crusher11 868 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Direct Plays just fine on the LG TV, and half a dozen other identically-encoded files all play just fine on the Shield as well. I tried to play it, it stuck on a black screen with the blue spinning circle for 5-10 minutes, then Direct Streamed due to a direct play error. I was going to send a client log but I accidentally backed out and now I just get the black screen for a couple of seconds and then it throws me back to the item details screen. Log includes the successful (but very delayed) playback on the Shield, a few failed attempts on the Shield, and a successful playback on the LG. embyserver.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 Managed to get it to play again, sent a client log...not sure how that works though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6814 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, crusher11 said: not sure how that works though @ebr will review it and come back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 One assumes it's simply in a pile of logs or something, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14978 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 48 minutes ago, crusher11 said: One assumes it's simply in a pile of logs or something, though? Exactly, so please provide the information requested in the instructions. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14978 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 It is throwing out of memory errors. Is this a Shield tube? Can you try setting your buffer size in the settings to "small"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 Just now, ebr said: It is throwing out of memory errors. Is this a Shield tube? Can you try setting your buffer size in the settings to "small"? It's a Shield Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4332 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 You could try to power cycle the device to see if that helps at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 This has been a problem for several days, I've turned the Shield on and off a bunch of times in that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6814 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 4 hours ago, crusher11 said: This has been a problem for several days, I've turned the Shield on and off a bunch of times in that period. Are you still running Emby server on your Shield Pro ? Although it should be capable of running either Emby server or Plex server, it might be better to use it as a client-only device. You have Emby server on your NAS don't you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 My server has only ever been on my NAS (except the Windows server I had before I got a NAS in the first place). I had a brief play with the Android server when I got the Shield, but I never actually set it all up. I've since uninstalled the server app from the Shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37348 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Can you try our standard android app on the same device and let us know how that compares? https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, Luke said: Can you try our standard android app on the same device and let us know how that compares? https://emby.media/emby-for-android.html Thanks. arm7 or x86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodainas 188 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 1 minute ago, crusher11 said: arm7 or x86? You are using an nvidia shield, thats arm7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 It direct streams. Much, much quicker than on the Shield app though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37348 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 1 hour ago, crusher11 said: It direct streams. Much, much quicker than on the Shield app though. Successfully? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Luke said: Successfully? What would direct streaming unsuccessfully look like? It should be direct playing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 It should direct play through both apps, but it's direct streaming. And it's taking several minutes to commence playback on the Android TV app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6814 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 hours ago, crusher11 said: It should direct play through both apps, but it's direct streaming. And it's taking several minutes to commence playback on the Android TV app. The ATV app will only Direct Play if you mount your content directly via the Shield. If not, then it will only ever stream via the Emby server. There's always been a misconception with Direct Play/Stream in the Emby eco-system. But anyway, what does Stats For Nerds say it's doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdatanet 1549 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, CBers said: The ATV app will only Direct Play if you mount your content directly via the Shield. Are you sure? If the file is not mounted on the Shield's file system it's delivered using http, if the device can play it, the file is not altered, it is simply delivered using http. I understand this is direct play. We can’t call this direct streaming. The difference is that using http, Emby is involved in the distribution, but if the file is mounted locally, Emby is not involved. But in both cases the playback is direct (you are playing the original file) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 868 Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 All my other identically-encoded files Direct Play just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6814 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, vdatanet said: Are you sure? If the file is not mounted on the Shield's file system it's delivered using http, if the device can play it, the file is not altered, it is simply delivered using http. I understand this is direct play. We can’t call this direct streaming. The difference is that using http, Emby is involved in the distribution, but if the file is mounted locally, Emby is not involved. But in both cases the playback is direct (you are playing the original file) Direct Play is direct from the filesystem, not through anything else, such as http streams. It has always been a bone of contention with Emby. As long as it plays and you can pause, FF and RW, then does it really matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6814 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, crusher11 said: All my other identically-encoded files Direct Play just fine. 31 minutes ago, CBers said: what does Stats For Nerds say it's doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14978 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 5 hours ago, CBers said: Direct Play is direct from the filesystem, not through anything else, such as http streams. That's just not true. With that same logic you could say it isn't direct play if the storage isn't physically connected to the device. All of these are protocols for delivering the data. If the data isn't being altered in any way, then it is direct playing that data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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