Is Live TV supposed to transcode on for player?

[mschlott 0]

I have MBT running on my Media Browser server.  I have 2 tuners configured in Windows Media Server have the ServerWMC plugin configured.

 

Any time I try to watch live TV I ffmpeg takes up all the CPU and the video barely plays.  Is it normal for transcoding to always occur for live TV?   Do I need to configure a decoder somewhere for MPEG2?

 

 

[mschlott 0]

Wrong forum.  Reposting in Live TV.

[mschlott 0]

I have MBT running on my Media Browser server.  I have 2 tuners configured in Windows Media Server have the ServerWMC plugin configured.

 

Any time I try to watch live TV I ffmpeg takes up all the CPU and the video barely plays.  Is it normal for transcoding to always occur for live TV?   Do I need to configure a decoder somewhere for MPEG2?

[Spaceboy 2573]

its normal unfortunately. it hasn't really been explained why or when it might be changed.

[arrmo 6]

Hi,

 

Sorry, trying to understand - if I read this right (and it does match what I see) ... Live TV is transcoded, even if the maximum bitrate is higher than the actual bitrate ... right? Is there a reason for this?

 

Just trying to understand why I can't DirectStream Live TV.

 

Thanks!