Expectation

[iamimdoc]

Created an Unraid NAS with 4 tb drive. Will add two more drives in near future one for data and one as a parity disc.

 

Music streams fine to a caps 1 music server. No stops, clicks or pauses, etc. Can do 2 zones simultaneously. No issues

 

I tried streaming a movie to a pc with VLC as movie player and this was a total no go. Pauses, delays, pixelization, etc.

 

This is not a big issue for me as I did not intend to put videos on this server.

 

But, just out of interest, would others have expected this to work with movies or not?

 

Thanks and have a nice day

[coxhaus]

I don’t know VLC but one place to look for problems would be to look at your network infrastructure. Wireless can cause problems. If you are crossing a wireless network try with a cat5 or cat6 instead see if it makes a difference. If wire works better then you need a better wireless plan.

Another question is how is your NAS connected? Are you using an Ethernet connection or USB? You might want to test through put on your NAS to see if it is fast enough.

[iamimdoc]

All is wired for music and videos

 

Nas is on Ethernet

[Audio_ELF]

I would have expected it to work easily ... but what format is the movie?

[iamimdoc]

Out of town for a few days so can't remember. It is a 10 gb file as I recollect

[Paul R]

Like Eloise, I would expect that to work without issue. More details please?

-Paul

[souptin]

The screenshots and details are for VLC v2.0.5 on Mac.

 

Step one: Bring up the VLC preferences dialog, it will look like this:

Choose "Show All" at the bottom left.

 

The dialog will change to this:

With "Input / Codecs" selected, scroll down until you see "Network caching (ms)"

Increase the value - as you can see mine is set to 1000, but there is plenty of leeway for a higher number.

 

Try playing the video again. The Network caching determines the preload delay before playback starts. Higher number means a longer delay but will reduce stuttering. If you still get stuttering, rinse and repeat.

[iamimdoc]

Thanks will try

 

I actually use wdtv as movie player.

 

Did not experiment with that but will when I can next week

[thestewman]

Are you running VLC on the UnaRaid server or on the Caps V1.

I do not believe the Unraid server or the CapsV1 have the cpu power to act as a video player

I was able to stream 1080P HD Blu Ray rips with DTS-HD Master audio from a HP Media Smart Server to JRiver on a Toshiba laptop without any problems. I know Unraid is faster than the WHS.

[Audio_ELF]

Are you running VLC on the UnaRaid server or on the Caps V1.

I do not believe the Unraid server or the CapsV1 have the cpu power to act as a video player

I was able to stream 1080P HD Blu Ray rips with DTS-HD Master audio from a HP Media Smart Server to JRiver on a Toshiba laptop without any problems. I know Unraid is faster than the WHS.

I missed that the OP was using the CAPS V1. I wouldn't expect the old Atom processor to have the power for most video without a good graphics solution (Crystal HD Mini-PCIe card or an Atom/ION board).

 

I think you may have hit the nail on the head - the issue is the CAPS not the network.

 

Eloise

[iamimdoc]

I missed that the OP was using the CAPS V1. I wouldn't expect the old Atom processor to have the power for most video without a good graphics solution (Crystal HD Mini-PCIe card or an Atom/ION board).

 

I think you may have hit the nail on the head - the issue is the CAPS not the network.

 

Eloise

 

Actually VLC was on a Macbook 2008, made into a Windows machine, 4 GB memory, Win 7 - not the CAPS1 machine

 

Not really sure what I am measuring (saw this on the UNRAID web site), but pinging the NAS device from the Macbook as a Windows machine gave a time of < 1ms and Approx round time of 0ms

 

Copying data is typically at about 10MB/sec (on the website I see speeds of 40-50)

[thestewman]

Those speeds sound slow for streaming video.

I know it is OT but I am interested u=in the Unraid.

Build your own ?

Please describe the experience and any problems

[iamimdoc]

Easy to do, pretty cheap particularly if have one has an old pc doorstop about. (Used a Dell Vostro 220 with 4 gb memory. ) Pretty easy to configure. Have added a second 4tb drive and will add a 4 tb parity drive. Friend built similar machine without issues( so far anyway)

 

Movies are problematic so far but this is music only server. I am mainly irritated re movies not working.

 

Total cost is that of 3 drives plus a 4 gb USB drive for the os for 8tb data storage total

 

Currently listening to high Rez music and copying data to device simultaneously - no issues, hiccoughs or delays.

[iamimdoc]

My error...

 

PC I was using for VLC to play was a year old dell. I suspect it is problem as

 

Using my Western Digital Media players, I am able to

 

stream same movies from server without issue

While copying gigabytes of data to server

And playing high resolution music simultaneously

 

So, issue seems to be old pc as player, not NAS Device