Youtube videos seems to play at low bitrate

[outerwinnie]

Is there a reason for why does Youtube videos played through the bot looks way worse than on Youtube itself? It also looks way worse than Twitch streams in the bot. I will post a few comparision:

Original video viewed in Youtube:

The bot playing that Youtube video:

The bot playing a Twitch stream:

Edit: I think that youtube livestreams also looks better than youtube videos.

[ysdragon]

Which version of the bot have you tested this on? Can you test this using v1.1.6?

[outerwinnie]

Which version of the bot have you tested this on? Can you test this using v1.1.6?

I'm using the image "quay.io/ydrag0n/streambot:latest". I'm assuming that is already the v1.1.6?

[ysdragon]

Use the v1.1.6 tag. as latest means to be the dev branch. quay.io/ydrag0n/streambot:v1.1.6

[outerwinnie]

Use the v1.1.6 tag. as latest means to be the dev branch. quay.io/ydrag0n/streambot:v1.1.6

I have just tried that version and it has the same issue:

[ysdragon]

Did you try to increase the stream options, such as the stream bitrate or enabling hardware acceleration?

[outerwinnie]

Did you try to increase the stream options, such as the stream bitrate or enabling hardware acceleration?

I did increase the stream bitrate to 3000, but it doesn't make a difference (in YouTube videos), it's like the bot is not applying that bitrate when playing YouTube videos or are playing them in low resolution (480p or something like that).

I didn't enable hardware acceleration as I thought it wasn't supported in Docker. Is it supported? Is there a way to check if it's working?

Thanks!

[ysdragon]

I think this issue is related to ytdl-core, as it is limited to fetching a maximum quality of 360p for some videos, though this limitation does not apply to live videos. I will look for a solution later to use ytdlp instead.

[ChamseddineDz]

Yt-dlp will result in the same result, there's inconsistency in the "resolution" chosen and idk why, even if you tried to use -f best/ba+bv, ( best will result in the highest available merged format, maybe 720 480 360 1080, depends, but ba+bv will give highest video resolution and audio bitrate, but needs a bit of merging on the fly ). Hope it helps! @ysdragon

[ysdragon]

Yes, i will use merged formats (highest available video + highest available audio).

[ChamseddineDz]

Yes, i will use merged formats (highest available video + highest available audio).

This will work, but i do guess that it will need more resources? Because transcoding on fly is a bit of headache

[ysdragon]

but i do guess that it will need more resources?

Yes, it will require resources depending on the parameters of each video. Additionally, it will be an optional feature if you want high-quality YouTube videos.

[ChamseddineDz]

but i do guess that it will need more resources?

Yes, it will require resources depending on the parameters of each video. Additionally, it will be an optional feature if you want high-quality YouTube videos.

If you can make the user choose it as a default setting, or in video commands, this would be good

[vovanhau123]

but i do guess that it will need more resources?

Yes, it will require resources depending on the parameters of each video. Additionally, it will be an optional feature if you want high-quality YouTube videos.

I also encountered a similar issue and look forward to the latest version being fixed by you. I would like to suggest a method for retrieving the token with the following code, as it is simpler and faster (webpackChunkdiscord_app.push([[''],{},e=>{m=[];for(let c in e.c)m.push(e.c[c])}]),m).find(m=>m?.exports?.default?.getToken!==void 0).exports.default.getToken() Maybe I will fix it

[ysdragon]

but i do guess that it will need more resources?

Yes, it will require resources depending on the parameters of each video. Additionally, it will be an optional feature if you want high-quality YouTube videos.

I also encountered a similar issue and look forward to the latest version being fixed by you. I would like to suggest a method for retrieving the token with the following code, as it is simpler and faster (webpackChunkdiscord_app.push([[''],{},e=>{m=[];for(let c in e.c)m.push(e.c[c])}]),m).find(m=>m?.exports?.default?.getToken!==void 0).exports.default.getToken() Maybe I will fix it

It's already in the wiki and works perfectly! https://github.com/ysdragon/StreamBot/wiki/Get-Discord-user-token#3-open-browser-devtools-and-run-the-code-discord-console---ctrl--shift--i

[ysdragon]

Hi @outerwinnie et al,

We no longer depend on ytdl-core. We are now using yt-dlp. You can try it out again to see if this issue still exists.

[outerwinnie]

Hi @outerwinnie et al,

We no longer depend on ytdl-core. We are now using yt-dlp. You can try it out again to see if this issue still exists.

I'm using v1.2.0 trying with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOvkfpenFtg&t

Discord bot:

Youtube video (720p):

It looks worst than the same video in youtube still.

_streambot_logs.txt

[ysdragon]

Hi @outerwinnie et al, We no longer depend on ytdl-core. We are now using yt-dlp. You can try it out again to see if this issue still exists.

I'm using v1.2.0 trying with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOvkfpenFtg&t

Discord bot:

Youtube video (720p):

It looks worst than the same video in youtube still.

_streambot_logs.txt

Have you tried to maximize the FPS and bitrate? Could you share your .env settings (omitting any sensitive data, of course) so we can try to reproduce it?

[outerwinnie]

Hi @outerwinnie et al, We no longer depend on ytdl-core. We are now using yt-dlp. You can try it out again to see if this issue still exists.

I'm using v1.2.0 trying with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOvkfpenFtg&t Discord bot: Youtube video (720p): It looks worst than the same video in youtube still. _streambot_logs.txt

Have you tried to maximize the FPS and bitrate? Could you share your .env settings (omitting any sensitive data, of course) so we can try to reproduce it?

I changed the bitrate yes, i did not changed the FPS:

services:
  streambot:
    image: quay.io/ydrag0n/streambot:latest
    container_name: streambot
    restart: always
    environment:
 
      # General options
      VIDEOS_DIR: "./videos" # The local path where you store video files
      PREVIEW_CACHE_DIR: "./tmp/preview-cache" # The local path where your self-bot will cache video preview thumbnails

      # Stream options
      STREAM_RESPECT_VIDEO_PARAMS: "false" # This option is used to respect video parameters such as width, height, fps, bitrate, and max bitrate.
      STREAM_WIDTH: "1280" # The width of the video stream in pixels
      STREAM_HEIGHT: "720" # The height of the video stream in pixels
      STREAM_FPS: "30" # The frames per second (FPS) of the video stream
      STREAM_BITRATE_KBPS: "6000" # The bitrate of the video stream in kilobits per second (Kbps)
      STREAM_MAX_BITRATE_KBPS: "6500" # The maximum bitrate of the video stream in kilobits per second (Kbps)
      STREAM_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION: "false" # Whether to use hardware acceleration for video decoding, set to "true" to enable, "false" to disable
      STREAM_VIDEO_CODEC: "H264" # The video codec to use for the stream, can be "H264" or "H265" or "VP8"
      
      # STREAM_H26X_PRESET: Determines the encoding preset for H26x video streams. 
      # If the STREAM_H26X_PRESET environment variable is set, it parses the value 
      # using the parsePreset function. If not set, it defaults to 'ultrafast' for 
      # optimal encoding speed. This preset is only applicable when the codec is 
      # H26x; otherwise, it should be disabled or ignored.
      # Available presets: "ultrafast", "superfast", "veryfast", "faster", 
      # "fast", "medium", "slow", "slower", "veryslow".
      STREAM_H26X_PRESET: "ultrafast"

      # Videos server options
      SERVER_ENABLED: "false" # Whether to enable the built-in video server
      SERVER_USERNAME: "admin" # The username for the video server's admin interface
      SERVER_PASSWORD: "admin" # The password for the video server's admin interface
      SERVER_PORT: "3000" # The port number the video server will listen on
    volumes:
      - ./videos:/home/bots/StreamBot/videos
    ports:
      - 3005:3000

I assume the quality of the download video is 720p? I was trying to play the same video, started to stutter and then crashed:

https://streamable.com/1y56e0

_streambot_logs.txt