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Re: RE: External player? - rikardo1979 - 25th Aug, 2013 07:24 PM
(25th Aug, 2013 07:17 PM)f1vefour Wrote:(25th Aug, 2013 06:58 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote: to my knowledge the size of buffer you referring to has no effect on local files or local streams but only internet streams.
And if you finally post some info I asked at first we may actually move somewhere
Actually the buffer applies to any stream (NFS, SMB, Internet and UPnP).
well im not sure but when i was playing with it,it did not make any difference on local streams an Im always able to stream local 20+ Gb of size mkv files with no problem over wire using NFS or SMB
Re: External player? - f1vefour - 25th Aug, 2013 07:30 PM
XBMC "intelligently" throttles streaming based on the playing videos bitrate, sometimes XBMC gets it wrong or some other process needs bandwidth.
This is when the cache becomes important, with a larger cache XBMC has more time to recover from any mishap (dropped packets, retransmissions..etc). Otherwise a larger cache won't help if the issue is something else, or if you have no issue the cache size becomes unimportant.