2011-02-12, 19:37
I read here very much issues with sharing via SMB. Many users has problems with in and has often buffer issues. Is this a known issue? And what causes it?
Also i read when you use UPnP for sharing the buffering is alsmost gone. I tried it myself today with a 1080p file, and indeed it plays now quite smooth(here and there framedrops). With SMB and playing a 1080p file I have every 5-10 seconds buffers. So it is indeed correct that UPnP causes a lot less buffer issues. Some 720p files often buffers too @ my Apple TV with SMB, but no i switched to UPnP it's gone.
Hope you will share you experiences with this to protocols here and some has some answers to my questions or my suspicions are right.
Anyone has a recommended UpnP av client for Mac? I use now Majestic, but I don't like the program and often the when i play a video via XBMC it crashed and stop the video. The inbuilt UPnP client of XBMC is no option, because i must run XBMC on my Mac the whole time and it's using more memory then dedicated clients, cause it is ofcourse more than a normal client.
PS: I will post asap two video's with one video using SMB and one video using UPnP for seeing in real life the huge difference.
Also i read when you use UPnP for sharing the buffering is alsmost gone. I tried it myself today with a 1080p file, and indeed it plays now quite smooth(here and there framedrops). With SMB and playing a 1080p file I have every 5-10 seconds buffers. So it is indeed correct that UPnP causes a lot less buffer issues. Some 720p files often buffers too @ my Apple TV with SMB, but no i switched to UPnP it's gone.
Hope you will share you experiences with this to protocols here and some has some answers to my questions or my suspicions are right.
Anyone has a recommended UpnP av client for Mac? I use now Majestic, but I don't like the program and often the when i play a video via XBMC it crashed and stop the video. The inbuilt UPnP client of XBMC is no option, because i must run XBMC on my Mac the whole time and it's using more memory then dedicated clients, cause it is ofcourse more than a normal client.
PS: I will post asap two video's with one video using SMB and one video using UPnP for seeing in real life the huge difference.