February 21, 20179 yr I’ve run into a couple of issues with my unraid server which I use for streaming media around my home network. Sorry for the long post – felt it better to give people an idea of my set-up. Grateful for any ideas / thoughts you guys may have. My UNRAID Server Hardware: CPU - AMD SEMPRON 140 2.7Ghz Case - CoolerMaster RC-590-KKN1-GP Motherboard - ASUS|M4A785TD-M EVO 785G LAN Controller: RTL8112L PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 PSU - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W RT" Sata Card: PROMISE SATA300 TX4 RT Memory - CRUCIAL CT25664BA1067 - 2gb Hard Drives – Mixture of WD Green / Blue and Samsung low-power drives The Network: Unraid server sits in the garage, connected to the BT Home Hub router via powerline adapters (The garage and the house share the same power grid). From the BT Hub, the network uses Powerline adaptors to feed each playback device: Home Plugs / Powerline Adapters 2 x AV600 Nano Powerline Adapter TL-PA411KIT 2 x AV500 Passthrough TL-PA451KIT 2 x AV500 Powerline adaptors, older model but still compatible. Playback Devices (all connecting via powerline/Ethernet) Home PC (10/100/1000) HiMedia Q10 Pro (KODI / VLC PLAYER) (10/100/1000) NVIDIA Shield TV (KODI / VLC PLAYER) (10/100/1000) Dune Player HD Lite 53D (limited to 10/100 speeds) Dune Player Base 3.0 (10/100/1000) The unraid server is visible on all devices, and via wifi on my iPad. The Problems 1) Stuttering / Buffering playback While watching video files over the network, I get a range of stuttering and buffering issues, ranging from minor delays, to significant pauses (with no audio) to video files crashing and dumping me back in the file browser. I tried switching from SMB to NFS, and while that has helped some of the issues, a lot of the problems still persist. Strangely, they seem more pronounced on the HiMedia Q10 Pro, which is brand new, than they do on the older Nvidia Shield TV, but the issues appear on both. 2) Incredibly slow transfer speeds When moving files from my main PC onto the unraid server, I am getting 300kb/s to 700kb/s, meaning that a 15 gig file can take hours. This basically makes large file transfers a no-no due to the time involved. The same computer I am moving files from can download close to my Fiber Broadband maximum limit 2.7mb/s, so I can’t believe it is a cabling / home plug issue. I appreciate that it is likely that these issues are related to a single issue, but I felt it would be helpful to list them separately. Questions: 1) Obviously my home plugs will not support gigabit speeds, but should I not be getting stutter / buffer free HD video over this kind of network? 2) Would it be easier to simply upgrade my homeplugs to gigabit speeds? 3) Would a more advanced router than the BT Home Hub bring any advantage in terms of speed? Grateful for any help you guys an provide.
February 21, 20179 yr Author The duplicate post was accidental. Thank you for your help and positive attitude!
February 21, 20179 yr 1 minute ago, BlackBriar said: The duplicate post was accidental. Thank you for your help and positive attitude! in all my positivity, don't overlook my comment: 6 minutes ago, 1812 said: also, in my experience, powerline adapters suck. I have a pair of "gigabit" power line adapters sitting in a box in my closet. Why? the best they ever got was 500mbps in the same room, on the same circuit. Across the house, the highest it would peak is 160mbps with constant drops. Videos were at times unwatchable. You're using at least 2 in the data chain from data origination point, to end user. That's probably your problem. At a minimum, I would run a cat5e line from the server to the hub.
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