[ET9x00] Best way to stream from ET9x00 VIX?

[BrianFWombat]

Hi

I have an ET9x00 with VIX that works very nicely but I would like to be able to stream recorded TS files from the ET9x00 to a media player (cheapo Sumavision MKV) and to my PC. All these devices are connected via 500Mbps powerline and the signal quality is indicated at 80-100% good.

I set up samba on the ET9x00 and can connect from the other devices but the playback is not great. Lots of stuttering.

The PC is Windows 7 (32bit) and I've tweaked various things including autosense, rds, etc but still not really working very well.

Is VIX ET9200 capable of doing what I'm trying to achieve? Do I need to tweak Samba or use some other sharing mechanism?

TIA
BfW

 

[twol]

Stuttering is usually down to the connection speed, and powerline is just not upto it.

 

[pacha2]

It would be worth checking that the suma actually plays the .ts files ok from a local disk. This will rule out the actual player as the cause of the stuttering.
Copy one SD & HD to a USB a try playing those.

 

[BrianFWombat]

Forgot to add SD works OK. HD just doesn't cope.

If I file copy the whole file and watch later it seems to work but it just can't seem to keep up with HD via Samba/CIFs.

Is this just not do-able, even with 500Mbps powerline/homeplug?

TIA
BfW

 

[BrianFWombat]

I found

[URL]http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/multimedia-voip/multimedia-voip-features/31416-three-stream-n-for-hd-streaming-close-but-no-cigar[/URL]

Looks like I am trying to achieve the impossible.

Thanks anyway,
BfW

 

[pacha2]

500mps is more than enough bandwidth. The real question is what performance you actually achieve reliably.
SMB/CIFS is also more than capable of distributing an HD stream.

I know many people who have had issues with homeplugs stuttering as the performance depends on how good your electrical circuit is. For streaming you need a consistently good connection with no dropouts, this is not the same as doing a file copy.

My advice would be to use a good old network cable, test with this and them work out what you can do from there.