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pedrohell

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Post Fri May 18, 2018 7:55 am

UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

Hello, i'm an old Serviio user, that for the first time had to write for help, i have searched everywhere on the forum but can't find a solution for my issue.
And the issue is:
I have an UE49KS8000 samsung TV (before this one i had a UE46D7000 set) and never had an issue with Serviio, everything that i threw to the TVs through Serviio played fine.
Since i updated Serviio to the version 1.9.1, i no longer can watch 4k mkv through Serviio without constant Stuttering/Buffering issues.
I don' t remember which version i had before the 1.9.1, i do remember that there wasn't a KS profile (and still there isn't on the 1.9.1) so, the profile i used was the J profile, after the update to the 1.9.1 version, i worked with M profile until i realized there were issues with 4k mkv, on the Serviio console i reassigned the J profile to the TV and the J profile (on v 1.9.1) also has constant Stuttering/Buffering issues and also the Generic DLNA profile.
Transcoding is disabled since the first time i started working with Serviio, my PC is connected to the TV through Gigabit ethernet cable/router.

I leave here mediainfo of a 4k mkv that worked fine with an older version of Serviio but with the v1.9.1 has constant Stuttering/Buffering issues, with the hope that someone can help me.

Thanks


General
Unique ID : 219229866072027780300846905399580797821 (0xA4EE22E99DF22892913C64A3800FAB7D)
Complete name : P:\HD\Warcraft.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 57.2 GiB
Duration : 2h 3mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 66.5 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2016-10-09 22:46:24
Writing application : mkvmerge v9.4.2 ('So High') 64bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.4 + libmatroska v1.4.5

Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2h 3mn
Bit rate : 61.0 Mbps
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.307
Stream size : 52.5 GiB (92%)
Writing library : x265 2.0+18-b0ec268aef60:[Windows][GCC 6.1.0][64 bit] 10bit
Encoding settings : wpp / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / max-tu-size=32 / tu-intra-depth=1 / tu-inter-depth=1 / me=1 / subme=2 / merange=57 / no-rect / no-amp / max-merge=2 / temporal-mvp / no-early-skip / rskip / rdpenalty=0 / no-tskip / no-tskip-fast / strong-intra-smoothing / no-lossless / no-cu-lossless / no-constrained-intra / no-fast-intra / open-gop / no-temporal-layers / interlace=0 / keyint=250 / min-keyint=23 / scenecut=40 / rc-lookahead=20 / lookahead-slices=8 / bframes=4 / bframe-bias=0 / b-adapt=2 / ref=3 / limit-refs=3 / no-limit-modes / weightp / no-weightb / aq-mode=1 / qg-size=32 / aq-strength=1.00 / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rd=3 / psy-rd=2.00 / rdoq-level=0 / psy-rdoq=0.00 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / no-rd-refine / signhide / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / b-pyramid / cutree / no-intra-refresh / rc=abr / bitrate=61000 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv-maxrate=160000 / vbv-bufsize=160000 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : SMPTE ST 2084
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : R: x=0.680000 y=0.320000, G: x=0.265000 y=0.690000, B: x=0.150000 y=0.060000, White point: x=0.312700 y=0.329000
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0001 cd/m2, max: 1000.0000 cd/m2
Maximum Content Light Level : 1000 cd/m2
Maximum Frame-Average Light Level : 500 cd/m2

Audio #1
ID : 2
Format : Atmos / TrueHD
Codec ID : A_TRUEHD
Duration : 2h 3mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 4 834 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 7 893 Kbps
Channel(s) : Object Based / 8 channels
Channel positions : Object Based / Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : / 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 1 200.000 fps (40 spf)
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 4.16 GiB (7%)
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio #2
ID : 3
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 2h 3mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 640 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 31.250 fps (1536 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 564 MiB (1%)
Language : English
Default : No
Forced : No
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zip

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Post Wed May 23, 2018 1:43 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

try to disable transcoding in the console
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pedrohell

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Post Wed May 23, 2018 9:17 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

zip wrote:try to disable transcoding in the console


Hello Zip,

Transcoding is already off since 2014.
But i think ( its more a feeling that i have) that no matter the profile i use it still tries to transcode.
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Post Wed May 23, 2018 11:58 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

Have you enabled Burned in captions? That will force transcoding regardless of the setting.
Dan

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Post Thu May 24, 2018 6:10 am

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

atc98092 wrote:Have you enabled Burned in captions? That will force transcoding regardless of the setting.


Hi,

On the Delivery menu this are the settings that are OFF:

enable transcoding: OFF
enable extraction of text-based subtitles embedded in video files: OFF
enable burned-in subtitles: OFF
enable retrieving subtitles from opensubtitle.org: OFF

on the languages submenu everything is OFF
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Post Thu May 24, 2018 11:36 am

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

I think you need to determine whether it is being transcoded or not as the first step. While the movie is plating on your TV (and stuttering along) then on your Serviio PC open a browser and type:
http://localhost:23423/rest/playback-status

When it returns, find your playing item and note the <itemTranscoded> field - true is transcoded, false is not.

ps. you can also see whether its transcoded by looking at the playback icon on the status tab of Serviio Console. The icon colour tells you whether its transcoded or not - I just can never remember what colour is what :D
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Post Thu May 24, 2018 3:46 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

I believe the icon is red for transcoding, and green for direct playback. but don't hold me to that! :lol:
Dan

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Post Thu May 24, 2018 5:49 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

So, it's not transcoding:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

-<playback>


-<client>

<itemId>449709</itemId>

<itemTitle>Warcraft 4K</itemTitle>

<itemThumbnailUrl>/rest/thumbnail/815006</itemThumbnailUrl>

<playbackProgress>0</playbackProgress>

<clientIPAddress>XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX</clientIPAddress>

<clientName>UE49KS8000</clientName>

<rendererUuid>c366166e-a3ad-49f9-b63d-24402d0ba331</rendererUuid>

<itemTranscoded>false</itemTranscoded>

</client>

</playback>

AND i found where was the problem:

I had my TV connected through LAN CAT6 cable to my FritzBox 7490, the TV network card is only 100mbps AND i also had my TV connected to my FritzBox through Wireless, some point in time i should had made a change on my FritzBox because only Wireless N 2.4ghz was enabled, when i re-enabled Wireless AC 5Ghz on the FritzBox, 4K mkvs started working fine again.

So, there is no problem with Serviio, it is still the Best (installed on my PC/SERVER since 2012).

Thank you for all the help guys.

P.S- 4K DLNA on 100mbps network card TV is a no go.
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Post Thu May 24, 2018 8:10 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

I've been able to use DLNA to stream UHD rips with no issue using Ethernet. When I monitor the network activity on my Serviio PC while streaming 4K, I see about 50-60 Mbps, with peaks pushing 90 Mbps. So if those peaks were sustained, yes there could be an issue. But for me, I haven't encountered an issue. But even if you had a Ethernet cable connected, it wouldn't be enabled if you connect the wireless card. There shouldn't have been an issue between them, but who knows?
Dan

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Post Thu May 24, 2018 8:32 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

atc98092 wrote:I've been able to use DLNA to stream UHD rips with no issue using Ethernet. When I monitor the network activity on my Serviio PC while streaming 4K, I see about 50-60 Mbps, with peaks pushing 90 Mbps. So if those peaks were sustained, yes there could be an issue. But for me, I haven't encountered an issue. But even if you had a Ethernet cable connected, it wouldn't be enabled if you connect the wireless card. There shouldn't have been an issue between them, but who knows?



I'm still trying to understand what has happened, but i monitored now the network activity streaming Warcraft 4k mkv and i had a peak of 130 Mbps and the average is between 70 Mbps and 90 Mbps.
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Post Thu May 24, 2018 10:26 pm

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

Yep, that high of a steady bitrate is certainly hitting the upper limits of 100 BaseT Ethernet. Buffering with that level makes sense. I haven't seen a bitrate that high, but I only have 3 UHD rips to play with, and all three titles are older movies, so may not be encoded as high of a bitrate as a newer title. You can't add resolution that isn't there to begin with. :D
Dan

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Post Fri May 25, 2018 6:14 am

Re: UE49KS8000 4k MKV Stuttering/Buffering issues

This weekend i will try to get a 4k mkv with a lower bitrate for testing purposes, because the other one that i have has 70.7 Mbps of bitrate.

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