dyecast 6 Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 If I have to convert any media, it will play fine, but almost all Direct Play to virtually any device on my LAN is sluggish and unstable with playback timeouts.
dyecast 6 Posted July 13, 2020 Author Posted July 13, 2020 Attached are the most recent logs. embyserver.txt hardware_detection-63730146873.txt
Carlo 4561 Posted July 13, 2020 Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Give us more info, please. New install or existing system that started having an issue? Everything connected via Ethernet cable? How about the server? Is Wifi being used for any clients? Any other general information you can give? What exactly is the "Playback Issue" and on what clients? Does the media play correct on any clients? Edited July 13, 2020 by cayars
dyecast 6 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Posted July 16, 2020 Existing installation. Server is running on a wire. One destination is wired while the other is wireless. Playback on iPhone app tends to be good, but then it doesn't play in direct mode. AppleTV and Chromecast app run using direct play. If I force conversion in the app, it will play okay.
Carlo 4561 Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 What kind of media are you playing? Codec, extension, etc
dyecast 6 Posted July 16, 2020 Author Posted July 16, 2020 MP4 file. Nothing special. Used TunesKit to convert from original.
Carlo 4561 Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 I'm trying to understand why direct play would be sluggish but not transcoded streams? Are these rather big rips? Can you play something back, start stats for nerds and get a screen grab to post?
dyecast 6 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Posted July 17, 2020 I'm guessing there is something odd with the initial conversion which is why i'm trying to convert them, but running into issues doing that too: If Emby has the transcode on the fly, the video plays fine. If Direct Play, there are always issues.
Luke 42083 Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 It sounds like the bitrate is too high for the network connection.
dyecast 6 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Extremely unlikely. 1Gbps to 1Gbps over copper on a very low traffic network. Besides a transcode at the same bitrate plays fine. Edited July 17, 2020 by dyecast Additional info.
dyecast 6 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Posted July 17, 2020 Vague much? What information do you need to diagnose?
pwhodges 2012 Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) How to report a problem The answer to "What information do you need to diagnose" of course can only be fully answered after diagnosis, so offering the standard requirements listed in the link is the usual starting point. Paul Edited July 17, 2020 by pwhodges
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