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by DHK
Wed Jan 11, 2023 4:11 am
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

I'm sorry I'm not communicating properly. Here's what I did. 1) Started up VLC on my iMac. 2) Went to Firefox and entered the network address for the UMS server and logged in. 3) Clicked on the folder that held the video I wanted to watch and clicked on that video. 4) Clicked play Is this what I sho...
by DHK
Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:37 pm
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

@mik_S: Sorry I'm not making myself clear. For some reason UMS is not playing mp4 as clearly as VLC does. I'd like to either: 1) Make an mp4 stream directly so it is clear, or 2) I'd like to be able to click on an mp4 or mov video in UMS and have it automatically start up VLC to play that video. Are...
by DHK
Mon Jan 09, 2023 11:01 pm
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

Sorry I wasn't clear. Of course I can play each file directly in VLC or Quicktime, but then I lose the wrapping of the files in UMS. How do I tell UMS to play an mp4 or mov file in VLC or Quicktime, rather than whatever it is doing?
by DHK
Mon Jan 09, 2023 1:40 pm
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

VLC seems to be ok, how do I default UMS to play mp4 in VLC? Or can I have it send to QuickTime? Thanks.
by DHK
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:23 am
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

I thought I had replied, but I don't see it here... I have no other TV playback at home other than my Macs... Is there any way I can get a browser to direct stream without any processing?
by DHK
Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:20 am
Forum: Media Renderers
Topic: Where is renderer.conf in macOS???
Replies: 1
Views: 8373

Re: Where is renderer.conf in macOS???

With some suggestions from mik_s I found the answer: ~/Applications/Universal Media Server.app/Contents/Resources/renderers/DefaultRender.conf
by DHK
Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:17 am
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

@mik_s I was given commands to put in renderer.conf in this forum, but no one has ever told me where that is located...
by DHK
Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:18 am
Forum: Media Renderers
Topic: Where is renderer.conf in macOS???
Replies: 1
Views: 8373

Where is renderer.conf in macOS???

I'm trying to play an mp4 in Firefox on an iMac-M1 running macOS 13.1. I have another thread on this topic at https://www.universalmediaserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15527. My problem is that the mp4 is much more blurry in UMS than Plex or native macOS Quicktime. I've been told I should not be re...
by DHK
Fri Jan 06, 2023 4:11 am
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

@mik_s: Updated to 13.0.1 No change. This was done playing in web browser: Firefox on iMac-M1 macOS Ventura 13.1. Safari won't play any video, Chrome has the same degraded video as Firefox.
Thanks...
by DHK
Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: Help and Support
Topic: mp4 Playback Quality
Replies: 27
Views: 4902

Re: mp4 Playback Quality

I've finally gotten to setup UMS in a Parallels Virtual Windows 11 ARM client, and the quality of the playback is the same degraded quality I get on UMS directly on the Mac, and nowhere as clean as a direct playback from macOS Quicktime. How can I set this to streaming?