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Ok So i have the server wired to my router but then I have two clients : Xbox one and a laptop that connect wireless to the router

 

so on xbox one i use the internet explorer to point to the server ip. I connect just fine but when playing any movies no matter how far down i take the quality i still get pausing 

 

I have a custom htpc with a i5, 8gb ram and i have monitored the network card and cpu usage while trying to play to xbox one and neither seem to jump over 10% used

 

So i am wondering if wireless is just to slow for the emby to stream without pausing because i have even tried to DLNA to the xbox with same results

legallink
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Wireless is not too slow. I stream all the time wirelessly. That being said, if your signal is weak, that can be a significantly problem,

 

I would check a few points of failure. One from the server to the router. Two from either end point to the router. Three check to see if you have changed any of the settings on the server to limit the amount of cpu permitted on a transcode.

 

What router do you have?

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Wireless is not too slow. I stream all the time wirelessly. That being said, if your signal is weak, that can be a significantly problem,

 

I would check a few points of failure. One from the server to the router. Two from either end point to the router. Three check to see if you have changed any of the settings on the server to limit the amount of cpu permitted on a transcode.

 

What router do you have?

the server can connect to the internet with no issues.

Its a older wireless router that is setup as a wireless bridge to my century link modem and has a max speed of 54Mbps.

Where would i check the cpu for transcoding?

legallink
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"Can connect" is not the issue. I would do some load/transfer tests to and from devices to see what kind of network throughput you are getting. Perhaps from the server to a wired client.

 

As for CPU limiting, I would try testing the "throttling option" in playback settings.

 

Does the laptop have pausing as well? How often?

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you could also try the media player app on xbox one with DLNA 

Deathsquirrel
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If you're playing in the IE browser on the xbox the pausing is more likely to be transcoding related than network related, or at least that's what I'd look at first.

 

If you're playing to the media app then it could be the network or it could just be the xbox one media app.  Mine does that over wired for no apparent reason, though we're talking 1-2 times in a 2 hour movie.  it's why I stopped using the xbox for playback until there is an Emby client for the platform.

Scott84Z28
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the server can connect to the internet with no issues.

Its a older wireless router that is setup as a wireless bridge to my century link modem and has a max speed of 54Mbps.

Where would i check the cpu for transcoding?

 

Just because your wifi says your connected at 54Mbps, doesn't mean you're actually gettinng 54Mbps of throughput.  Signal quality can affect this speed.  Also, this 54Mbps is shared between all devices that are connected to your access point.  More devices, slow everything down. 

 

The best way to test your actually wifi throughput is to use IPERF.  You need two devices, one runs iperf as a server, the other as a client, and you send data between the two and it measures the real speed.  Works great.

 

https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php

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Just because your wifi says your connected at 54Mbps, doesn't mean you're actually gettinng 54Mbps of throughput.  Signal quality can affect this speed.  Also, this 54Mbps is shared between all devices that are connected to your access point.  More devices, slow everything down. 

 

The best way to test your actually wifi throughput is to use IPERF.  You need two devices, one runs iperf as a server, the other as a client, and you send data between the two and it measures the real speed.  Works great.

 

https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php

Ok i will try this and post results

"Can connect" is not the issue. I would do some load/transfer tests to and from devices to see what kind of network throughput you are getting. Perhaps from the server to a wired client.

 

As for CPU limiting, I would try testing the "throttling option" in playback settings.

 

Does the laptop have pausing as well? How often?

it was set for throttling

Yes wireless connected laptop pauses as well on IE and chrome

 

you could also try the media player app on xbox one with DLNA 

I tried this and it also pauses

 

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