Set Download Speed Limit

[postboy99 4]

 

I have 100MBit/s Upload for my Server and as soon as someone is downloading via Emby my Upload is full and all devices are impacted by slow speeds.

 

So, is there a way to set the download speed limit for all/users? IMO makes no sense to always let users have full download speed from the Server.

[GrimReaper 4746]

You can lend your support here:

If using nginx in front of your Emby server, you might wanna take a look here:

 

[visproduction 316]

Related:
Linux solution: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48502/how-to-limit-ftp-speed

Windows apparently does not have any built in speed limit.  A 3rd party app wput has an answer.  Perhaps there is an Emby way to do it.  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5360480/how-to-limit-the-upload-speed-of-windows-ftp-script

[postboy99 4]

I'm using Unraid/Docker and Clients are using Mobile App.

So none of the answers are helpful for me.

 

Why isn't there a setting fdor this directly in Emby?

Edited September 13, 2023 by postboy99

[visproduction 316]

PB,

You could adjust for mobile users in different ways:

1. Best fix is to tell mobile users to go to User profile image / App Setting / Playback / Streaming quality / pick 480P or whatever.  If they are watching on a phone, I don't think anything higher than 480P, could even be noticed.
2. You can create collections of different media that works best for mobile download. 480P Adventure, 480-Suggested, Mobile-mysteries... whatever naming idea you prefer.  Users going there could find the lower res media, but if they don't do step #1 above, any media with multiple resolutions will show the highest version first.
3. Move all your lower bandwidth, mobile friendly, media to a separate library.  You could give mobile users a different login, where they can only see this library.  This way all content would play correctly at the download that works best for Mobile.  The downside is that if you keep copies of the media in the other library with high bandwidths, then anyone who has access to all libraries will see two copies of the media, whenever they search or click on a genre link.  You could change all the posters for Mobile to have a Mobile banner on the top, similar to 4K banners.  Then users's could see the difference.  That seems like a lot of extra work.   A way to fix doubling up versions,  would be to keep access separate.  Mobile users get a mobile login and only mobile content and other desktop broadband users get libraries that do not include the lower resolution media.
   
   Hope that helps.