streaming and VPN
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 3:32 am
hey, i have a little problem... when im streaming within my local network everything is fine, when im at my friends and use vpn to reach my files its buffering every 6 seconds
I'm trying to do the following:
Source: computer in my home network with all the media (internet: 200/20) -> Connection: vpn:pptp (max speed: 20/3) -> Destination: a friends home (internet: 30/3)
from my friends home i start up my laptop (running universal media server) and connect to vpn. i already have the database scanned and everything in it. when im at my friends place, i can view the list just fine... after a bit it starts streaming but then the problem accrues: after about 6 seconds the movie needs to buffer again and this keeps happening. when i try movies that are stored on my laptop itself, everything works fine. that would eliminate everything between universal media server and the media player i guess...so the problem has to be around the vpn and input to universal media server?
you may think internet is to slow to stream it... but this is not the problem because my upload is 20Mbit and my movies are lower. also when i stream them in vlc it works just fine. while streaming with universal media server, when i look at my internet usage it uses around 6Mbit and other movies it doesnt go more then 2Mbit... so somehow it uses just a bit less then what the movie exactly is. is there a way to fix this?
also i dont get why one movie gets 2Mbit speed and another with higher bitrate gets 6Mbit... so the lower movie could easely use the 6Mbit because its possible to get that speed if another file can do that... it looks to me its the program that converts it... its loading speed is limited to about what the movie needs to run smoothly so the system isnt fully stressed to convert and be to fast with rendering... at least its something around there... because thats the part that probably is to slow when used over vpn... the bit that picks up the file before rendering...
[this was tested with serviio! - still need to test it with universal media server when it finally decides to let me scan new folders -.-]
I can see my internet usage in a graph in real time and it also shows that pausing the video isnt helping with buffering, it just stops doing anything until i press play again so there is something in serviio... and most other media servers im guessing... that detects how much needs to be loaded from the source file to be able to keep up with the player playing the file... and thats probably what doesnt like vpn and thus is just that bit to slow... but im no programmer so i dont know how to fix it...
i did try another media streamer (serviio) and that one had the same problem.
i also tried using IP and mounted network folder but it didnt change anything with the performance.
I'm trying to do the following:
Source: computer in my home network with all the media (internet: 200/20) -> Connection: vpn:pptp (max speed: 20/3) -> Destination: a friends home (internet: 30/3)
from my friends home i start up my laptop (running universal media server) and connect to vpn. i already have the database scanned and everything in it. when im at my friends place, i can view the list just fine... after a bit it starts streaming but then the problem accrues: after about 6 seconds the movie needs to buffer again and this keeps happening. when i try movies that are stored on my laptop itself, everything works fine. that would eliminate everything between universal media server and the media player i guess...so the problem has to be around the vpn and input to universal media server?
you may think internet is to slow to stream it... but this is not the problem because my upload is 20Mbit and my movies are lower. also when i stream them in vlc it works just fine. while streaming with universal media server, when i look at my internet usage it uses around 6Mbit and other movies it doesnt go more then 2Mbit... so somehow it uses just a bit less then what the movie exactly is. is there a way to fix this?
also i dont get why one movie gets 2Mbit speed and another with higher bitrate gets 6Mbit... so the lower movie could easely use the 6Mbit because its possible to get that speed if another file can do that... it looks to me its the program that converts it... its loading speed is limited to about what the movie needs to run smoothly so the system isnt fully stressed to convert and be to fast with rendering... at least its something around there... because thats the part that probably is to slow when used over vpn... the bit that picks up the file before rendering...
[this was tested with serviio! - still need to test it with universal media server when it finally decides to let me scan new folders -.-]
I can see my internet usage in a graph in real time and it also shows that pausing the video isnt helping with buffering, it just stops doing anything until i press play again so there is something in serviio... and most other media servers im guessing... that detects how much needs to be loaded from the source file to be able to keep up with the player playing the file... and thats probably what doesnt like vpn and thus is just that bit to slow... but im no programmer so i dont know how to fix it...
i did try another media streamer (serviio) and that one had the same problem.
i also tried using IP and mounted network folder but it didnt change anything with the performance.