Dropped Frames with STRM files

[mathewdunne 0]

Hello,

I'm experiencing really choppy/stuttering playback when using Emby on all devices (tried on Android TV, Chrome, and Android phone). My library consists primarily of STRM links ripped from an IPTV provider. Some play fine, but most are very choppy. I tried enabling playback in external apps and using VLC, and all movies I tested played back perfectly. I'm wondering if there's some client side setting I can change to improve the playback quality, or if it's a bug with the emby player itself. I can see from the stats for nerds info that it's using direct play and dropping a ton of frames, so I don't think it could be a server-side issue.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Edited August 11, 2024 by GrimReaper
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[Luke 42079]

Hi, is that screenshot from chrome?

[mathewdunne 0]

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, is that screenshot from chrome?

Yeah

[visproduction 315]

Perhaps remuxing the original media might help.  Perhaps there is some timeline metadata that is not perfect.  3rd party players will sometimes compensate while browser playback will not.  Just because it plays back OK on VLC does not really test it correctly.

Hope that helps.

Edited August 11, 2024 by visproduction

[Happy2Play 9781]

On 8/8/2024 at 7:53 AM, mathewdunne said:

or if it's a bug with the emby player itself

But looking at the link in your log I would say it is the media itself.  As for Emby player not every client has a custom player so it really can't be.

VLC can probably handle almost any defective media.

But playing the /tt0088247 you don't get may studder/bounce directly in a browser?

 

@GrimReapercan you remove the OP log do to TVNOW links.

Edited August 11, 2024 by Happy2Play

[mathewdunne 0]

3 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

But looking at the link in your log I would say it is the media itself.  As for Emby player not every client has a custom player so it really can't be.

VLC can probably handle almost any defective media.

But playing the /tt0088247 you don't get may studder/bounce directly in a browser?

 

@GrimReapercan you remove the OP log do to TVNOW links.

Oops sorry about those links in the logs. And yes you're right, they do stutter playing in directly in Chrome (I didn't know I could use those links to play directly in a browser). But the same link plays perfectly in VLC. I guess it is just bad media that VLC is able to correct/fix somehow.

Thanks for your help

[Luke 42079]

On 8/11/2024 at 3:34 PM, mathewdunne said:

Oops sorry about those links in the logs. And yes you're right, they do stutter playing in directly in Chrome (I didn't know I could use those links to play directly in a browser). But the same link plays perfectly in VLC. I guess it is just bad media that VLC is able to correct/fix somehow.

Thanks for your help

It's very possible as browser video players are nowhere near as resilient as something like vlc.