WTV playback quality problem
Posted: 22 May 2014, 15:34
I have a rather large library of WTV files that my kids like to access when they are away at school. I've been doing this for several years and the one obstacle that keeps me having to maintain a Subsonic site rather than just going to Madsonic for all my sites is the WTV playback.
I have another test to run to determine if Java may be involved, but for now, I have a Madsonic site and a Subsonic site running nearly identical configurations:
Madsonic
Version 5.0.3860
Server Apache Tomcat/7.0.52, java 1.7.0_51, Windows Server 2012 (347.8 MB / 436.5 MB)
Subsonic
Version 4.9 (build 3819) – January 23, 2014
Server Apache Tomcat/6.0.37, java 1.7.0_25, Windows Server 2012 (153.8 MB / 379.1 MB)
Media folders access the same files. Transcode settings are identical:
Videoffmpeg -ss %o -i %s -async 1 -b %bk -s %wx%h -ar 44100 -ac 2 -v 0 -f flv -vcodec libx264 -preset superfast -threads 0 -
Playback in Subsonic is clear and crisp even at 1000kbps. These are 1080i WTV recordings and look as they should in Subsonic.
Playback in Madsonic is degraded noticeably. Picture is jagged and blocky looking even at 15000kbps playback.
This has been a persistent problem for some time over many installations using different versions of Java and Tomcat. I would love to get this solved on Madsonic so I can drop Subsonic entirely.
If anyone else has encountered the same issue, any input would be appreciated.
I have another test to run to determine if Java may be involved, but for now, I have a Madsonic site and a Subsonic site running nearly identical configurations:
Madsonic
Version 5.0.3860
Server Apache Tomcat/7.0.52, java 1.7.0_51, Windows Server 2012 (347.8 MB / 436.5 MB)
Subsonic
Version 4.9 (build 3819) – January 23, 2014
Server Apache Tomcat/6.0.37, java 1.7.0_25, Windows Server 2012 (153.8 MB / 379.1 MB)
Media folders access the same files. Transcode settings are identical:
Videoffmpeg -ss %o -i %s -async 1 -b %bk -s %wx%h -ar 44100 -ac 2 -v 0 -f flv -vcodec libx264 -preset superfast -threads 0 -
Playback in Subsonic is clear and crisp even at 1000kbps. These are 1080i WTV recordings and look as they should in Subsonic.
Playback in Madsonic is degraded noticeably. Picture is jagged and blocky looking even at 15000kbps playback.
This has been a persistent problem for some time over many installations using different versions of Java and Tomcat. I would love to get this solved on Madsonic so I can drop Subsonic entirely.
If anyone else has encountered the same issue, any input would be appreciated.