Cord-Cutting, Or How to Stream your Way to Success
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Crone
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Sad thing is, I've been conditioned by Comcast's shitty upload for so long (Cox Communications in Phoenix before this did the same thing), that getting 40 is like HEAVEN. I can't even imagine what a symmetrical connection would be like. Probably amazing? ha
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A 1gbit connection is great, until you come across some download that doesn’t have that bandwidth to saturate your connection.
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It all depends on how you have it set to transcode, and what you are downloading. I download a lot of 4k remuxes (basically full quality, as if I were watching the actual disk), and I had my Plex server set to send out 1080p to everyone. Well, the first time someone tried to stream a 4k rip, it literally froze my entire computer for several minutes due to how much processing it was trying to do. I have alleviated that some by letting it send out the files with no transcoding, but now I have the Comcast upload bottleneck. I told everyone that if there was stuff they really wanted to watch, they could message me and I'd get it in a cheap 1080p rip or something, but they still fail to check the stats for each file and inevitably start the 4k instead. And most just stop using it because they don't want to bug me to get them alternate versions. (I'm not going to stop getting 4k rips for myself, otherwise what is the point of having all this home theater shit?!)
I know you just recently upgraded from watching in 480p (/shudder) so 4k might not be a problem for you yet...but trust me, that will kill even a beefy dedicated server, if you have it trying to transcode down to something streamable over Comcast.
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Lol, I still went back to 480p for TV shows. Fuck how much space 4k takes. 4k looks nice, but not much better than decent 1080p, so for movies I just stick with that. Maybe a problem with not being able to see them side by side? Just don't care. I mean Hulu still only does 720p doesn't it? And when Netflix pops up showing Dolby Vision I'm like cool, but it's not that noticeable to me.
Recently while doing my normal travel for work I was watching a twitch stream and hotel internet being what it is, I finally gave a shit at the quality when it had dropped to like 240p or something? It may have been YouTube instead of Twitch. Just don't see it or care.
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480p for tv Jesus. At least go 720
Comcast's gigabit isn't fiber so thats.why the upload is so shitty
Comcast's gigabit isn't fiber so thats.why the upload is so shitty
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DirectTV pissed me off for the last time. My head is spinning reading just the last 3 pages, how far back do I need to go to get with the cut-the-cord times???? plex?? wtf is that? I need TV not my house re piped.
I have Amazon and Netflix now, only thing I will miss is local TV (for local news). What will fill that gap?
I have Amazon and Netflix now, only thing I will miss is local TV (for local news). What will fill that gap?
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Just get an HD antenna. If you really want you can get a DVR to record stuff from the antenna
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Anyone know of a good alternative to Plex? It has been a shitshow lately, chopping up on a hardwired 4k Apple TV and a Firestick and I'm about done trying to troubleshoot the constant "Connection not fast enough" error. I'm reading about Emby a bit but was wondering if anyone used it?
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Are you just looking to view it in your home on a few devices? Not sharing it with people outside?
If so, there's no reason not to try Kodi. Kodi doesn't do any transcoding so if you try that and it still has connection speed issues, you'll know it is something else. Personally I use Kodi in-home and Plex for people outside, because I prefer the Kodi interface (rapier skin).
The Apple TV should be able to handle 4K, no idea about a Fire stick though. I know they say 4K on them, but what kind of 4K are you playing? If you're torrenting, as I assume you are since you use Plex, there are countless different rips. That stick isn't the beefiest thing around, even the newer ones, and I'd be surprised if it could actually play a remux (basically the same bitrate as the full UHD disk, so you're looking at 50GB+ movies), so that is a possible point of failure.
Try Kodi and let us know, maybe we can help diagnose further if that doesn't work. You might need to look up how to load it on those devices, but there are dozens of videos/articles describing how to do it. Good luck!
EDIT: One thing you'll lose with Kodi is the ability to jump from device to device and pick up where you left off. That's not an issue for me because I really only watch on one, but if you constantly change, you might find that annoying.
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Crone
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So recently switched to a wired connection, and compared to 5ghz wireless, I haven't really seen a difference at all, except I have a couple holes in my wall now. Lol
But Youtube still only auto plays at 720p60? Even though the videos have 1080p versions available? Why is this? If I click 1080p, then move back to Auto, it'll stay 1080p throughout the rest of the video, but it won't just go 1080p on it's own?
But Youtube still only auto plays at 720p60? Even though the videos have 1080p versions available? Why is this? If I click 1080p, then move back to Auto, it'll stay 1080p throughout the rest of the video, but it won't just go 1080p on it's own?
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Noodleface
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Check YouTube settings but something doesn't sound right. Depending on router and line of sight you may not see a noticeable difference between WiFi and wired though.
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Was probably 30ft direct line of sight with the router, and yea, I understand that. Just like being wired. I'm just not sure why this is happening on Youtube. About to hop on Twitch, and confirm what auto settings do there, but pretty sure it was 1080p.
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What is running YouTube and what is the connect route to the display output? Usually there's settings in YouTube itself, or the device, or your display/receiver is only 720p?
You can get an addon called enhancer for youtube that lets you set a preferred set of resolutions and it will force it from the list that you set.
Crone
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Chrome, on a 1080p 60hz screen. I looked into settings for Youtube, but didn't see anything. Might look into what Dom was saying. Honestly, I'm terrible, and couldn't tell a difference in the videos I was watching the difference between 720p, and forcing it to 1080p. Lol. I could tell it was bad quality, but just not a difference when I bumped it up.
I need to look into a 1080p 144hz new secondary screen anyway. I'd like to match the 27" size of my main display, but not sure how 27" 1080p would work out.
Edit: Just tested Twitch, and it'll automatically go 1080p60 (Source) on any stream that supports it.