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zynine- / HDHRViewerV2.bundle

HDHomeRun + Plex
MIT License
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Video takes a long time to load. #4

Open zynine- opened 7 years ago

zynine- commented 7 years ago

Symptoms:

Video takes a long time to load.

Cause:

PMS transcodes the video into 4MB chunk sizes. The lower the quality, the longer it takes to fill up this chunk, before it is played on the client device, on devices which uses matroska container instead of HLS container.

Detailed Analysis:

Video Quality Theoretical Load time Chrome HTML5 Roku3
20 Mbps 2 s 7 s 7 s
12 Mbps 3 s 7 s -
10 Mbps 3 s 7 s -
8 Mbps 4 s 7 s 20 s
4 Mbps 8 s 12 s -
3 Mbps 11 s 15 s -
2 Mbps 16 s 20 s 25 s
1.5 Mbps 22 s 38 s -
720 kbps 46 s 60 s -
320 kbps 103 s - -
208 kbps 158 s - -
96 kbps 341 s - -
64 kbps 512 s - -

Tested with i5-3570K Quad Core, 32GB RAM, SSD, Windows 10, PMS 1.1.4

Resolution:

Increase the Plex video quality on the client. Typically: Settings->Player->Online Quality

Roku Resolution:

Change Plex Client Settings->Video->Transcode Format->HLS

Affected:

andrewconnell commented 7 years ago

Noticing the same behavior... would like to improve the signal acquisition time on the Roku Premium+. When viewing an OTA channel via this plugin using the Plex Web app (1.2 beta 4 for DVR), signal acquired within a few seconds. However, best I can do on the Roku Premium+ is 45s.

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