2024-03-02, 06:49 PM
(2024-03-02, 05:41 PM)chr1s Wrote: ..OR.. is there a recommended player which can "buffer" the stream to keep the quality?
All Jellyfin clients should be creating a buffer from my understanding.
Since you used quotes for "buffer", I'm going to assume that you don't know what this is, so I'll explain.
A buffer is when video/audio is loaded onto a player before it actually plays it on screen.
For example, when you're on youtube, you can see a video's progress bar turn grey-ish white.
If you click on any of these white parts, the video will instantly play since that was already downloaded from youtube's servers onto your browser (the client).
If you ever dealt with slow internet while being on youtube, you probably noticed that you can pause the video and wait a bit to allow the buffer to grow so you can then watch the buffer's amount of video again until the next buffer stop.
This is what people refer to as video buffering when their videos stop playing. The buffer is supposed to provided a "buffer cushion" so that network interruptions/slowdowns don't affect the viewers experience.
Buffers work by loading in data faster than what the user is using at a time.
The amount of buffering is customizable too. Youtube used to buffer a lot more of a video, but have since lowered the amount.
As for Jellyfin clients, some let you customize how much of a buffer it creates. One of these is the Jellyfin MPV shim client.