Downloaded VOD cannot skip ahead/FF/RW/RESUME

[SysAdminZ]

Can the transcode be disabled with the config.xml configuration? I think I found the settings to adjust but confirmation would be appreciated .  

If not that information does give me an idea of what may be happening with Kodi.  Almost seems like Kodi is reading the m3u8 file instead of TS file sitting in same directory .  I can test as soon as I return to my desk.

Thank you both for the feedback.

[mvallevand]

Unlikely pvr.nextpvr cannot read an m3u8 file. Transcoded VOD of your 4k source will be pretty crappy quality too

Martin

[SysAdminZ]

Yeah.. trying to avoid transcoding.. When checking the TS files with mediainfo it shows the compression mode used is "Lossy".

It seems like this adjustment to disable transcoding of the VOD downloads should be here but what this seems to do is disable transcoding from the webserver only, NOT the download behavior.

<AllowRemoteStreaming>false</AllowRemoteStreaming>
<AllowRemoteTranscode>false</AllowRemoteTranscode>
<AllowUnauthenticatedStreaming>false</AllowUnauthenticatedStreaming>
<SendVOD>false</SendVOD>
<TranscodeProfile>720p - 2Mbps</TranscodeProfile>
<TranscodeExe>.\other\ffmpeg.exe</TranscodeExe>
<TranscodeHLS>default</TranscodeHLS>
<AnalyzeDuration>default</AnalyzeDuration>
<VideoEncoder>CPU</VideoEncoder>
<TranscodeArgs>-y -v 0 -i [SOURCE] -f mpegts -acodec libfaac -ar 48000 -ac 2 -ab 64k -s [RESOLUTION] -vcodec libx264 -b [BITRATE] -flags +loop -cmp +chroma -refs >

[mvallevand]

It is hardcoded for the web player playback that is why I was thinking of a Kodi interface and sub even updated the API to make it easier.

Martin

[SysAdminZ]

I tested removing the m3u8 file created from a recording sub-directory and can confirm, IT DOES allow for fast forward and rewind buttons to reappear.. it appears to fast forward at different speeds however playing from that point does not seem to work correctly so the m3u8 file was for sure being referenced by Kodi.

[SysAdminZ]

I actually thought that VOD downloaded native,  with a known extention, sorry for any confusioin

I did start a thread on playing VOD direct in Kodi without downloading  https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=65636 but dropped it do to lack of user interested.

Martin

I am reading through this and trying to make sense of it.  It looks like a good feature to incorporate so you do not have to download the VOD files and avoid going through the mess of downloading or transcoding for that matter.  Thank you

[sub]

Yeah.. trying to avoid transcoding.. When checking the TS files with mediainfo it shows the compression mode used is "Lossy".

It does try to do a remux to ts, rather than an reencoding, so the video is likely to be exactly what it was at the source (ie, probably lossy H264 compression that happened well before NextPVR got hold of it).

[mvallevand]

I tested removing the m3u8 file created from a recording sub-directory and can confirm, IT DOES allow for fast forward and rewind buttons to reappear.. it appears to fast forward at different speeds however playing from that point does not seem to work correctly so the m3u8 file was for sure being referenced by Kodi.

The Kodi logs and NextPVR logs would tell us much more, no logs no problems. 

The VOD PR seems to be on hold https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/25711  and as I said the lack of interest here doesn't provide me with any motivation.  Not knowing how different providers "group" movies won't help since a flat unsearchable list of 20k+ movies is not really acceptable to me so sub's download menu strategy is currently more practical.

Martin

[mvallevand]

It does try to do a remux to ts, rather than an reencoding, so the video is likely to be exactly what it was at the source (ie, probably H264 lossy compression anyway.

His example he PM'd me was a 4K file which a lot of movies are so they remux rule only applies to web standards.

Martin

[sub]

If it was h264 it'll do a copy. hevc would be a transcode.