I suppose I’m not 100% sure, but I’m fairly confident. I can do some testing to verify this. That said, wouldn’t 100 Mbps be sufficient for streaming these files? It looks like all of my movies have bitrates in the 20-30 Mbps range.
PMS is reporting what it takes to stream the video + audio in the Player-required format. The source bitrates, while close, don’t always hold true.
H.264 -> HLS for example to apple devices.
H.264 MKV -> Direct to Roku (this observed bitrate will ring very true to actual file data)
I just transferred a file over the network to the NAS and it averaged just about 200 Mbps. This particular test was done over wifi, so it’s not the exact path taken by the Apple TV, but other than the wireless access point it still hits the router/switch and demonstrates there should be no 100 Mbps bottleneck. I’ll continue testing just to make sure, however.
without having an app or developer access to the ATV, only the device specs can be used.
Which model please?
Sorry for the delay in response, but here is all the information I can get from the Apple TV.
Device model: A1842 (32 GB)
Apple TV version: tvOS 11.2.6
Plex version: 1.25 (8311)
I’ll also note that I am now re-encoding some of my content through Handbrake. I would prefer not to have to do this, but in the short-term it is making Plex usable for me. After Handbrake, the video and audio are both “Direct Stream” (I’ve disabled Direct Play because of this thread).
If it helps, the Handbrake settings I’m using are H.264, preserving the source frame rate, CRF 20 for video. For audio, I’m re-encoding for a stereo AAC track and a 5.1 AC3 track. The bitrate seems to reduce by ~65% on average after conversion. But there are no stuttering or other playback issues after conversion.
