How to prevent transcoding

[BerMM 0]

I'm new to Emby and running the latest stable server on Windows 7 Pro x64. I want Emby to use the fewest possible resources as it is running on a E8400 with 4GB RAM that is also my primary MCE DVR and will hopefully eventually support two MCE extenders as well. I am using MCEBuddy on my A10-5700 to convert recorded movies to XBox 360 friendly MP4s (720p H264 with AAC) before moving them to my NAS (Asus RT-N16 running Tomato-RAF). My current naming scheme and NAS path is \\MICRO-SERVER\DLNA\Media\Video\The Avengers (2012)\The Avengers - 720p.mp4 (ignore the DLNA part, it is a remnant of when I used that router to serve DLNA, before I found Emby. I have since disabled the DLNA server on that router). What I can't figure out is why when I watch my movies through the web or android clients via wifi Emby isn't giving me the option of watching them at 720p, despite all my devices having 1080p displays. This means that Emby must be transcoding, though I can't figure out why. Anyone know how I can get it to stream the file without transcoding?

[Luke 42080]

on the detail page what does the web client display for media info?

[BerMM 0]

Edit:  Aaah, ok, I've been barking up the wrong tree. Seems MCEbuddy isn't converting it to 720p after all.

 

Media Info

 

Video

Codec H264

Profile High

Level 41

Resolution 720x404

Aspect ratio 16:9

Anamorphic No

Interlaced No

Framerate 59.94006

Bitrate 1752 kbps

Bit depth 8 bit

Pixel format yuv420p

Ref frames 3

CABAC Yes

 

Audio

Language und

Codec AAC

Profile LC

Layout stereo

Channels 2 ch

Bitrate 220 kbps

Sample rate 48000 khz

Default Yes

 

Container mp4

Path \\MICRO-SERVER\DLNA\Media\Video\The Avengers (2012)\The Avengers - 720p.mp4

Edited June 13, 2015 by BerMM

[Happy2Play 9782]

From your screenshot above I would say it is transcoding because of bitrate.  But it might be for framerate also.

[BerMM 0]

I imagine the bug is in this section of the MCEbuddy profiles.conf, if anyone knows the simple fix.

 

[PS3 & XBox 360]

Description=Playstation 3 and XBox 360 compatible (H.264 MP4 width 720 pixel video and AAC audio).

order=ffmpeg,mencoder

mencoder-general=-ss 3 -vf pullup,softskip,pp=fd,scale=720:-2,hqdn3d,harddup

mencoder-video=-ovc x264 -x264encopts subq=6:bitrate=1200:partitions=p8x8,b8x8,i4x4:weight_b=yes:threads=auto:nopsnr=yes:nossim=yes:frameref=3:mixed_refs=yes:subme=7:level_idc=41:direct_pred=auto:trellis=1:b_pyramid=none:threads=auto

mencoder-audio=-oac faac -faacopts br=192:mpeg=4:tns=yes:object=2

mencoder-audioac3=-oac faac -faacopts br=192:mpeg=4:tns=yes:object=2

mencoder-ext=.avi

mencoder-remuxto=.mp4

mencoder-audiodelay=skip

ffmpeg-general=-threads 0

ffmpeg-video=-ss 3 -vf yadif=0:-1,hqdn3d,crop=iw:ih:0:0,scale=min(720\,iw):trunc(ow/dar/2)*2 -vcodec libx264 -b 1200k -subq 6 -x264opts direct=auto:level=4.1:partitions=p8x8,b8x8,i4x4:no-weightb=0:psnr=0:ssim=0:subme=7:ref=3:b-pyramid=none:no-mixed-refs=0:trellis=1:threads=auto

ffmpeg-audio=-acodec aac -ab 160k -strict experimental -cutoff 15000

ffmpeg-audioac3=-acodec aac -ab 256k -strict experimental -cutoff 15000

ffmpeg-ext=.mp4

ffmpeg-audiodelay=skip

FixedResolution=true

PreConversionCommercialRemover=true

[BerMM 0]

From your screenshot above I would say it is transcoding because of bitrate.  But it might be for framerate also.

I'll keep that in mind, however the mp4 is 720x404, not 1280x720 as I would expect from a conversion profile that claims 720p. What settings offer the best quality and least chance of transcoding on N300 wifi connected androids and XBox 360 MCE extenders?