2021-05-12, 15:26
(2021-05-12, 01:21)billsmith564 Wrote:(2021-05-05, 19:51)Shasarak Wrote:(2021-05-05, 17:04)billsmith564 Wrote: So even though Iperf is stating data transfer speed of 32MB the reality of the situation is somewhere around 12/13MB.That sounds plausible. Iperf tests the speed the OS can move data at; Kodi-level connections are always slower. That said, the maximum permitted bit rate for a UHD blu ray remux is 128Mb/s I think, so you don't really need to move data faster than that. On other platforms there is a way to mount the connection at OS level and have Kodi treat it as a local folder, but I've never figured out how to do that on the Fire Stick - maybe someone can tell us?
Which would suggest a Gigabit Ethernet adaptor is pretty much pointless.
I've have tried both SMB and NFS with no difference.
Am I missing something here or does that make sense?
I'm officially a happy bunny, and quite by accident.
I was transferring some files from my NAS to my Android phone and noticed slow speeds, around 5MB/s while getting around 50MB/s to a Windows laptop.
After a quick Google I tried using FTP rather than SMB, and straight away around 35MB/s transfer speed.
So onto the Firestick and changed Kodi to use FTP rather than SMB.
Previously:
If I played the Jellyfish high bitrate samples in Kodi the 80/90/100/110Mb/s samples played fine but stuttering started at the 120Mb/s (15MB/s) file.
Now:
I can now play the same Jellyfish high bitrate samples right upto 250Mb/s (31.25MB/s) with no stuttering, stuttering starts at the 300Mb/s (37.5MB/s) file.
Not that I'm going to have anything to actually play at those bitrates, but it's nice to know the limit.
Amazing. I watched Jellyfish at 250 mbps without droped frames. The limitd for smooth playng alwas was 90 mbps. I thought it was a hardware limitation but it ended being a networking problem.
Thank you!