I’ve ripped my concert DVDs and Blu-rays using MakeMKV. I wirelessly stream from my PC using Plex via a Netgear R6220 router (hard wired to PC) to my Nvidia Shield. The PC processor is an Intel i5 CPU. The router and PC are in an upstairs office. The Shield is in my media room on the main level of the house. I have a 7.1 surround sound system with a UHD projector and screen. My ripped DVDs stream great. My ripped Blu-rays start playing but after 5-10 seconds they buffer, then play, then buffer… Everything plays great on my PC. I tried Handbrake and the MP4 file streams fine but I don’t want to compromise any quality or ability to choose the audio type (e.g., PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS etc.) so I’d rather not have to use Handbrake. For example one ripped Blu-ray has 3 audio tracks: PCM 2.0 ch, 4608 kbps; DTS-HD MA 5.1 ch; DTS 96/24, 5.1 ch 1536 kbps. If I use Handbrake I don’t think I’ll be able to preserve those choices. To solve the problem is it a setting change? An upgraded router? Hard wire from router to the Shield? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Although the router does claim good wifi speeds, you just never know with wifi.
I would try (if possible) to connect the shield to the router via ethernet and see if that fixes the issue.
Yes, if you play remuxed Blurays, you want to hardwire both your Plex server and your media player. The Shield has a Gigabit network port, so that is ideal.
Thanks for the responses. I did some thinking about my network and checked to see how 4K content streamed. After updating my Amazon Prime app on the Shield (which was not so straight forward), I was able to stream 4K with no problems. So I went back to my ripped concert blu-rays and it looks like the problems occur when choosing DTS-HD MA (5.1) for the audio. Interesting. I’m not an audio engineer but you would think 4K video with dolby digital 5.1 audio would be more data than HD video with the DTS-HD MA (5.1), but maybe there’s more to it. Can Plex handle DTS-HD MA (5.1)? So I guess I have to, as you recommend, install the ethernet cable (big expense) or I could just actually insert the blu-ray in the blu-ray player!!!
Don’t compare the bitrates of streaming services with ripped blurays there are world’s between them.
No, DTS-HD MA has actually a much bigger bitrate than simple Dolby Digital.
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