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[Nat Hill remote 8]

My ONN box from Walmart shows the following using "stats for nerds."
The broadcast is ATSC 3.0, and Emby has done a great job with the picture and sound.
My questions are these

1) is the box actually showing HEVC and sending out AC4 sound?
2) What is the "Conversion reason" and "Direct option disabled" all about.

HELP!

 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Nat Hill remote
accidently closed it

[Nat Hill remote 8]

Slight clarification for above question #1.
Question #1 should have said:
Is my television set, receiving a stream from my SiliconDust tuner and Emby server, showing me actual HEVC video and sending out actual AC4 audio?
 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Nat Hill remote
grammer amd clarification

[ebr 16178]

Hi.  It is showing the video direct (HEVC) but I believe the audio is being converted to AC3 (straight Dolby).  An ffmpeg log would confirm this.

The reason for the remux is because you have not enabled the "Direct stream live TV" option in the app.  You can try enabling this - which may get you direct playback but only if the box does support AC4.  You also would lose the trick-play (seeking) ability in the stream if you do that though.

[Nat Hill remote 8]

I appreciate your response and will mark it as solved.  I could not find a "Direct stream live TV" option on the Roku app.  But it is working just fine as pictured, even if converted, so I'm good to go.  I don't even understand the difference between converting and trans-coding, so I have to consider it amazing I'm able to get this far!

And amazed Emby can make ATSC 3.0 work as well as it does. with all the machinations involved.  Keep up the good work  And thanks for taking the time to answer.

[ebr 16178]

12 hours ago, Nat Hill remote said:

I could not find a "Direct stream live TV" option on the Roku app

Hi.  Your screenshot was from Android...

[Nat Hill remote 8]

I will do it again with the right device this time.  It's an ONN Box from Walmart, which I think is Android.
No Roku involved.  No idea where I came up with that.

 

 

[Luke 42078]

OK so yes it looks like it's streaming the original video but converting the audio.

[Nat Hill remote 8]

So is it correct to say that the Emby Server transcodes when necessary, but is somehow magically able to understand when a device is capable of converting the stream itself?

It's impressive if that's indeed the case.  Keep up the great work folks.

[pwhodges 2012]

The devices identify themselves to Emby, and (I think) report their capabilities; not really magic!

Paul

[Luke 42078]

1 hour ago, Nat Hill remote said:

So is it correct to say that the Emby Server transcodes when necessary, but is somehow magically able to understand when a device is capable of converting the stream itself?

It's impressive if that's indeed the case.  Keep up the great work folks.

Hi, that is correct ! 

[Nat Hill remote 8]

1 hour ago, pwhodges said:

The devices identify themselves to Emby, and (I think) report their capabilities; not really magic!

Paul

I call it magic!

[Nat Hill remote 8]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Hi, that is correct ! 

VERY impressive.  And thanks for the responses.  I'm good for now!