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skidmarks
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This is just a simple question about this setting.  I have a awful service plan out here in BFE...  "24 / 3"  (before i filed a complaint with the FCC i was getting .3 / .02 for years)

 

This is my setting in emby:

 

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A safe upload speed so it doesn't wipe out my internet for other things.

 

Tonight i had one external user streaming a movie (direct playing)...

 

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Is only 804 kbps so no trans coding log available.  As expected!

 

But using the internet in my house for anything that required upload data was erratically working.  I went to investigate and realized emby (and nothing else was going on besides this one move) was hitting my ethernet anywhere between 0 -> 6 Mbps about every 5 or so seconds...

 

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Isn't the idea of the 1Mb setting to throttle the outbound stream?

 

Thanks for any knowledge in advance!

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Posted

That means 3.4 Mbps of network activity within the emby server process, not that one stream. That could include traffic in the internal network and even on localhost, so i wouldn't take much stock into that number.

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skidmarks
Posted (edited)

That means 3.4 Mbps of network activity within the emby server process, not that one stream. That could include traffic in the internal network and even on localhost, so i wouldn't take much stock into that number.

So this could just be LAN hand shaking and not actually just WAN?  Makes sense...

 

I need to break out a more sophisticated sniffing tool to see whats really happening then.

 

Thanks luke... 

Edited by skidmarks
Posted

Yes exactly. Thanks.

  • 7 months later...
Posted

One Question on this,

 

there is currently no way to Setup a MAX Bitrate for all external Users?

I mean, i can Setup per User, but if i have for example 5mbit available and set the Max Upload to 4, what happens if more then 1 User Streams?

Do Emby get this and divide the available Bandwith through currently Streaming Users?

 

Thanks

Brudertac

Posted

It is per stream, but more options are possible for the future. Thanks.

Posted

It is per stream, but more options are possible for the future. Thanks.

Thanks Luke, 

 

i would vote for a Global Limit, but only for External Users.

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Posted

I would like to see a global speed limit too! This way you can ensure there is bandwidth left over for other uses and have the allotted Emby bandwidth shared among streaming users.

 

Thanks

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kelly.clubb
Posted (edited)

Is this megabit or megabytes per sec?  No one ever follows standard on naming conventions...

I'm assuming it's megabits per second but just want to double check.

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Happy2Play
Posted
5 minutes ago, kelly.clubb said:

Is this megabit or megabytes per sec?  No one ever follows standard on naming conventions...

I'm assuming it's megabits per second but just want to double check.

Yep it is a bitrate limit.

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On 11/15/2021 at 8:33 PM, Happy2Play said:

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Glad I don't stream from you.  LOL

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