So I've got the TF connected to my 802.11n router (Conceptronic, C300BRS4 if it matters) and the tab reports a link speed of approx. 65-70Mb/s (found from Wi-Fi settings > tap on access point).
I've been trying to get a proper network video streaming setup to work from my desktop (hooked up to the same router at a standard 100Mb/s ethernet) but I can't get anything to stream smoothly without pauses. I'm using Plex, but I've tried a few others with similar results.
What speeds are you getting? Is there anything I can do to improve streaming over my home network?
Thanks!
Plex works fine for me, no pauses whatsoever. I'm on an 8mb/s line with a gigabit router and computer.
What kind of file are you trying to stream? Pretty sure the better the computer the more smooth it would be.
I can't seem to see what speed its transferring on my tf. Can you explain exactly what to press.
The PC is a relatively modern quad core, 4GB RAM etc. When I use the transcode option in Plex the CPU usage hovers around 50-60%, so it's definitely not maxed out. I'm trying to stream regular old AVI files, nothing fancy. Haven't even bothered trying MKVs and HD stuff.
The router isn't a gigabit, it's one of the old 100Mb/s connections. Maybe the bottleneck is there?
As for the TF link speed, go to Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi settings > tap on the router you're connected to.
Quality: Excellent, Speed: 72Mbit/s
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Good Morning,
By connecting the NAS via wifi network, the notebook can transfer files at a speed of about 4-5 MB/S, but through our ASUS TF700T can transfer files at a speed of about 1.7MB/S.
How come?
What do I need to set to be able to speed up data transfer and watch movies smoothly?
Thanks
Will have to test later.
I wonder if asus have reduced the power consumption in 4.2.1? If so that could explain what you are seeing as the signal strength is not as strong.
I can try to test the old power profile to see if it helps.
Thanks for the answer, great sbdags!
I tried the wifi with the NAS both your CROMI 3.6 JB 4.1.1 and then with Asus Stock 4.2.1 but it was always so slow.
Tonight I try to remove the fuel consumption.
MarkAndroid said:
Good Morning,
By connecting the NAS via wifi network, the notebook can transfer files at a speed of about 4-5 MB/S, but through our ASUS TF700T can transfer files at a speed of about 1.7MB/S.
How come?
What do I need to set to be able to speed up data transfer and watch movies smoothly?
Thanks
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sbdags said:
Will have to test later.
I wonder if asus have reduced the power consumption in 4.2.1? If so that could explain what you are seeing as the signal strength is not as strong.
I can try to test the old power profile to see if it helps.
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Wifi Advanced settings, untick WiFi optimizations maybe?
Yes, I try to uncheck that option on by default.
Our Asus has wifi "n" right?
How should transfer the data?
Yesterday I tried to transfer the data by removing the option of saving the wifi but the speed remained the same.
I noticed that the netbook and the notebook clamp the signal at 150 Mbps while the TAB anchors it to 65 Mbps (of course in the same room).
How come the TAB does not manage to connect with full signal?
There is a program that allows you to vary the parameters of the wifi inside the TAB?
Netbooks and Notebooks connect to 150 Mbps regularly!
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I noticed that the netbook and the notebook clamp the signal at 150 Mbps while the TAB anchors it to 65 Mbps (of course in the same room).
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65Mbps is the maximum speed the TF700 can connect at.
In my experience this does not matter though as the max short burst speed achievable is ~55Mbps as shown in perfmon when writing to class 10 sd. It is lower than this when writing to internal storage. Max sustained speed I get over wifi is using andftp which gives ~50Mbps.
50Mbps over WiFi? You are lucky boy! I can confirm very poor and inconsistent WiFi performance. Speedtest.net is reporting odd results and also data transfer from my home NAS varies. Based on Speedtest.net WiFi speed is mostly 1-2Mbps occasionally nearing 30Mbps. My PC wired to same router is pulling files from internet easily at 60Mbps and from local NAS much more faster. I also tried factory reset to have rooted clean 4.2.1, but it does not helped. Also AnTuTu benchmark is not giving consistent test outputs on my tablet so I am assuming that this could be related to some newly introduced bug.
I have 65 Mbps data transfer via the Internet, but not as a hook to the router.
The netbook hooked to 150 Mbps and Tab 65
The netbook on the NAS transfers data at a speed of 10 MB / s while the TAB to 1.7 MB / S!
I thought that at least 5 MB / S arrived safely
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50Mbps over WiFi? You are lucky boy!
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I should clarify. I also get very low speeds using samba transfers. Max of about 30Mbps. I only see 50Mbps when using ftp (from local media server) to my 64gb class 10 sd card fomatted to ntfs. If I format to exfat or other I can't achieve as high a transfer speed.
After updating to 4.2.1 I had very low speed and it didn't improve until i cold booted twice.
I have nearly all 1080p mkv's on my files server and these can be up to 25GB in size. The only way I have found to reliably stream them from my server without stuttering is to use the FTP function in dice player.
From my point of view the problem lays in inconsistent WiFi speed. I can live happily with steady 10Mbps transfer speed for sure, but problem is that sometimes it is 30Mbps and sometimes only 2Mbps or even less, both on same network and router :silly:
So I am looking for ways to improve the streaming from my wifi router to SHIELD. Is there a way to set up a direct router -> shield connection, bypassing the internet, like an ad-hoc network? Failing that, would it help to open any ports on the router for port forwarding? My current issue is I can play Deadpool and castle crashers through Steam big screen mode fine, until after a few minutes there is worse and worse controller lag. Seems to happen in other games as well. Video lag actually seems not to be the problem, although it could be related. I feel like maybe there is some setting in my router that is affecting performance
Here is my setup:
win 7 pro x64
nvidia GTX Titan
wired ethernet PC<->wifi router
dual band asus RT-N66 "dark knight" router running both 2.5 and 5 ghz bands on N only
So it's not a performance issue, and basic streaming works, but the controller lag makes some games unplayable. I have tried changing wifi channels. doesn't seem to help. Any ideas? Or is it mainly that these games aren't officially supported? much appreciated!
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So I am looking for ways to improve the streaming from my wifi router to SHIELD. Is there a way to set up a direct router -> shield connection, bypassing the internet, like an ad-hoc network? Failing that, would it help to open any ports on the router for port forwarding? My current issue is I can play Deadpool and castle crashers through Steam big screen mode fine, until after a few minutes there is worse and worse controller lag. Seems to happen in other games as well. Video lag actually seems not to be the problem, although it could be related. I feel like maybe there is some setting in my router that is affecting performance
Here is my setup:
win 7 pro x64
nvidia GTX Titan
wired ethernet PC<->wifi router
dual band asus RT-N66 "dark knight" router running both 2.5 and 5 ghz bands on N only
So it's not a performance issue, and basic streaming works, but the controller lag makes some games unplayable. I have tried changing wifi channels. doesn't seem to help. Any ideas? Or is it mainly that these games aren't officially supported? much appreciated!
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The streaming is already direct Shield > Router > Pc, no internet involvement as you mention, only wifi and an ethernet cable. Direct Shield to PC may be possible though in theory.
You can also connect a micro USB otg adaptor to the shield and connect a USB ethernet adaptor to that if you wish to plug into the wireless router via ethernet instead. But that probably wont change anything.
Hello recently bought a 2008 mac pro and installed windows bootcamp onto it so that I can switch between windows 7 and osx mavericks whenever I want. I installed a PC GTX 680 into it which works like a dream.
I installed Geforce experience and optimized all my games.
When I go into the compatability list it says I have all the pre requisites to stream a game.
I the turn on the shield, it recognises all my games and when I choose one it loads on my PC straight away.
Unfortunatly as soon as game starts it's a stuttery mess and usually shuts down saying "cannot connect to PC"
Very odd. Went into my windows firewall settings but all nvidia game streaming stuff is ticked.
Currently here are my specs
Mac pro 2008 3.1 eight core xeon 2.8ghz cpu
KFA2 GTX 680 2gb DDR5 gpu Nvidia Driver 337.50
10GB DDR2 memory
SKY HUB router (new white one) model Wireless N
Nvidia Shield fully updated.
Not sure where problem is...
I'm having the same issues with my PC and a GTX770.
It's the connection.
I plugged a wifi stick in, set it up as ad-hoc, enabled the gaming/multimedia environment driver flag, disabled powersaving and now it's all fine.
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I'm having the same issues with my PC and a GTX770.
It's the connection.
I plugged a wifi stick in, set it up as ad-hoc, enabled the gaming/multimedia environment driver flag, disabled powersaving and now it's all fine.
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Blimey sounds elaborate. I have disabled power saving in windows already in the power plan settings. how do you enable the gaming/multimedia environment driver flag?
go into the device manager, choose your wifi adapter -> properties, the flags should be there in the advance tab but it depends on your driver.
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go into the device manager, choose your wifi adapter -> properties, the flags should be there in the advance tab but it depends on your driver.
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Ah I see. Assuming it's under network adapters there is a driver but no option for multimedia/gaming to be enabled which is a shame. Might have look into wifi dongles then (
Ok so I disabled the wireless airport mini card via control panel/network connections
I then plugged in the TP-Link USB wifi dongle. Connected to the internet (works fine).
I then started gamestream and tried to play several games. BORDERLANDS 2 and Max Payne 3. Both were stuttery messes that kept shutting down.
I then loaded up Skyrim and for some odd reason the graphic settings were all stupidly low but it seemed to run fine then?!
Very odd. Any ideas on what the problem is. I can stream my Vita onto PS4 via my router with no issues whatsoever but the shiled is a juddery, crashy mess.
I also have an Alienware M17X R3 with a 680M card installed. I tested it out on that and it seems much smoother. Doesn't shut down on start up and is reasonable. still slightly stuttery but not game breaking.
You need wireless G at the very minimum to stream games. It is similar to playing a LAN game over wireless and you get lag and your player skips around. It is the same concept streaming the game as you are actually playing on the PC but viewing the video feed and controlling it from the Shield. A butt load of data is going back and fourth. Really it would not hurt to have wireless N if you do not.
I have wireless N router and bot the dongle, airport extreme card and the netgear have wireless N.
N is fine, theyre backward compatible to both G and B.
u sure you updated both nvidia driver and GeForce Experience?
otherwise I can just think that there is another wifi network that is interrupting yours.
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N is fine, theyre backward compatible to both G and B.
u sure you updated both nvidia driver and GeForce Experience?
otherwise I can just think that there is another wifi network that is interrupting yours.
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Was wondering the same thing so I attached an ethernet cable from the mac to the router to get as honest a signal as possible. It seemed to work a bit better, played max payne 3 for about 10 minutes before it started to stutter and crash again. Very odd, might be CPU or even the router but cannot tell at this moment in time.
My mac is about 2 1/2 metres away from the router with no walls between them s
Is there a way to directly stream from PC to shield without need to go through router to check?
Here's the router I'm using. It should be good enough!
http://m.shop.sky.com/mt/www.sky.co...-hub/?un_jtt_v_cookiecheck=on&un_jtt_redirect
Key Features: 802.11bgn 2.4GHz WiFi; Integrated DSL modem; 4x 10/100 Ethernet ports; WEP, WPA/WPA2 & WPS security
Manufacturer: Sky
Read more at http://www.trustedreviews.com/sky-hub_Peripheral_review#vIZzLlhmBatWDgC5.99
Been looking into replacing it with the newer Sky hub SR102 router. Here are it's specs, seem pretty much the same except it's a little bit more ready for fibre optic broadband
Wireless:
• 2.4GHz 802.11n standard, backwards compatible with 802.11 b/g standards
• 2×2 MIMO with internal antennas, 144Mbps maximum data transmission rate
• Smart Signal Selection – automatically and dynamically selects optimum wireless channel
• Wi-Fi Alliance certified
Ok I bought an Asus DSL N66U which has dual band 2.4ghz and 5ghz signals. Its maximum is 450Mbps but it's still stuttery and poor signal. The nvidia shield cuts out after a little while. Am wondering where the problem is. It can't be the router!
Ok so this is a thing...
Theres an advanced settings option on the Nvidia Shield for gamestream settings. It can allow you to adjust the max FPS 60 or 30, and the bit rate. There are two options - one for wifi and the other for ethernet connections. I changed FPS to 30 and it's much smoother now.
If you have stutter issues it may help
https://forums.geforce.com/default/...onsole-mode-and-gamestream-advanced-settings/
Hi All,
Have lots of stutter playing a video over my local WIFI. Video is 6Mbps (720p). When copied to external SD card and played from there, it's smooth. So I'm pretty sure this indicates my hardware and MX Player is all fine. I'm using the KitKatt 4.4.4. ROM.
Things change though when I play this through BubbleUPNP (source is minidlna on FreeBSD). No transcoding should take place. Then I get lots of stutters. Have also tried to play this by using File Manager HD, connect with sftp and open the video directly. Probably plays slightly worse.
Does not seem to be a CPU issue, I watched this with top, load tends to stay around 0.7, sometimes getting up above 1, but can't find much relation to stutter. CPU is around 23-40%, with 60% idle.
You would say this indicates a network performance issue. Have the tablet is within a few metres of the Netgear R6300 route I have, and distance doesn't seem to matter too much. When using a tool like Speedtest.net I hit 17Mbps over my ADSL network, so WIFI doesn't seem a limiting factor. I've even tried iperf, I get 19-33Mbps when doing that (so from tablet to my minidlna server).
I tried copying the file with File Manager HD to my external SD card, but felt slow, i.e. perhaps even less then 1MB/s. But that could be File Manager HD or the write speed to my SD card, not sure.
Other things I've tried: different player, doesn't make any difference.
I'm grateful for any suggestions people may have. Playing a 720p video over a DLNA network shouldn't be this much trouble.
Some more observations: on an old laptop, link speed 54Mb/s, I have an iperf value of 34.6Mbits/s. If I do an rsync of a 1GB file I get 2.88MB/s, so quite respectable values.
Have installed "WiFi Speed Test" on my TF300T and get 21.91Mbit/s with the tcp client test (download), which is quite respectable, and perfectly in line with other tests (AnandTech for example). However, when I do the smb client test, I get between 5Mb/s to 6.5MB/s.
Using rsync, if I download the same large file as with the laptop using rsync, I get about 1.67MB/s.
So clearly I have an issue with this tablet or ROM, not with my wifi network it seems.
Keen to hear "WiFi Speed Test" values from anynone, especially SMB/FTP values. The problem doesn't appear to be with simplistic tests (iperf), but any more complex network protocol is a lot slower. But having said that, 1.6MB/s should be enough to play 6Mbps video, but possibly the rate may not be sustained enough. Continuing the investigation.
If on your link you only get 5Mb/s to 6.5MB/s. on the smb test , it's kinda expected that your 720P / 6Mbs video will stutter, especially if it's variable bitrate or when the network fluctuate.
smb protocol has a lot of ovverhead and tends to behave badly on wifi / latency so you get less throughoutput on smb than rsync or a direct tcp test
If you don't need transcoding, you will be better to mount the smb share natively (use something like cifs manager for example) and play it directly from there.
Playing a video through the file manager's sftp or smb own libs is less efficient and will tend to give stutters every now and then as its process goes in background while the video is played in foreground.
As for stats: on a 65 Mb/s wifi link I get the following on my TF300T:
tcp client: 43.6 Mb/s
rsync: ~17Mb/s
native smb: ~12Mb/s
wifi speed test smb: ~8Mb/s
file HD manager smb: ~5Mb/s
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tcp client: 43.6 Mb/s
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Yeah, that's twice of what I get, so all your numbers are double of mine. Maybe it's my Netgear router?? I'll test against a different WiFi router.
On a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 I get 26 Mbps - 47 Mbps. Considerable fluctuation.
I have now tested the tablet against another R6300, no nearby wifi, performance worse then I have at home, and at a company wifi network, also not so good.
I then replaced the firmware with the latest DD-WRT, nothing much seemed to change.
I have no wireless security enabled on my network as all clients use openvpn. I then switched to using WPA2+AES, and turned off openvpn. Suddenly I started to see numbers much more similar to Tim's.
Obviously I had tested with and without openvpn against stock firmware, but that didn't seem to make much of a difference. And the fluctuation was always considerable. But with DD-WRT it seems to make quite a difference. Hit 40Mbs with wifi speed test tcp client pretty regularly.
However, it didn't make any difference with playing the video! But thanks to DD-WRT I now have graphs for bandwidth monitoring. What I saw was spikes of 40-60 Mbps for several seconds, then nothing for several seconds, then it spiked again. What it seems to me is that the MX Player, or more likely BubbleUPnP client, has problems prefetching the content. It simply doesn't do it consistently enough at 6Mbps, causing stuttering, because when the buffer is empty, it can't fill it fast enough for a second or two.
Anyone tried Moonlight game streaming (aka NVIDIA GameStream) on their U11?
Long story short, the U11 seems to have issues streaming over WiFi where other lesser Android phones do not.
1) No matter what the bitrate, I get constant stuttering and the audio is very choppy on the U11.
2) My AC1900 network pushes well over 200Mbps with 3ms latency on speed tests on the phone.
2) It DOES work perfectly with a USB ethernet adapter. I can set set Moonlight to 1080p 60fps @ 40Mbps and it streams fine - no audio issues, no frame drops.
3) My Surface 4 (Moonlight Chrome plugin) and Nexus 5X (!) (same Moonlight Android app), can stream nearly perfectly at at least 20Mbps on the same network.
4) Even a crappy Moto E streams pretty smoothly @ 10Mbps on 2.4Ghz!.
So to me this clearly seems like a WiFi latency issue specifically with the U11....
I've tried:
1) Both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands, same result.
2) 2 different AC1900 routers, same result.
3) Enabled "High performance mode" in developer options, same result.
What I'm wondering is, what happened to the "WiFi optimization" setting on the phone - did that get removed in the Oreo update?
Has anyone encountered something similar - wondering if maybe someone on a non-stock ROM/kernel has any different experiences?
I'm mostly just pissed that it works perfectly fine on other Android phones, but not the U11.
EDIT: Factory reset the phone and it resolved the issue.
Try an app called boost+ by htc. You might ha e too many programs battling for ram.
Try checking your Internet settings. Most carriers won't let you change this but a speed testing app might help find the bottleneck.
Try an app called adguard. Lots and lots of adservers run in the background without you knowing. Even when offline they still keep pinging and retrying until they get a connection. Adguard will blackhole them.
High performance mode shouldn't be necessary as when off battery saver it runs at full tilt anyway. When you play on data plan deactivate wifi completely. That will stop the phone constantly pinging wifi.