Transcoding to LG TV

[Guest Magnus68]

Hello,

I want to give Emby a trial. I have set up my server on my Mac. I have ripped my BD:s and DVD:s using Handbrake. Since I am in the Apple ecosystem it is mainly mp4 with text subtitles. Some are mkv with PGS subtitles. Playing them on my Mac causes no problem, but when I try to stream films on my new 2022 LG TV C2 series i got trouble with a rotating blue circle. I suspect it has something to do with speed on my local network and transcoding to a format my TV can accept. I am not an expert.

In the settings on the TV the default Auto quality is far from the best. On a lot of movies I I have to play with different quality settings to get the film started.

I read some topics here about slow transcode on LG TV and subtitles. I have tried to use different SRT from OpenSubtitles but the problem is not solved.

Is hardware acceleration a good idea? I am on an Intel Macbook Pro.

How should I think to get it as smooth as possible with so little loss in picture quality as possible?

 

 

 

[Guest Magnus68]

Answering my own post. For some reason if I  remux from mp4 to mkv it works much better. I can use the TV app without further degradation of video and sound.

[MSI2017 48]

5 hours ago, Magnus68 said:

Answering my own post. For some reason if I  remux from mp4 to mkv it works much better. I can use the TV app without further degradation of video and sound.

If you playback a file without subtitles, does the same behavior occur?

[Guest Magnus68]

Yes it seems to make no difference.

[Happy2Play 9780]

 

Hi there, let's look at an example. Please attach the information requested in how to report a media playback issue. Thanks!

 

[Guest Magnus68]

Not sure what files you need.

Tried play Avatar. This is the original file I have made. I  used Handbrake. 
This file is played on my Mac on Emby but not on my LGTV

Latest server for MacOS. 4.7.11

Latest client for LG TV 2022 year. Model. WebOS7?!  Emby for LGTV 1.0.35

No transcoding log was generated.

 

embyserver.txt

Edited December 19, 2022 by Magnus68

[Luke 42077]

Emby for LG TV's 1.0.37 has been released. Stay tuned to the blog for the release announcement.

Can you please try out the new update and let us know how it compares? Thanks !

[Guest Magnus68]

Sorry but I unistalled Emby

[Luke 42077]

7 hours ago, Magnus68 said:

Sorry but I unistalled Emby

Can you give the latest update a try and see if it's improved now? Thanks.