[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #11283: heavy network load when viewing large (> 1Gbyte) MP4 video

Karl Dietz dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org
Sun Dec 9 13:58:08 UTC 2012


On 09.12.2012 14:14,  MythTV wrote:
> #11283: heavy network load when viewing large (>  1Gbyte) MP4 video
> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------
>   Reporter:  willem@…  |           Type:  Bug Report - General
>     Status:  new       |       Priority:  minor
> Milestone:  unknown   |      Component:  MythTV - Video Playback
>    Version:  0.25.3    |       Severity:  medium
>   Keywords:            |  Ticket locked:  0
> ----------------------+-----------------------------------------
>   When watching a MP4 video with mythfrontend running on a different system
>   than mythbackend, I observe heavy network traffic and a stuttering
>   display. My network is 100Mbit, and it is completely loaded: ca. 10
>   Mbyte/second down, ca. 200kByte/sec up.
>
>   This does not happen when the video is smaller than 1 Gbyte. In fact, I
>   have a video in two parts, each of which is less than 1 Gbyte and plays
>   fine. When I combine the parts with
>     mencoder part1.avi part2.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -o total.avi
>   viewing the resulting file (total.avi) results in the heavy network load.

I have no idea if thats related to the issue you are seeing, but you
should avoid the AVI container. It does not work properly for many use
cases and is super limited. (like variable birate audio streams) Try
something modern like MKV or MP4 instead.

The simplest solution would be to just re-rip the disc with makemkv or
similar to a proper container with proper metadata.

Regards,
Karl


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