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donquibrote
Posted

Hello,

 

I'm new to Emby. I have a computer at home running Lubuntu, which I use as a server. When I am on the same wifi as this computer and streaming movies from Emby (iPhone app, iPad app, and playing via IE over my Xbox) I have no problem streaming. However, when I try to connect from a different wifi network with my iPhone or via any web browser, the streaming slows to a stop. How can I fix this?

 

Thank you for your time.

donquibrote
Posted (edited)

Thank you for your reply. I'm unaware of how to download the log file, so please excuse the length of this post. I believe this is the log from the last time I attempted to watch a movie from a remote wifi connection.

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(D)","IsInterlaced":false,"ChannelLayout":"5.1","BitRate":256000,"Channels":6,"SampleRate":48000,"IsDefault":true,"IsForced":false,"Profile":"HE-AAC","Type":"Audio","Index":1,"IsExternal":false,"IsTextSubtitleStream":false,"SupportsExternalStream":false,"Level":0}],"PlayableStreamFileNames":[],"Formats":[],"Bitrate":1762487,"RequiredHttpHeaders":{}}/var/lib/emby-server/ffmpeg/20160215/ffmpeg -ss 00:13:01.886 -fflags +genpts -i file:"/media/seconddrive/Movies/Batman The Dark Knight Rises (1080p x265 Joy).m4v" -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -map -0:s -codec:v:0 libx264 -force_key_frames expr:gte(t,n_forced*5) -vf "scale=trunc(min(max(iw\,ih*dar)\,1280)/2)*2:trunc(ow/dar/2)*2" -pix_fmt yuv420p -preset superfast -crf 23 -b:v 1500773 -maxrate 1500773 -bufsize 3001546 -vsync vfr -profile:v high -level 41 -map_metadata -1 -threads 0 -codec:a:0 copy -f mp4 -movflags frag_keyframe+empty_moov -y "/var/lib/emby-server/transcoding-temp/6c63c66f129467842ca5aede7e8e07bd.mp4"[quote]ffmpeg version 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Edited by donquibrote
donquibrote
Posted

In an attempt to be thorough, I tried to connect via a wired connection from google chrome on a system running Windows 8, and from a laptop, also running Windows, and connected to a third connection via wifi. Both had very slow loading speed, and I only had moderate streaming success on the wifi connected laptop after letting it buffer for a considerable amount of time. Even then, I was not able to watch the movie without interruption

 

 

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Posted

Then perhaps the bitrate is too aggressive. You can lower the bitrate setting within the app's playback settings. By lowering that it will reduce the amount of data going over the wire, albeit at the cost of more work for your server.

donquibrote
Posted

Thank you for your follow up. What bitrate would you recommend?

 

 

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JeremyFr79
Posted

Thank you for your follow up. What bitrate would you recommend?

 

 

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that's going to be dependent on what your upload speed is through your internet connection.

donquibrote
Posted

The upload speed for the connection to my server is 1 mb/s

 

 

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Posted

Try setting the in-app bitrate setting to something lower than 1mbps or auto. by default, auto will perform bandwidth tests to try and measure the ideal amount. it looks like that might have been customized because the bitrate being requested in the log you posted is well beyond 1mbps.

JeremyFr79
Posted

The upload speed for the connection to my server is 1 mb/s

 

 

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To be downright honest 1Mbps is pretty much useless for streaming of video. Once you take overhead out you're at  like 750-900Kbps, and that's only if nothing else is uploading at the same time.  At the very least I would never recommend less than 5Mbps upload or higher if you're wanting to stream out of your house to other users/yourself.

donquibrote
Posted

I see. Adjusting the bitrate did not work. I will look into getting faster upload speed. Thank you both for your help

 

 

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Posted

You should be able to use a bitrate underneath 1mbps. I think we have some choices around 500k.

JeremyFr79
Posted

You should be able to use a bitrate underneath 1mbps. I think we have some choices around 500k.

but the greater question is "why would you want to?" lol

donquibrote
Posted

I did some googling and the general consensus is that a server for remote streaming should have an upload speed of at least a 5mb/s for quality and reliable streaming. There are other actions I perform that will benefit from an upgrade, so it's not prohibitive for me to do so.

 

 

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