Best formats for Emby

[stuarta 8]

Hi all,

What's the best format for a Roku Premiere device or settings?  I've just got hold of one of these and noticed some lag while playing a h264 file with the percentage bar spinning while another h265 played instantly that was reported as 1080p hevc.  

Gemini told me to use h265 so i redownload the first one but I still get the same and now Gemini is telling me to use h264.

Anyone got any advise for either the best file format or settings to try and help prevent the spinny percentage wheel please.

[Luke 42601]

Hi, either of those should be fine. I would suggest getting to the bottom of why that was happening before making changes to your files. It might not be as simple as just the format.

[stuarta 8]

Yeah thanks, that's why I was wondering if there was any known settings I should make to improve performance

[tedfroop21 97]

The best format?  Look for one ALL your devices are compatible with.

-Remember that all compression removes data which in some way lessens quality.

-Be aware too of the ongoing issues with H265, and that many devices that offered hardware decoding have disabled it. 

-There are compression formats that can improve performance but the best way to improve performance, is to build a solid network to carry your data.

-Ensure you understand the actual real world capacity of wireless networks if you use them.

[stuarta 8]

Fortunately 264 and 265 are supported by my Roku and new TCL device, it was more about which is the preferred, if there is a preferred for the best performance and any settings I should be making as standard practise in the server

[stuarta 8]

Just further to this, I have noticed quite a lot of performance problems since upgrading to the latest version.  Trying to watch something this afternoon via Chrome and it wouldn't play, I've tried stopping the package but the memory on my Synology kept climbing up to 380Mb so I've restarted the NAS