Burst will confuse Netflix. Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 19, 2019, at 7:06 AM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've run tests with Netflix (and Prime, and a couple others). Netflix is > about the best at judging the speed of the connection, and adjusting the > codec to accommodate the speed capability. At the lowest quality codec, > Netflix will work all the way down to just under 700 Kbps. No kidding. I > think sometimes the burst speed (if you use it) will confuse it selecting the > appropriate codec. I have not tested that though. IIRC, I can get Prime to > run at under 3 Mbps, but if left unchecked, it will want ~~ 10 Mbps. > > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > >> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 6:24 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm only posting because I've had 2 reports, one on my network, and one >> on another network (In-laws out of state) within the last 2 weeks. >> Mikrotik RB951 routers doing NAT and WIFI. Everything looks good, but >> both people say that netflix/streaming keeps buffering/stopping. >> Running current firmware and have been installed for years. Speedtest >> apps show no problems. WIFI signals look good. Haven't heard any >> reports from other parts of the network. >> >> Now both of these people are using the Apps built into their TV, I don't >> know what brands. I'm not even sure where to start troubleshooting >> something like this. I'm visiting the customer on my network tomorrow >> to see if changing the wifi equipment helps. My customer regularly sits >> at 5mb/s for multiple hours so It appears that streaming should be >> working fine. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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