Mi Box 3 international, client v8.1.0.17967 (3dbad729)
Server v1.18.7.2457 Win10 (alghough I updated to the latest, but same issues)
Have noticed that I am getting errors, playing home movie clips back from 10 years ago, 480P MJPEG. These are from a Canon camera, that I used back then. Those same clips play with Kodi, no problems whatsoever.
NEW PLAYER - OFF
(with Disable video stream transcoding unchecked)
ERROR MESSAGE - The server is not powerful enough to convert video
(with Disable video stream transcoding checked)
ERROR MESSAGE - Playback was not possible; Not enough CPU for conversion of this item.
NEW PLAYER - ON
(with Disable video stream transcoding checked)
Some of the videos are playing back ok (and playing direct for both video & sound)
Some give this message: An error occured while attempting to play this video. Please try restarting both the Plex Media Server and this app. Here, nothing even comes up in the dashboard.
(with Disable video stream transcoding unchecked)
Videos play back, with transcoding though (when I look in dashboard)
What gives, is it not possible to make this player work properly? We are talking about videos from 10 years ago, which can play on the crappiest hardware, Plex canât play them back without transcoding them. This is a joke. Why can KODI play all content, yet Plex is still playing catchup here??
Frustration after frustration, endlessly. Both the MiBox3 and MiBoxS can play all video formats, but not if you play it through Plex. Please explain this stupidity.
The best way I know how to rectify the issue is download MKVToolNix and change the container to mkv. Itâs not a re code, itâs free, cross platform supported, super quick and a few other tricks to help you with troublesome files. A no brainer.
I must ask how often those obscure file formats are in avi container. Too add if someone has a large Library, using handbrake for many avi may result in content redundancy for a less than conscientious collector. I suggest at least using MKVTooolNix firstly, if they still donât work, revert to handbrake or replace the avi files for a more compatiable format like mp4 or mkv. A good legal source is the local op shop where they are extremely cheap or swap meet.
During my AVI Disposal Project I found that only about 10% of the AVI files I had were able to be âmuxed-fixedâ and then I realized they looked like crap anyway.
Slated for replacement, it took 10 years, but here I am - AVI FREE!
Not sure how HEVC came in, but playing it is turning out to be very nice. Encoding it - may take most of whatâs left of my life, so Iâm not that into it. Special cases only.
If you have a player I can send you the link for a Sample of an encode I endured - might lend some light in an otherwise dark cornerâŠ
@trumpy81 UGH, so disappointing that this is the case.
So basically, best thing would be to encode all the old stuff to h264 or HEVC? I encode all my new home videos to HEVC now, even though some devices already record it this way (i.e. Pixel3a) I find I can get 3:1 further compression by re-encoding (which I just leave to do overnight).
In the above cases, I found options in handbrake that work, exported them and use them in HBBatchBeast to automate the process.
Are there any presets recommended for HEVC encoding for older MPEG/DIVX/etc, or if I use the Handbrake h264 and HEVC defaults for 480p these should be ok. Definitely donât want to be losing quality, but some of those older videos the quality isnât that great anyway.
From what I read, HEVC makes sense for video 1080P and higher, anything lower wonât benefit from the compression/algorithm so better to use H264. Is that a correct statement?
Finally, why does KODI player have no issues, and Plex always has some kind of issue. I wish Plex would focus on building a rock solid player rather than waste time on stuff like âwatch togetherâ.
Does that shell script work in Win10 shell? I would imagine so since it references mediainfo and ffmpeg both which I have, but these could also be available for Linux and other OSesâŠ
