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Streaming from laptop to MrMC w/ ethernet? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by 12tonewalrus@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Hi,

I am trying to play a 4k video file from my laptop to MrMC via SMB connection. Because of the quality/size of the file, there is a lot of buffering. If I were to connect the AppleTV to my laptop using ethernet, would the stream be better?

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[–] bababradford@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

the quality/size of the file shouldnt have anything to do with buffering.

Buffering is network congestion.

[–] 12tonewalrus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Well, smaller 1080 videos play just fine without any buffering. It's only the 4k video that has buffering. Stands to reason that a bigger file takes longer to load, right?

[–] 12tonewalrus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Well, smaller 1080 videos play just fine without any buffering. It's only the 4k video that has buffering. Stands to reason that a bigger file takes longer to load, right?