Bad video quality with latest pull

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Just did a git pull today and noticed that the video quality is quite degraded.  I am on a hardwired connection and tried both 1080p 8.0 mbps and 12mbps.  Both produce a very pixelated video.  I believe this would be the part of the log you would want to see, no?

 

Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * maxVideoBitrate => 8000
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * videoQuality => 60
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * directPlay => 0
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * audioBoost => 100
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * fastSeek => 1
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * subtitleSize => 100
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * path => /library/metadata/56724
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * protocol => hls
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * videoResolution => 1920x1080
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * directStream => 1
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Platform => iOS
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Model => 3,1
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Platform-Version => 5.3
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Client-Platform => iOS
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Device => AppleTV
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Product => Plex Connect
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Device-Name => Apple TV
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG -  * X-Plex-Version => 
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Using profile iOS
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Downloading document http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/56724
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Cache hit for document http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/56724
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - It took 0.000000 sec to serialize a list with 1 elements.
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Caching document http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/metadata/56724 as d4752cd1bfddcb6b638d1e9dad1b680fbb09bc6f
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] INFO - The Rains of Castamere - video.width limitation applies: 1920 > 1280
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Transcoding to hls/mpegts/h264/aac
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Found session GUID of C1MHCAWNDRHN in session start.
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Using session GUID C1MHCAWNDRHN for new transcode session.
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Cleaning directory for session C1MHCAWNDRHN (/mnt/cache/Temp/plex-transcode-C1MHCAWNDRHN-7468f776-b894-4022-ba48-6355a350d009)
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Saving session: C1MHCAWNDRHN
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9caefb70] DEBUG - Universal profile computed resolution bounding box of 1280x720.
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9de77b70] DEBUG - Request: GET /video/:/transcode/universal/session/C1MHCAWNDRHN/base/index.m3u8 [192.168.0.18:49612] (4 live)
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9de77b70] DEBUG - Starting a transcode session C1MHCAWNDRHN at offset -1.0 (stopped=1)
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9de77b70] DEBUG - Job running: /usr/local/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plex New Transcoder -i http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/parts/52227/file.mkv -threads 0 -y -segment_format mpegts -f segment -loglevel quiet -loglevel_plex error -map_metadata -1 -progressurl http://127.0.0.1:32400/video/:/transcode/session/C1MHCAWNDRHN/progress -vcodec libx264 -crf 22 -maxrate 8000k -bufsize 16000k -vsi 1280x720 -preset veryfast -x264opts cabac=0:me=dia:subme=0:me_range=4:no_chroma_me:8x8dct=0:bframes=0:rc_lookahead=1:qcomp=0.50:qpmin=10:qpmax=51:qpstep=4:partitions=none:cabac=0 -flags -global_header -segment_time 3 -segment_start_number 0 -force_key_frames expr:gte(t,n_forced*3) -map 0:0 -sn -acodec aac -strict -2 -cutoff 15000 -ac 2 -ab 154k -map 0:1 media-%05d.ts 
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9b1ffb70] DEBUG - Request: GET /library/parts/52227/file.mkv [127.0.0.1:42643] (4 live)
Jun 03, 2013 18:59:31 [0x9b1ffb70] WARN - SLOW QUERY: It took 510.000000 ms to retrieve 1 items.
 

 

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Hmm is this possibly due to the 0.9.27 PMS?  I just upgraded (was avoiding it because I read there were some issues) and the video looks better.  I'll keep checking tho.  Anyone else have this issue?

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I got this issue too on Apple TV 3. Any idea?

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Jubei, could you try restoring your ATV and see if you get the same issue?

I am wondering if it is related to you running the Elan branch, it storing stuff on the ATV and then that causing issues when you switched back to the main branch.