Hi,
I’m trying to understand how third-party applications are expected to determine the actual bandwidth of an HTTP stream from an HDHomeRun PRIME.
For example, while streaming one CableCARD channel, the PRIME’s Tuner Status reports:
Streaming Rate: 1.811 Mbps
A 20-second capture directly from /auto/v651 measures approximately 1.93 Mbps total MPEG-TS bitrate with ffprobe, so this agrees closely with the PRIME.
However:
* lineup.json provides H264/AAC, HD and the stream URL, but no bitrate.
* status.json provides tuner/signal information, but no Streaming Rate.
* ffprobe reports bit_rate=N/A for the H.264 video stream.
This became noticeable because Plex cannot determine the video bitrate and assigns 40 Mbps bandwidth to the Live TV session, despite the actual stream being approximately 2 Mbps.
My questions are:
1. Is the Streaming Rate shown on the PRIME’s Tuner Status page available through an API that third-party applications can query?
2. If not, are clients expected to determine the actual bandwidth by measuring the incoming MPEG-TS data rate themselves?
Thanks.
