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How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - boognish43 - 2013-09-27

Hi, I am currently using bitcasa to stream videos from. I have great success with most all videos but there are a bunch of 1080p mkv files that I think are just too large to play smoothly.

What I would like to do is increase the buffer size that it loads up either before or while playing to video. Is there a setting I can change to have it do this?

I am so close to having my perfect setup but this keeps bugging me Smile
Thanks!


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - spiff - 2013-09-27

advancedsettings, see the wiki. cachemembuffersize


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - boognish43 - 2013-09-27

Thanks!


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - stiwi - 2013-11-05

Did you manage to increase it? So what is recommended buffer size to stream 1080p files mkv files from Bitcasa?


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - nickr - 2013-11-05

Depends on the bitrate, but in any event will be trial and error depending on your ISP connection, the network conditions on every router between you and bitcasa.


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - stiwi - 2013-11-05

I am maxing out my 200/100 Mbit connection to Bitcasa, so this is not an issue. I could perhaps stream Full BD. Just wondered if adjusting buffer cache might preload some movie ahead? I don't know if XBMC treats Bitcasa as internal drive and therefore cache nothing, or remote / internet stream.


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - stiwi - 2013-11-05

Unfortunately on 9GB file I get buffering issues.
Does anyone know if video cache options in advancedsettings.xml work for Frodo 12.2? Also which settings would be best for Bitcasa?


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - boognish43 - 2013-11-05

This is what I used to solve my buffering issue. Upgraded to the newest monthly and followed these settings http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Modify%20the%20video%20cache
Xbmc treats bitcasa like a local drive - at least on windows


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - stiwi - 2013-11-05

(2013-11-05, 20:45)boognish43 Wrote: This is what I used to solve my buffering issue. Upgraded to the newest monthly and followed these settings http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Modify%20the%20video%20cache
Xbmc treats bitcasa like a local drive - at least on windows

I have just tried this. Although caching works, it still buffer from time to time. Bitcasa speeds really sucks these days as my ISP doesn't throttle.


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - MrsAngelD - 2013-11-17

(2013-11-05, 20:45)boognish43 Wrote: This is what I used to solve my buffering issue. Upgraded to the newest monthly and followed these settings http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Modify%20the%20video%20cache
Xbmc treats bitcasa like a local drive - at least on windows

Thank you for this, it helped with my bitcasa streaming as well. Big Grin


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - rogern - 2013-11-17

@stiwi
If you have an 200/100 you can in theory stream 4 bluray streams.


RE: How can I adjust buffering cache for internet streaming? - stiwi - 2013-11-17

(2013-11-17, 11:13)rogern Wrote: @stiwi
If you have an 200/100 you can in theory stream 4 bluray streams.

In theory yes and in fact I am able to max out my connection from different servers but not from Bitcasa app. Bitcasa app doesn't seem to be well optimized for transfer speeds as I get much better results over HTTP and this is not only mine observation:
http://forums.bitcasa.com/index.php?/topic/445-bitcasa-and-xbmc-using-http-is-much-better-but/