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currently i am using this wlan adapater with xbian, but streaming x264 from my gbit network is just not fast enough to get smooth playback

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Logilink-NANO-WLAN-Adapter-WLAN-n-Standard-150-Mbps-USB-2-0-802-11b-g-n-/251231806148?pt=DE_Computing_Interne_Netzwer...2c4&_uhb=1

Is anyone succesfully streaming HD x264 content via wlan?
if yes, what adapter do you use?

Yes, For example Avatar (+- 10GB) 1080P 5.1 DTS. I have an Edimax EW-7811UN adapter. I also recommend updating XBMC because this could also make a difference: https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbmc-nightly/blob/Frodo/README.md

looks like the same as i posted?

Are you streaming from NFS or samba? NFS is definitely faster

i added the share as upnp, no idea if thats NFS or samba

Is your router "N" compatible ? Maybe silly question but with b/g routers you will get max 2-3MB/s with N router and 150Mbps wifi dongle I get about 6MB/s and 10GB files plays fine.

its an 300mbit n router, yes
i don't know what movies you have, but i get around 12Mb/s with peaks up to 17Mb/s

TX: cum: 4.75MB peak: rates:
RX: 231MB 17.2Mb 14.8Mb 11.2Mb 11.3Mb

i am streaming of samba on a freenas server
Right now i am able to watch hd x264 movies, only occasionally i get a buffer msg
no idea if thats freenas causing it, or my network or the rpi