Windows, Docker, RTX3090ti

[dswoods3]

One is 3,840 x 2,160 Samsung 4k but I am using it through chromecast and it is really laggy but no error, the one with the log is 3840 x 2160 Sony 4k but I am playing it directly and it gets the error.
Sony Codecs if this matters is MPEG1: MPEG1/MPEG2PS: MPEG2/MPEG2TS (HDV, AVCHD): MPEG2, AVC/MP4 (XAVC S): AVC, MPEG4, HEVC/AVI: Xvid, MotionJpeg/ASF (WMV): VC1/MOV: AVC, MPEG4, MotionJpeg/MKV: Xvid, AVC, MPEG4, VP8. HEVC/WEBM: VP8/3GPP: MPEG4, AVC/MP3/ASF (WMA)/LPCM/WAV/MP4AAC/FLAC/JPEG; WEBM: VP9/AC4/ogg/AAC/ARW (Screen nail only)
Chromecast 4k Video Codecs VP9, H.264, H.265 (HEVC)

[TheDreadPirate]

Can you try setting the audio output setting in our Android TV app to "downmix to stereo"?

[dswoods3]

Can you try setting the audio output setting in our Android TV app to "downmix to stereo"?

Same issue, no change

[TheDreadPirate]

Try disabling HEVC encoding.

[dswoods3]

Try disabling HEVC encoding.

So that made it play. Now it is just extremely pixelated. Thank you so much for that next step. I have been trying to play with all the setting to figure out what everything is but I am really not seeing a difference. Is there not a setting that makes it play, look, and sound good on all devices? Or should I be converting everything to one specific file other than MP4 or MKV. One video on one device takes my 3090ti to 90+ percent usage which is absurd to me. You spend this much on a pc and assume it can do everything lol. Also, thank you for all your help. With all this troubleshooting, I am learning a lot about things I would have never even knew I needed to learn

   

[TheDreadPirate]

90% usage isn't unusual. FFmpeg will always use all the resources given to it. Your GPU is probably encoding at a super high frame rate.

Can you share the ffmpeg log from this latest attempt? It shouldn't look pixelated unless the bit rate is really low.

Also, you mentioned driver version 552.12, but was that in reference to Ubuntu in WSL? Or on Windows directly?

[dswoods3]

90% usage isn't unusual.  FFmpeg will always use all the resources given to it.  Your GPU is probably encoding at a super high frame rate.

Can you share the ffmpeg log from this latest attempt?  It shouldn't look pixelated unless the bit rate is really low.

Also, you mentioned driver version 552.12, but was that in reference to Ubuntu in WSL?  Or on Windows directly?

Here is one from the pixelated screen.


  newer.txt (Size: 19.42 KB / Downloads: 18)

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How are you understanding all of this??

[TheDreadPirate]

90% usage isn't unusual.  FFmpeg will always use all the resources given to it.  Your GPU is probably encoding at a super high frame rate.

Can you share the ffmpeg log from this latest attempt?  It shouldn't look pixelated unless the bit rate is really low.

Also, you mentioned driver version 552.12, but was that in reference to Ubuntu in WSL?  Or on Windows directly?

Here is one from the pixelated screen.

WTF is this video?

Code:

Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 3840x2160 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 8583 kb/s, 140 fps, 140 tbr, 10000k tbn (default)

4K, 140FPS, but 8Mbps H264?

Most streaming devices will only support 4K H264 at up to 60FPS for recent devices and 30FPS for older devices. 

It is probably transcoding due to the codec level, which is 6.1.  Most streaming devices support H264 5.1 (4K 30fps) or 5.2 (4K 60FPS).

ffmpeg doesn't log the codec level it is bringing it down to, but I'm assuming 5.1 or 5.2.  Between the insufficient codec complexity level, high resolution, high frame rate, and low bit rate, that is probably why it is pixelated.  8Mbps for this kind of video is insanely low.

This video is a complete edge case and very few streaming devices can play it.

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How are you understanding all of this??

Lots of trial and error.  Both with helping people here and with my own adventures encoding my own content with ffmpeg.

[dswoods3]

90% usage isn't unusual.  FFmpeg will always use all the resources given to it.  Your GPU is probably encoding at a super high frame rate.

Can you share the ffmpeg log from this latest attempt?  It shouldn't look pixelated unless the bit rate is really low.

Also, you mentioned driver version 552.12, but was that in reference to Ubuntu in WSL?  Or on Windows directly?

Here is one from the pixelated screen.

WTF is this video?

Code:

Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709, progressive), 3840x2160 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 8583 kb/s, 140 fps, 140 tbr, 10000k tbn (default)

4K, 140FPS, but 8Mbps H264?

Most streaming devices will only support 4K H264 at up to 60FPS for recent devices and 30FPS for older devices. 

It is probably transcoding due to the codec level, which is 6.1.  Most streaming devices support H264 5.1 (4K 30fps) or 5.2 (4K 60FPS).

ffmpeg doesn't log the codec level it is bringing it down to, but I'm assuming 5.1 or 5.2.  Between the insufficient codec complexity level, high resolution, high frame rate, and low bit rate, that is probably why it is pixelated.  8Mbps for this kind of video is insanely low.

This video is a complete edge case and very few streaming devices can play it.

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How are you understanding all of this??

Lots of trial and error.  Both with helping people here and with my own adventures encoding my own content with ffmpeg.

So are you saying I should convert the movie to 60fps? I come from gaming where my screens run at 140+fps All of my movies are copied at 140fps. What would you suggest for all settings when copying movies for the best resolution possible for good playing? luckily I havn't copied all 800 movies yet lol

[TheDreadPirate]

For games, sure. I've yet to see a non-slowmo video above 60 FPS. Most movies and shows are either 24FPS or 30FPS.

Do not change the frame rate of the video. There is no benefit. There is no benefit to changing the resolution either. There are fancy videos upscalers, but the software is expensive, slow, and they don't create results worth the time and effort.