Serviio

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:59 pm**

Hi,

is there any way to down scale videos greater than 720p to 720p?
I'm using my PS3 as media player, but the wifi is to slow for playing videos in 1080p.
Best solution would be to edit the PS3 profile.

Cheers,
himbrr

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:12 pm**

Is your pc going to be fast enough to transcode real time to 720p ?

Posted: **Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:13 pm**

Could you get a homeplug?

Posted: **Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:45 pm**

Hi NX3,

playing movies with reduced quality over mediabrowser is also working well.
The NAS has a 2x 2.40GHz CPU. Don't know if this is enough...

Homeplug doesn't work at my house, because the electric cabling is not good enough. The signal is jammed.

Posted: **Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:52 pm**

What cpu?

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:04 am**

It's a Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G530 and 8GB of RAM.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:48 am**

Wouldn't it be better to convert to 720p mp4 is your WiFi is bandwidth constrained? Serviio does mpeg2 as standard as is easier on the cpu. Mp4 will create a more bandwidth friendly video which your slow bandwidth could cope with.

Posted: **Wed Dec 03, 2014 12:14 pm**

If it is truly your WiFi causing the problem then the resolution isn't what you [necessarily] need to change. You need to limit the maximum bit rate.

Serviio can do this by adding the maxVBitrate command to the transcoding instructions. However, before exploring this (which is painful as it will require transcoding all your files, and like NX3 I have reservations about your NAS's ability to transcode 1080p video on the fly) you may want to confirm that it is the WiFi causing the issue and not something else. Try running a cable to the PS3 temporarily, or turning off all other wireless devices or simply moving the PS3 closer (WiFi performs decreases with distance) and seeing if that improves things.

I presume your NAS is wired to the router and not also WiFi. I am also assuming you are running Serviio on the NAS itself, not on a PC to which the NAS is connected?

ps. What file types are we talking about here? Is it an MKV or MP4? If its MKV try remuxing it to MP4 - the PS3 handles these much better. Maybe post MediaInfo details for a file.

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:09 pm**

I'm running Serviio on the NAS directly (FreeBSD). The NAS is connected to the router, which provides the wifi signal.
Router and PS3 can't be moved. The PS3 hasn't the best spot for a good wifi signal.

Code:: General Unique ID : 216379349470826197403004111447164305585 (0xA2C92597EA3FA89CBA85ED9E6149C0B1) Complete name : T------------K.mkv Format : Matroska Format version : Version 4 / Version 2 File size : 13.1 GiB Duration : 1h 31mn Overall bit rate : 20.5 Mbps Encoded date : UTC 2013-10-27 22:22:03 Writing application : mkvmerge v6.4.1 ('Omega Point') built on Sep 16 2013 22:05:10 Writing library : libebml v1.3.0 + libmatroska v1.4.1 Video ID : 5 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : High@L4.1 Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC Duration : 1h 31mn Bit rate : 17.8 Mbps Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 1 080 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate : 23.976 fps Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Scan type : Progressive Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.358 Stream size : 11.3 GiB (87%) Writing library : x264 core 125 r2200 999b753 Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.20:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=18 / lookahead_threads=3 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=4 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=23 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=crf / mbtree=0 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=15 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / pb_ratio=1.30 / aq=1:1.00 Language : English Default : Yes Forced : No Audio #1 ID : 1 Format : DTS Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems Codec ID : A_DTS Duration : 1h 31mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 754 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 24 bits Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 493 MiB (4%) Title : Deutsch Language : German Default : Yes Forced : Yes Audio #2 ID : 2 Format : DTS Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems Codec ID : A_DTS Duration : 1h 31mn Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 1 510 Kbps Channel(s) : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz Bit depth : 24 bits Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 987 MiB (7%) Title : Englisch Language : English Default : No Forced : No Text #1 ID : 3 Format : UTF-8 Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8 Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text Title : Deutsch Language : German Default : No Forced : No Text #2 ID : 4 Format : UTF-8 Codec ID : S_TEXT/UTF8 Codec ID/Info : UTF-8 Plain Text Title : Englisch Language : English Default : No Forced : No Menu 00:00:00.000 : en:(01)00:00:00:000 00:03:48.019 : en:(02)00:03:48:019 00:05:04.012 : en:(03)00:05:04:012 00:08:33.179 : en:(04)00:08:33:179 00:11:34.443 : en:(05)00:11:34:443 00:15:59.541 : en:(06)00:15:59:541 00:21:34.710 : en:(07)00:21:34:710 00:27:40.158 : en:(08)00:27:40:158 00:29:49.496 : en:(09)00:29:49:496 00:32:52.929 : en:(10)00:32:52:929 00:39:11.766 : en:(11)00:39:11:766 00:45:16.004 : en:(12)00:45:16:004 00:51:00.515 : en:(13)00:51:00:515 00:56:12.118 : en:(14)00:56:12:118 01:03:42.109 : en:(15)01:03:42:109 01:06:50.631 : en:(16)01:06:50:631 01:11:35.874 : en:(17)01:11:35:874 01:19:41.151 : en:(18)01:19:41:151 01:21:43.356 : en:(19)01:21:43:356 01:24:42.410 : en:(20)01:24:42:410 01:31:22.685 : en:(21)01:31:22:685

I have this issue only with big 1080p videos. The buffering is like stop motion: half a second normal playback, then a short lag and again. The sound is played without delay.
720p movies are working well!

The best way would be to solve this with profiles, because I have another playback devices which can play 1080p. E.g. a XBMC is directly connected to the network (wired 1GE connection).
I'm wondering why this is such a big issue... If I'm using the mediabrowser and choose a lower quality, the movie should also be transcoded?

Posted: **Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:40 pm**

Yes......

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