I'm trying to view a 4K movie from my qnap connected to my TV (Samsunt 6220) through HDMI and is not playing smoothly at all.
I tried from the Plex client on TV and I tried from Kodi, HD Player ... from HD Station ... (same result)
Details for the movie :
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 40.6 GiB
Duration : 2 h 20 min
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 41.5 Mb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2017-12-13 18:29:04
Writing application : mkvmerge v17.0.0 ('Be Ur Friend') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.5 + libmatroska v1.4.8
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration : 2 h 20 min
Bit rate : 35.4 Mb/s
Width : 3 840 pixels
Height : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.178
Stream size : 34.7 GiB (85%)
Writing library : ATEME Titan File 3.8.3 (4.8.3.0)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.2020
Transfer characteristics : SMPTE ST 2084
Matrix coefficients : BT.2020 non-constant
Mastering display color primaries : R: x=0.680000 y=0.320000, G: x=0.265000 y=0.690000, B: x=0.150000 y=0.060000, White point: x=0.312700 y=0.329000
Mastering display luminance : min: 0.0050 cd/m2, max: 1000.0000 cd/m2
Any idea how I could enjoy watching 4K movies from QNAP ?
I have tried with smaller 4K movies , different encoding ... still not playing smoothly.
Such a shame, as it says this model is working with 4K movies.
voxsteel wrote:I got it yesterday, i managed to configure Kodi. It works smoothly.
I need to figure out how to configure plex from shield to use the share from qnap.
But at least kodi works and the quality is amazing.
Easiest option for Plex is just to use Plex Client on the ShieldTV and point to QNAP Plex Server. Since ShieldTV can play everything, Plex Server on QNAP won't need to transcode. IF you are needing remote streaming, then yes you want to enable plex server on the ShieldTV.
At that point you will need to setup SMB sharing on the QNAP. Set a SMB Storage mapping on the ShieldTV under Settings/Storage, and then configure the Plex Server on the ShieldTV to point to the SMB Storage mapping.
Paul
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voxsteel wrote:I got it yesterday, i managed to configure Kodi. It works smoothly.
I need to figure out how to configure plex from shield to use the share from qnap.
But at least kodi works and the quality is amazing.
Easiest option for Plex is just to use Plex Client on the ShieldTV and point to QNAP Plex Server. Since ShieldTV can play everything, Plex Server on QNAP won't need to transcode. IF you are needing remote streaming, then yes you want to enable plex server on the ShieldTV.
At that point you will need to setup SMB sharing on the QNAP. Set a SMB Storage mapping on the ShieldTV under Settings/Storage, and then configure the Plex Server on the ShieldTV to point to the SMB Storage mapping.
Hi Paul,
thanks for reply, I definitely added the SMB share under netwrk storage settings.
The reason why i tried to configure Plex Server on the Shield is because when i tried to use the Plex client and pointed to QNAP Plex server it told me the server is not powerfull enough ( so was still using QNAP resources ).
Hopefully i will have some more time to play with the configuration ... and make it working as I love more PLEX than KODI ...
voxsteel wrote:I got it yesterday, i managed to configure Kodi. It works smoothly.
I need to figure out how to configure plex from shield to use the share from qnap.
But at least kodi works and the quality is amazing.
Easiest option for Plex is just to use Plex Client on the ShieldTV and point to QNAP Plex Server. Since ShieldTV can play everything, Plex Server on QNAP won't need to transcode. IF you are needing remote streaming, then yes you want to enable plex server on the ShieldTV.
At that point you will need to setup SMB sharing on the QNAP. Set a SMB Storage mapping on the ShieldTV under Settings/Storage, and then configure the Plex Server on the ShieldTV to point to the SMB Storage mapping.
Hi Paul,
thanks for reply, I definitely added the SMB share under netwrk storage settings.
The reason why i tried to configure Plex Server on the Shield is because when i tried to use the Plex client and pointed to QNAP Plex server it told me the server is not powerfull enough ( so was still using QNAP resources ).
Hopefully i will have some more time to play with the configuration ... and make it working as I love more PLEX than KODI ...
It looks like there are some optimization opportunities for how Plex sees the android TV client on the Shield TV..
You can try using this "fix" below, which I haven't verified if is still needed on the Plex Server's android config to help. I would read through the whole thread though first and as always, backup any file you are changing.
dolbyman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:27 pm
probably because it's not powerful enough (10bit hevc)
for those files I'd get an nvidia shield (etc)
Is it really not powerfull enough? because I got a TS-453B (which was advertised as able to reproduce 4K) and am also having problems watching 4K movies
the 2015 celeron (and it's gpu) has no support for 10bit hevc ..and the cpu is by far too slow for software decoding
I think your 2016 celeron..might have a 10bit hevc decoder ...not sure..but you give no further info on how you are playing back your media (and media specs)
