[caravela]

In the context of streaming, what's a "bigger" 1080p file?

I'm able to watch >18GB BluRay raw rips (VC-1, 22Mbps overall bit rate) without a problem on a Pi with its wired 10/100 Ethernet-over-USB NIC. Over NFS, watching this type of movie doesn't even utilise 50% of the Pis eth0 capacity, typically about 3.5MB/s, although it does sometimes hit 5MB/s (50% utilisation) when starting the movie.

So I have to ask, what benefit is there to be had from this AX88178 Gig NIC, as I'm not sure the Pi needs it or would even be able to make use of it (could the Pi really handle a greater than 10MB/s stream?)

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In Beta 5 (as in Beta 3), the "Info" button on the remote is still not functioning in the "Movies" view. It does however now work in TV Shows and Music, which is an improvement on Beta 3.

None, The bottleneck is the USB and SMB (windows shares) using high CPU