Why is ch5903 (LOCAST KTLA) doing Remux to the Remote Apple TV but not the Local (LAN) Apple TV. Not sure if both Apple TV's are using the same release.
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Watching ch5903 KTLADT from 192.168.11.112
Watching ch5903 from 107.184.144.244 (Remux Running: 3h32m23s @ 1x (30.03fps))
IIRC, local streams are MPEG-TS, remote streams are HLS. Therefore, remuxing is necessary because the container is different.
Do you have any idea why? I checked the client on Apple TV and it says Stream Quality ==> ORIGINAL for both local and remote streaming. With my Gigabit Internet I would prefer that the streaming for both local and remote be the same to reduce as much overhead on my DVR as possible. I use PLEX as well for Movies (not tv shows) and it just streams the movies with very little overhead on the same server I use for Channels. My guess is there is simply a reason I do not understand and maybe there is something I could do about it if I understood?
Remux adds very little overhead. There is no video decoding/encoding/transcoding happening.
In-home streaming can assume low latency and uses a single TCP stream. Remote streaming requires HLS because there can be high latency and the client needs to be able to reconnect/retry in case of transmission errors.
Thanks for the reply. I assume this is the case for both Live TV streams and for Imported Movies. I agree that there seems to be low overhead doing Remux (at least a single stream) but I thought I saw more overhead playing a movie (maybe not). I will need to do more testing and if I find out anything concrete I will get back to you.