Stuttering / Lag with 4k video read from smb NAS, storage device is ehdd with usb 3.0. Would like some help finding a fix

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@elzorroazul777

The connection from the server to the Vero 4k+ is over a WiFi 6 capable, 5Ghz WiFi signal coming from my WiFi router

Maybe something changed in the network, we suggest to check your network with iperf3. Please read this howto

[How To] Check Network Performance with iperf3

Sometimes it is important to check the network performance between your OSMC Device and the device providing your media (NAS, Server, PC). Especially when you are connected via wireless the throughput variations can harm you viewing experience. This short How To should give you the required information how to install iperf3 and how to run the respective tests. When doing these tests it is suggested to have a simple setup (single switch between Sender and Receiver and avoid other traffic on the …

@elzorroazul777

. However, if there is anything that I can do to improve performance with this current setup, I’d love to know more about that.

Mounting network shares with autofs (alternative to fstab)

This how-to describes how to mount your network shares via autofs. Autofs should be as performant as fstab based mounting but has the advantage that your shares are mounted on demand which also should give you more reliability in case of network interuptions. First install the autofs package sudo apt-get install autofs If you already have mounted your shares already via fstab comment out that line in fstab and reboot. For this how-to we are going to use a directory for each server, if you wa…