The Roku Ultimate box connected to the 11AC wifi access point OK. During setup, it listed the 3 ssid's on our home network and selected the 11AC as default. I upgraded the network to a 1 Gigibit system by swapping the Zonet zfs3018p 10/100 Mbps switch to a Dlink dgs-1008g 1Gbit switch.
Before the upgrade I noted the following:
I ran a disk speed test utility from BlackMagic Design on the same computer were the Mezzmo Media Server is installed. The Dlink DNS345 NAS drive tested at: Disk write speed 10 MBps, (80 Mbps), Disk read speed 2 MBps, (16 Mbps). This would appear to be the streaming problem.
After the upgrade the Dlink DNS345 speeds did not change, 10MBps write, and 2 MBps read speed. I noted that another smaller NAS connected in a different location tested at 20MBps write speed and 20MBps, (160Mbps) read speed, (this is faster than the 10/100 Mbps switch capacity). I relocated the Dlink DNS345 to another location in the network. It then tested at 65 MBps, (520 Mbps), 65 MBps read speed. This appeared to be the solution to the problem.
I have found that the Pause, Freeze, Reload problem still exists as before. I am playing a Blu-Ray ISO file. It takes about 30 secs to load. It plays OK for 30 secs and goes black for several seconds. The metadata screen is displayed. When "Resume" is selected, it starts at the beginning and plays for about 5 min then goes black and returns to the metadata screen. When "Resume" is again selected, it starts at the beginning and plays for about 8 min and goes black and returns to the metadata screen. This repeats 3 or 4 times.
During this activity, the Mezzmo Server displays
Steaming file: 'xxxfilm' to Device: Roku Streaming Player (192.168.1.91) on the Status Panel.
The Transcoding Panel displays, File: 'xxxfilm', Device: Roku Streaming Player, Format: hls(+h264,+aac,+burn.en) Status: Queued.
While it is streaming OK, THE cpu shows 2%, the Networking shows less than 5%.
While it is paused, Loading, the Transcoding Panel shows, Server Transcoding 4.6% at 16fps. After the "Resume" is selected the streaming starts again and the transcoding status clears. Then after several more minutes the Transcoding Panel status changes to 'Server Transcoding: 4.1% at 17 fps'. The fps changes from 17, 18, and 20. The CPU then increases to 22%, Mediaserver, 12%, ffmpeg.exe 10%. Then the screen goes black, the metadata screen is shown. When "Resume" is selected, it starts the film at the beginning.
I also tried to connect an ethernet cable to the Roku box and connect to the access point via a wired connection. Same problem.
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