2013-04-20, 16:14
Hi all, noticed a wierd issue has appeared on my xbmcbuntu install.
I have a Windows server setup with FileZilla as my File server. My XBMC server connects to the File server and the rest of the network via a TP Link Powerline Ethernet adapter.
Tonight i noticed my xbmcbuntu box was unable to stream an SD TV Show over the network. when i logged into filezilla i found the transfer speeds were around 250KB/s which is pretty shocking.
I thought it might have been the powerline adapter so I checked its connection and found it was connecting at 70mb. I made some changes to how it was plugged in and got it up to 100mb however transfer speeds did not increase.
I plugged my laptop into the socket and was able to get transfer speeds of around 5MB/s i then plugged the htpc in and found no change in speed.
I then ssh'd into the htpc and installed FTP. when doing a transfer im getting speeds of 4.8-5MB/s?
Is there any reason why the transfer speed in XBMC would be so low when its able to transfer at a good stable 5mb from the CLI?
Is there anyway i can change the daemon XBMC uses for FTP?
TLDR troubleshooting version
Unable to stream SD Movies
FTP Speeds of 250KB/s
Tried a different device over the same EoP point getting 5MB/S
installed ftp on xbmcbuntu, (sudo apt-get install ftp)
got speeds of 4.5-5MB/s
Was able to steam HD movies fine before.
Do not have a baseline of transfer speeds prior to slow down.
I have a Windows server setup with FileZilla as my File server. My XBMC server connects to the File server and the rest of the network via a TP Link Powerline Ethernet adapter.
Tonight i noticed my xbmcbuntu box was unable to stream an SD TV Show over the network. when i logged into filezilla i found the transfer speeds were around 250KB/s which is pretty shocking.
I thought it might have been the powerline adapter so I checked its connection and found it was connecting at 70mb. I made some changes to how it was plugged in and got it up to 100mb however transfer speeds did not increase.
I plugged my laptop into the socket and was able to get transfer speeds of around 5MB/s i then plugged the htpc in and found no change in speed.
I then ssh'd into the htpc and installed FTP. when doing a transfer im getting speeds of 4.8-5MB/s?
Is there any reason why the transfer speed in XBMC would be so low when its able to transfer at a good stable 5mb from the CLI?
Is there anyway i can change the daemon XBMC uses for FTP?
TLDR troubleshooting version
Unable to stream SD Movies
FTP Speeds of 250KB/s
Tried a different device over the same EoP point getting 5MB/S
installed ftp on xbmcbuntu, (sudo apt-get install ftp)
got speeds of 4.5-5MB/s
Was able to steam HD movies fine before.
Do not have a baseline of transfer speeds prior to slow down.