Hi,

 

As many here, I use my unRAID machine as server to store all my movies and TV shows. I have 2 separate XBMC media center setups in Living Room and in Bedroom. One is an ATV2, the other an Intel Atom Ion XBMC Live.

 

At the moment, I cannot watch separate movies in the 2 media centers simultaneously. The movies play very choppy, basically un-watchable. If this normal behavior?

 

My movies are for the most part 720p, and unRAID and the two XBMC devices are connected via ethernet (no wifi). My router is gigabit speed, and I have CAT 6 cable. My unRAID machine is a Celeron Dual Core w/ 1 GB RAM.

 

Would I benefit from a faster processor for unRAID?

 

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

 

It is not normal and you don't need a faster unRAID processor. What exactly is your network configuration?

 

 

On unRAID enter: ethtool eth0

 

 

Check the connect speed at your clients.

Using a relatively old CPU and motherboard, I was able to stream 4x Blu-ray movies (not all from the same drive) simultaneously: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=9746.0

It is not normal and you don't need a faster unRAID processor. What exactly is your network configuration?

 

 

On unRAID enter: ethtool eth0

 

 

Check the connect speed at your clients.

 

Thank you guys. I am glad that unRAID is able to do more than two movies.

 

Here are my results for ethtool eth0 on unRAID:

 

Settings for eth0:
       Supported ports: [ TP ]
       Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                               1000baseT/Full
       Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
       Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                               1000baseT/Full
       Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
       Speed: 1000Mb/s
       Duplex: Full
       Port: Twisted Pair
       PHYAD: 2
       Transceiver: internal
       Auto-negotiation: on
       Supports Wake-on: pumbag
       Wake-on: g
       Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
       Link detected: yes

 

Sorry but I am not sure how to check the speed at my ATV2 and XBMC Live clients...ethtool eth0 does not work.

 

Edit: I installed ethtool in XBMC Live and this is what it reports:

Settings for eth0:
       Supported ports: [ MII ]
       Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                               1000baseT/Full
       Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
       Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                               1000baseT/Full
       Advertised pause frame use: No
       Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
       Link partner advertised link modes:  Not reported
       Link partner advertised pause frame use: No
       Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: No
       Speed: 100Mb/s
       Duplex: Full
       Port: MII
       PHYAD: 3
       Transceiver: external
       Auto-negotiation: on
       Supports Wake-on: g
       Wake-on: d
       Link detected: yes

 

Figuring out how to install on ATV2...

 

 

well your unraid connects to the network at 1 gb/s

but your xbmc live only at 100 mb/s

 

is he capable of 1gb/s ?

 

you can set it to connect at 1gb/s if it is capable

 

ethtool -s eth0 speed 1000 duplex full autoneg off

 

should do the trick

 

if you google a bit you can find how to set it in the scripts to always boot at 1gb/s

 

here is an example -> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-add-ethtool-duplex-settings-permanent.html

 

Thank you SecretAgent... I will try tonight and report.