=vtt&h264-profile=high,main,baseline,constrainedbaseline&h264-level=41&hevc-profile=Main&aac_latm-audiochannels=8&mp4a_latm-audiochannels=8&ac3-audiochannels=8&eac3-audiochannels=8&aac-audiochannels=8&mp3-audiochannels=8&TranscodeReasons=ContainerBitrateExceedsLimit

{"Protocol":"File","Id":"ab7a1d7ef82cacc980f21fdcad8f308f","Path":"/mnt/md0/Movies/Like a Boss (2020)/Like a Boss (2020).mkv","Type":"Default","Container":"mkv","Size":2766930625,"Name":"Like a Boss","IsRemote":false,"RunTimeTicks":50050560000,"SupportsTranscoding":true,"SupportsDirectStream":true,"SupportsDirectPlay":true,"IsInfiniteStream":false,"RequiresOpening":false,"RequiresClosing":false,"RequiresLooping":false,"SupportsProbing":false,"MediaStreams":[{"Codec":"ac3","Language":"eng","TimeBase":"1/1000","CodecTimeBase":"1/48000","DisplayTitle":"English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Default)","DisplayLanguage":"English","IsInterlaced":false,"ChannelLayout":"5.1","BitRate":384000,"Channels":6,"SampleRate":48000,"IsDefault":true,"IsForced":false,"Type":"Audio","Index":0,"IsExternal":false,"IsTextSubtitleStream":false,"SupportsExternalStream":false,"Protocol":"File"},{"Codec":"h264","Language":"eng","ColorTransfer":"bt709","ColorPrimaries":"bt709","ColorSpace":"bt709","TimeBase":"1/1000","CodecTimeBase":"1001/48000","VideoRange":"SDR","DisplayTitle":"720p H264","DisplayLanguage":"English","NalLengthSize":"4","IsInterlaced":false,"IsAVC":true,"BitRate":4422616,"BitDepth":8,"RefFrames":1,"IsDefault":true,"IsForced":false,"Height":532,"Width":1280,"AverageFrameRate":23.976025,"RealFrameRate":23.976025,"Profile":"Main","Type":"Video","AspectRatio":"320:133","Index":1,"IsExternal":false,"IsTextSubtitleStream":false,"SupportsExternalStream":false,"Protocol":"File","PixelFormat":"yuv420p","Level":31,"IsAnamorphic":false}],"Formats":[],"Bitrate":4422616,"RequiredHttpHeaders":{},"ReadAtNativeFramerate":false}

>>>>>>  User policy for joe
        EnablePlaybackRemuxing: True
        EnableVideoPlaybackTranscoding: True
        EnableAudioPlaybackTranscoding: True

>>>>>>  Affected codecs
Encoder VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)
        Adapter #0: 'HD Graphics 630' Id:22802 (Driver: Intel iHD driver - 19.4.0, Vendor: Intel Corporation)
        Frame Sizes: 32x32...4096x4096
        Color Formats: NV12, P010
        Profiles: Main Profile (Level 6), High Profile (Level 6), Constrained Baseline Profile (Level 6)

Decoder VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)
        Adapter #0: 'HD Graphics 630' Id:22802 (Driver: Intel iHD driver - 19.4.0, Vendor: Intel Corporation)
        Frame Sizes: max 4096x4096
        Color Formats: NV12
        Profiles: Main Profile (Level 6), High Profile (Level 6), Constrained Baseline Profile (Level 6)


>>>>>>  FindVideoEncoder - Media: h264, UseHardwareCodecs: True, Mode: Automatic
Info    Checking: 'VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)'
Info    Check successful - selecting 'VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)'

>>>>>>  FindVideoDecoder - MediaType: h264, Mode: Automatic
Info    Checking: 'VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)'
Info    Check successful - selecting 'VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)'

>>>>>>  Processing Plan
Info    Name                                        CanDoInHardware      WillDoInHardware     Reason                                  
Info    VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)      >> True                 True                 Hardware Codec                           
Info    VideoInput                               >> True                 True                 Same adapter (/dev/dri/renderD128), s... 
Info    Scaling                                  >> True                 True                                                          
Info    VideoOutput                              >> True                 True                 Hardware encoder                         
Info    VAAPI HD Graphics 630 - H.264 (AVC)      >> True                 True                 Hardware Codec                           

>>>>>>  Projected Processing Formats
Info    Previous                HW-Context   Format       SW-Format       Next
Info    h264                 >> VAAPI        vaapi_vld    nv12         >> scale_vaapi
Info    scale_vaapi          >> VAAPI        vaapi_vld    nv12         >> 

>>>>>  Legacy Command

/opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -hwaccel vaapi -hwaccel_device /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel_output_format vaapi -f matroska -i file:"/mnt/md0/Movies/Like a Boss (2020)/Like a Boss (2020).mkv" -threads 0 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -sn -c:v:0 h264_vaapi -filter_complex "[0:1]scale_vaapi=w=426:h=176"  -b:v:0 274504 -maxrate 274504 -bufsize 549008 -profile:v:0 high -level:v:0 4.1 -g:v:0 72 -keyint_min:v:0 72 -sc_threshold:v:0 0  -copyts -vsync -1 -codec:a:0 copy -metadata:s:a:0 language=eng -disposition:a:0 default -f segment -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -start_at_zero -segment_time 3  -individual_header_trailer 0 -segment_format mpegts -segment_write_temp 1 -segment_list_type m3u8 -segment_start_number 0 -segment_list "/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34.m3u8" -y "/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34_%d.ts"

>>>>>  Actual Command

/opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -loglevel +timing -y -print_graphs_file /var/lib/emby/logs/ffmpeg-transcode-7376d230-f397-402a-b8c6-43f159502f28_1graph.txt -copyts -start_at_zero -f matroska,webm -c:v:0 h264 -hwaccel:v:0 vaapi -hwaccel_device:v:0 /dev/dri/renderD128 -hwaccel_output_format:v:0 vaapi -i "/mnt/md0/Movies/Like a Boss (2020)/Like a Boss (2020).mkv" -filter_complex "[0:1]scale_vaapi@f1=w=426:h=176[f1_out0]" -map [f1_out0] -map 0:0 -sn -c:v:0 h264_vaapi -b:v:0 274504 -g:v:0 72 -maxrate:v:0 274504 -bufsize:v:0 549008 -sc_threshold:v:0 0 -keyint_min:v:0 72 -profile:v:0 high -level:v:0 3 -c:a:0 copy -metadata:s:a:0 language=eng -disposition:a:0 default -max_delay 5000000 -avoid_negative_ts disabled -f segment -map_metadata -1 -map_chapters -1 -segment_format mpegts -segment_list /mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34.m3u8 -segment_list_type m3u8 -segment_time 3 -segment_start_number 0 -individual_header_trailer 0 -write_header_trailer 0 -segment_write_temp 1 "/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34_%d.ts"

15:06:17.903 ffmpeg version 4.3.0-emby_2020_02_24 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers and softworkz for Emby LLC
15:06:17.903   built with gcc 8.3.0 (crosstool-NG 1.24.0)
15:06:17.903 Execution Date: 2020-04-08 15:06:17
15:06:17.963 Input #0, matroska,webm, from '/mnt/md0/Movies/Like a Boss (2020)/Like a Boss (2020).mkv':
15:06:17.963   Metadata:
15:06:17.963     title           : Like a Boss (2020)
15:06:17.963     encoder         : libebml v1.3.9 + libmatroska v1.5.2
15:06:17.963     creation_time   : 2020-04-07T04:10:29.000000Z
15:06:17.963   Duration: 01:23:25.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4422 kb/s
15:06:17.963     Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 384 kb/s (default)
15:06:17.963     Metadata:
15:06:17.963       BPS-eng         : 384000
15:06:17.963       DURATION-eng    : 01:23:25.056000000
15:06:17.963       NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 156408
15:06:17.963       NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 240242688
15:06:17.963     Stream #0:1(eng): Video: h264 (Main), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 1280x532 [SAR 1:1 DAR 320:133], Level 31, 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 2k tbc, Start-Time 0.042s (default)
15:06:17.963     Metadata:
15:06:17.963       BPS-eng         : 4036814
15:06:17.963       DURATION-eng    : 01:23:25.000000000
15:06:17.963       NUMBER_OF_FRAMES-eng: 120000
15:06:17.963       NUMBER_OF_BYTES-eng: 2525532240
15:06:17.986 Stream mapping:
15:06:17.986   Stream #0:1 (h264) -> scale_vaapi
15:06:17.986   scale_vaapi -> Stream #0:0 (h264_vaapi)
15:06:17.986   Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (copy)
15:06:17.986 Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
15:06:18.054 Output #0, segment, to '/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34_%d.ts':
15:06:18.054   Metadata:
15:06:18.054     encoder         : Lavf58.35.100
15:06:18.054     Stream #0:0: Video: h264 (h264_vaapi) (High), vaapi_vld, 426x176 [SAR 28160:28329 DAR 320:133], q=-1--1, 274 kb/s, Level 30, 23.98 fps, 90k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)
15:06:18.054     Metadata:
15:06:18.054       encoder         : Lavc58.62.100 h264_vaapi
15:06:18.054     Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), fltp, 384 kb/s (default)
15:06:18.177 [segment @ 0x2467a80] Opening '/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34.m3u8.tmp' for writing
15:06:18.177 SegmentComplete=video:0 Index=0 Start=0.000000 End=3.044711 Duration=3.044711 offset_pts=0 start_pts=0 Frames=72 filename=75AB34_0.ts
15:06:18.177 [segment @ 0x2467a80] Opening '/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34_1.ts.tmp' for writing
15:06:18.292 [segment @ 0x2467a80] Opening '/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34.m3u8.tmp' for writing
15:06:18.292 SegmentComplete=video:0 Index=1 Start=3.044711 End=6.047711 Duration=3.003000 offset_pts=0 start_pts=3044711 Frames=72 filename=75AB34_1.ts
15:06:18.292 [segment @ 0x2467a80] Opening '/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34_2.ts.tmp' for writing
15:06:18.421 [segment @ 0x2467a80] Opening '/mnt/sparessd/emby/transcoding-temp/75AB34.m3u8.tmp' for writing
15:06:18.421 SegmentComplete=video:0 Index=2 Start=6.047711 End=9.050711 Duration=3.003000 offset_pts=0 start_pts=6047711 Frames=72 filename=75AB34_2.ts

Also attaching some screen shots.

 

When I look at his playback on the dashboard, it reports 658kbps, is that right? I have him limited to 4Mbps (as I do for everyone). I always just assumed that Emby would stream up to the limit I set on my server for remote streams (4Mbps). Do I need to tell people to make sure they adjust their remote quality? (Like I always have to do with Plex?) Gonna go check my Emby video settings and see if there's even an option to do that (set streaming quality.... never even looked )

 

.... but just wanted to know that if Emby is reporting 658kbps, that's what they're playing back at (and it must look like shite at such a low bitrate) or am I reading something wrong?!

 

 

 

[ebr 14903]

Actually, the video bitrate is being limited to 274kbps.  The rest is audio.

 

This is what the app is requesting which indicates that either the app is set to auto and that's all it could determine was available on the test or the end user has set the quality very low.