Question Jellyfin on Pi4 8Gb

[Dani4tw]

Hi. I am in need of some help, trying to understand why some movies play without a problem and some needing 15s loading time for 1-2 sec play time.
I just can not find out why some files to not play smooth. Most of them are super high quality.
For Example each GoT Episode is .mkv and about 31 Gb. barely play 10 sec in 5 minutes.
Westworld same format, .mkv and about 11Gb an Episode, not as bad but still unwatchable.
True Detective .mkv 4.4 Gb. some days plays smooths some days not as smooth.
Some other movies larger the 4.4 Also played smooth...
Is the size the problem? is that to much to handle for the pi? or are there some other things I am not thinking of?

 

[kanewolf]

Hi. I am in need of some help, trying to understand why some movies play without a problem and some needing 15s loading time for 1-2 sec play time.
I just can not find out why some files to not play smooth. Most of them are super high quality.
For Example each GoT Episode is .mkv and about 31 Gb. barely play 10 sec in 5 minutes.
Westworld same format, .mkv and about 11Gb an Episode, not as bad but still unwatchable.
True Detective .mkv 4.4 Gb. some days plays smooths some days not as smooth.
Some other movies larger the 4.4 Also played smooth...
Is the size the problem? is that to much to handle for the pi? or are there some other things I am not thinking of?

Are these files on a USB3 attached SSD? Via network? SD card? USB Flash?

 

[Dani4tw]

Are these files on a USB3 attached SSD? Via network? SD card? USB Flash?

External HDD, USB 3

 

[kanewolf]

External HDD, USB 3

Native file system or NTFS ?

 

[Dani4tw]

NTFS

 

[kanewolf]

NTFS

That could be the problem. If you have a spare drive, format it in a Linux native file system and test. NTFS can be a performance limit on Linux.

What OS are you running? Is it a 64bit OS so that you get the benefit of 8GB RAM ?

 

[Dani4tw]

What would be a native linux Format? I am running the raspianOS 64 Bit I think. Can not remember exactly. And am to stupid to find out what.

 

[kanewolf]

What would be a native linux Format? I am running the raspianOS 64 Bit I think. Can not remember exactly. And am to stupid to find out what.

EXT4 is the default file system.

Run the command "cat /etc/os-release" to see info about your OS.

 

[Dani4tw]

ain't working
should I type sudo or some other comand?

 

[kanewolf]

ain't working
should I type sudo or some other comand?

Works for me. Did you take the quotes off ?

 

[Dani4tw]

EXT4 is the default file system.

Run the command "cat /etc/os-release" to see info about your OS.

Tryed with ext4. Same problem. bearly playing 2 sec after 2-3 minutes loading time