Lag-Ridden playback

[mrhollywood360 0]

Not sure if this is a server issue or an app issue. But when I try to play my high quality movies on the app (4K HEVC, usually about 50 GB) it always tries to transcode them, making playback lag and play at a noticeably lower quality even when choosing the highest quality in the app (which is only 100 mbs). When I use the Kodi add-on it plays without hitch. Is there a way to make the app not transcode these files? I searched through the settings and couldn't find a solution.

[ebr 16174]

Hi.  We'd need to look at a specific example.

 

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Thanks.

[mrhollywood360 0]

Here's the transcoding logs. Playback was a little more fluid this time but what I'd really like is it to not transcode it at all.

log.txt

Edited December 13, 2017 by mrhollywood360

[ebr 16174]

On what device are you attempting to play this?

 

Doesn't look like it supports 10-bit HEVC.  The stuttering is probably due to the content bitrate (41Mb/s) which will also be too high for, say, a Fire TV.

[mrhollywood360 0]

FireTV Gen2. The same file plays just fine using kodi, so the device is capable. 

[ebr 16174]

FireTV Gen2. The same file plays just fine using kodi, so the device is capable. 

 

The Fire TV does not support hevc 10-bit.  Kodi has its own software decoding built into it that we don't have access to.

[mrhollywood360 0]

The Fire TV does not support hevc 10-bit.  Kodi has its own software decoding built into it that we don't have access to.

Strange that it's something that can't be ported over. Anyway thanks for the help!