Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:00 am by atc98092
So, I added the stream to channel 4. Streaming through Serviio with VLC as the player is showing MPEG1/2, and Serviio is indicating it is transcoding (the Now Playing icon is orange instead of green). My laptop is showing as using the Generic profile. Switching to Channel 1 shows the same. I then tried VLC on my Nvidia Shield, same results with both streams.
I looked more closely at the generic profile, specifically the Online Transcoding section. I did find a transcoding line that transcoded ALL rstp streams to MPEG-2 video. I tried changing it to H.264, which Serviio accepted. I then ran VLC again and saw that the codec changed correctly to H.264, so the line was being read correctly. Unfortunately, the only thing that changed with the bandwidth being used to stream the content. Using H.264 used a bit more bandwidth, but the image quality was better as well for the HD stream, which I would expect. However, even using H.264, the content was still not listed on my Roku player and my LG TV would not load the stream, instead giving an error. I searched the LG app store, but VLC is not an available app for the TV.
I tried commenting the rstp line completely out of the profile, but Serviio apparently can't stream that sort of media without transcoding. The files didn't appear on any player this way. It might be a DLNA limitation, I don't know.
However, I found something that worked on the LG TV. I used the web browser and logged into the MediaBrowser. I then selected the server, Online, and the HD test stream. Success! I am now watching the stream full stream directly on the LG, with no other player required. Using the web browser on the TV is a real pain without an actual keyboard, but once you enter the URL to the Serviio computer (I had to use the IP address, not the computer name) you should be able to save it as a bookmark, so you only have to go through that pain once. Of course, to use MediaBrowser you have to have the Pro (paid) version of Serviio. But at least I figured out a way to view it directly on the TV.
Dan
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