Server Version#: 1.41.4.9399 Player Version#: Plex for Samsung 5.90.1 My server is Ubuntu with Plex installed on bare metal with the default transcode location. We started a 4K DV HDR10 movie with 7.1 TrueHD (over 80GB total filesize) on a Tizen 4K TV with just the TV speakers. The TV can direct p…

ALL: Folks, Engineering has heard the feedback. They are re-evaluating the change and unexpected impact it’s had. While I’d like to share what’s being discussed, I can’t until Engineering has finalized their plans and put a date on it. What I can say is that I like the current proposal. Agai…

Is it ok to ask what problem there was with the buffer throttle limit in regards to transcodes in the first place?

The original problem with the throttle was that it actually never stopped. If you look at your old logs, you will see ‘sloth’ mode. It would continue to transcode no matter what was actually happening. Left in pause long enough, or with a fast enough GPU like is common now, the temp space (/dev…

This has me confused. The problem was that they weren’t being throttled so the fix was to explicitly not throttle them? Am I not understanding something here?

@jebrum That’s pretty much how it came out. There are three types of video transcoding happening. Streaming transcoding - (when you play a video / audio which needs it) Static job transcoding - (when you optimize or download a vldeo) DVR transcoding - (when video is recorded by the DVR) …

Thanks for the report and the discussion, @ChuckPa . I reported this in a separate thread about the Mac version of PMS, which stores the transcode chunks in a “Caches” folder in the user’s profile. Glad your team is on top of it!

My thanks go out to all of you for being so prompt and cooperative in reporting it With everyone’s help, it was easy to quantify, identify, and get it to Engineering for rapid attention.

Yeah, this makes it a lot clearer why this happened. Thank you.

I see a new beta release has been posted with this line in the notes. (Transcoder) Unconditional unthrottling of HW transcodes would affect streaming transcodes (PM-2703) Does that mean this had been adjusted to not affect streaming transcoding and to only affect static job transcoding now?

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That does make more sense now. Thank you.

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