Server Version#: Version 1.18.1.1973
NAS Model#:TVS-682T
Remote user Client version#: Samsung TV QE65Q8FNA
I have searched the forum and read the guidelines but could not find the reliable answer to my questions,so posting here since I am new to media streaming domain
and a note about my upload speed is 80Mbps (consisitently):
What should be the setting for Internet Streaming video quality for remote users?
I have it at 8Mbps (1080), what this actually mean in layman terms? what if I leave it at maximum?
I have Automatically adjust quality (Beta) enabled, so does this mean the manual setting have no effect?
2.I left the Limit remote stream bitrate at original (no limit), I OK with no limit if this helps remote users having better playback experience,is that OK?
What should I suggest for my remote users to set their client setting? I have 4 remote users in total in different countries, one of them had playback issues such as buffering and play constantly using his smart Samsung TV, other remote users had no issue so far, upgrading Smart TV firmware is good suggestion? or adjust any other setting on the flex client Smart TV?
There is no magic number. Just because you have good upload doesn’t mean they have good download. Latency could be bad as well. Depending on the type of internet they have when they get home and the entire neighborhood is online it can effect speeds as well. The quality setting in client is a limit. The Samsung client does not have the auto adjust quality setting.
They need to set it in their player to whatever works for them which might be lower than stellar quality to stream without buffering.
sure you can leave the limit remote steam setting on no limit. it might help and allow for spikes in file bit rate during action scenes and such
remote clients should be set to remote quality = maximum (assuming their d/l isn’t something crappy like 20 meg or less
the remote quality sets the upper cap, automatically adjust allows the client/server to adjust bandwidth on the fly if client download is unstable (ie mobile). For remote home internet, you can generally leave auto off unless they experience a lot of buffering for some reason.
Plex Web > settings > remote access > upload speed = set to 80meg or whatever cap you want to put on plex upload usage. this will limit the total upload used by all clients from your plex server. so if you set to 50, then 50m will be shared amongst all users, according to their client speed settings and the media being streamed.
settings > remote access > limit remote stream bitrate is the cap for each individual stream.
common wisdom seems to be
client remote quality = max, auto on (where available and/or applicable)
server upload set to your internet upload speed
remote stream = original/unlimited
this will let each client have the original quality (ie direct play) where possible, up to where the total outgoing bandwidth starts exceeding your server upload cap.
when the server cap is reached, then the server will start sharing the available bandwidth to meet the upload restriction.
clients with auto adjust that are not already direct streaming, will get lower bandwidth accordingly.
clients that are direct playing will continue to do so until that stream stops
new streams will share whatever portion of available upload bandwidth is available, the server will transcode down to the quality/speed as necessary.
plex will never ‘upscale’ or convert to a higher bitrate, so maximum/original = whatever the bitrate of the content being streamed is.
this means if you try to do original streaming of a 4k bluray with 80 meg upload, it is probably going to fail and/or buffer alot. (4k can use over 100 meg, ~150 up is probably a safe speed for 4k remote streaming).
standard 1080p blurays (remuxes) will probably fit in your 80 meg up, but will obviously use a large chunk of that upload speed.
lower bitrate content, will of course whatever that file is.
bitrate are typically average.
peak bitrates can be double or more of the average.
