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Factory Reset RBK50 (RBR50 & 2xRBS50 Satellites)
Hello I have had my system up and running for some time without issue, but recently added a Plex Server and HDHomeRun and had a minor issue. I would like to watch Live TV using the guide and Liv...
the shield's transcoding capability isn't going to be the greatest. Try turning that off seeing if it helps.
The hardest part about it is you're actually going through 2 systems. The hdhomerun is sending the file to the plex at whatever quality you're using and then the plex is having to turn around and send it to your device.
For example, on my, if I have the live tv running, my server is using about 50mbps download to it (not upstream), its then transcoding the stream to a 15mbps stream which bounces between 2-50mbps (buffering) that it sends to my streaming device.
And thats on a rather stout server. Without knowing how well the shield handles that much bandwidth and if its transcoding or not, it could be why its having issues going through the plex and not using the direct app.
What hdhomerun do you have?
Do you have plex set for auto-transcoding off the hdhomerun?
Or hardware encoding? I'm using a similar setup but using a Ryzen 2700X and gpu so its got a bit more grunt than the shield does. It still struggles a bit with some "on the fly" transcoding.
If you hardwire a device into the satellite will it stream off the plex server fine?
Again, not sure about the shields capabilities with transcoding files or from the hdhomerun so that complicates things a bit.
Does it matter if the show's already been recorded and you're playing back? or is it only issue with live broadcasts?
Also - The HDHomeRun and NVidia Shield are both hardwired to the RBS50 (this is for live TV only - I don't have any DVR shows).
Whats wierd is that Kodi's HDHomeRun PVR Client works and the HDHomeRun app works fine, which is why I am puzzled by Plex :smileyfrustrated: