Problem with image freezing when direct playing

[hemandk 12]

Hi,

So I have seem to have an issue with freezing when I direct play and is much better when transcoding. This happens with both live tv and mkv files stored on my server.

My server is on a 300/300mbit fiber so I don't think the issue is there. 

My client in my summerhouse is on a 4G broadband connection but I generally have around 80mbit download.

It seems to me that Emby does not buffer/cache enough of the stream or does it not buffer/cache at all when live streaming?

[Luke 42089]

Hi, generally it means the bitrate is too high for the connection, and then transcoding lowers the bitrate to allow it to play smoothly.

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My server is on a 300/300mbit fiber so I don't think the issue is there. 

My client in my summerhouse is on a 4G broadband connection but I generally have around 80mbit download.

There could be ISP throttling occurring on either side of the connection, causing you to end up with much lower speeds than you are expecting.

[Guest]

I HATE throttling... just a note.. Took me hours to upload to OneDrive.. almost 8 hours on 50/Cable..

[hemandk 12]

@Luke So a 1000Mbyte tv show is ~ 8000Mbit. It takes 43min*60sec/min = 2580 sec, so that is roughly 8000/2580 ~ 3 Mbit/s to direct play. I might be wrong in that calculation?

But obviously being on a 4G LTE connection I will have drop outs etc. 

So does the Emby client buffer/cache more of the file when direct playing? Or is just streaming without any buffering/catching?

You did not really answer that question?

[Luke 42089]

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So does the Emby client buffer/cache more of the file when direct playing? Or is just streaming without any buffering/catching?

The apps all have a small buffer but it's essentially streaming.

[hemandk 12]

13 minutes ago, Luke said:

The apps all have a small buffer but it's essentially streaming.

Can this buffer be changed?

I'm just trying to avoid transcoding all the time and save some server load.

 

[Luke 42089]

1 hour ago, hemandk said:

Can this buffer be changed?

I'm just trying to avoid transcoding all the time and save some server load.

 

Hi, not currently, no.