I have tried SMB, NFS and FTP. In order of best to worst it has been FTP -> SMB -> NFS. All being served up from a Windows Home Server 2011.
FTP is the closest, but I see that little streaming pop up message in bottom corner of screen saying "cache filled before reaching required amount..."
Clicking "o" on keyboard I can see aq and vq struggling to stay above 0. I see that MBit/s range from 28-38 Mb but the machine is capable of 80Mb and I have seen it pull there.
some interesting things from log are...
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CDVDInputStreamFile::SetReadRate - set cache throttle rate to 5113603 bytes per second
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DEBUG: CDVDPlayerAudio:: Discontinuity - was:1624238138.422667, should be:1624233699.666667, error:-4438.756000
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WARNING: CCoreAudioPerformance: Outgoing bitrate is lagging. Target: 576000, Actual: 569441. deltaTime was 1010
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WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(video)::Get - asked for new data packet, with nothing available
(2012-03-16, 05:51)Ned Scott Wrote: What protocol are you using to share the files over the network? SMB? AFP? NFS? It's possible there's some weird overhead that pops in and out that will cause occasional buffering.
I mean, copied onto the device, I have 0 stuttering, 0 buffering, 0 dropped frames.
Yes, I have let it play for the entire movie and it did not drop frames when played off of the atv not the network.
connected to windows home server 2011. sharing options are ftp, smb and nfs. in order of success its ftp -> nfs -> smb.
(2012-03-16, 09:49)interceptor121 Wrote: When you say that this plays perfectly locally what do you exactly mean?
Have you let this movie play for say half hour and checked that it does not drop frames?
And what is the file server and how do you connect to it?