As a user of PMS on Synology ARM-based NAS box, would be really great if Plex/Web would simply direct play content or at least attempt a direct play. Since us ARM-based users don't have transcode support this really does cripple an incredibly useful aspect of Plex. Nearly all other Plex "clients" support direct play and work great with my setup.
I've already taken the pains to transcode my library to work within the limits of ARM (most content is either 480p or 1080p h.264 and between 1 and 4 Mbps) - would love to be able to play it back via web browser.
For now I always get the dreaded "Cannot load: M3U8" error.....
As a user of PMS on Synology ARM-based NAS box, would be really great if Plex/Web would simply direct play content or at least attempt a direct play. Since us ARM-based users don't have transcode support this really does cripple an incredibly useful aspect of Plex. Nearly all other Plex "clients" support direct play and work great with my setup.
I've already taken the pains to transcode my library to work within the limits of ARM (most content is either 480p or 1080p h.264 and between 1 and 4 Mbps) - would love to be able to play it back via web browser.
For now I always get the dreaded "Cannot load: M3U8" error.....
It will where it can, but codec support over HLS is extremely limited in browsers and even then supported differently on various platforms. Which browser and OS are you using?
All right now result in Cannot load: M3U8 404 Not Found errors when I try to playback through Plex/Web.
and they do direct play on other mobile devices? (i.e., you have already sorted all the moov atom type requirements to make the media itself direct playable)
aka, if you view the media info on your media in Plex/Web, optimize for streaming is set to 1.
OK - this is good info - I check and my whole library is all set to streaming = 0. What tools would adjust this. I can direct play from Roku, Android, iOS, etc. without issue as I suppose that is due to being able to force Direct Play from the client?
If I need to edit this metadata how would I go about that?
Here is full media info for example file - all are basically transcoded the same with the exception of some that are 1080p and ~3Mbps bit rate:
OK - this is good info - I check and my whole library is all set to streaming = 0. What tools would adjust this. I can direct play from Roku, Android, iOS, etc. without issue as I suppose that is due to being able to force Direct Play from the client?
If I need to edit this metadata how would I go about that?
Here is full media info for example file - all are basically transcoded the same with the exception of some that are 1080p and ~3Mbps bit rate:
Trudge - thanks so much - tried the python version of qt-faststart and that did the trick - now my .mp4 have the moov atom at the front of the file. Media analyze now shows "optimized for streaming 1" and a fixed file plays back via plex/web.
