Mi Box S - cant stream high quality videos on network

by THEVAN3D

EDIT: To be perfectly clear, I am not asking for suggestions or solutions. I am almost 100% sure, that this issue is specifically for MiBox S and it has something to do with the device's network capabilities. It is basically a software bug, that I hope someone from Xiaomi might fix soon.

So here's the situation. I have Mi Box S connected to 5 GHz WiFi, with no obstacles in between the router and device (like 2 meters away from each other with nothing obstructing in the way). Then I have a PC, connected via cable and there I have some with VERY high quality video content. But not high enough so that network speed would bottleneck in theory, but it actually does. I cant stream them over on my TV. It plays like couple of seconds and then freezes, starts buffering and plays for a while again, and so on.

I'm talking about 4K HDR videos, with pretty high bitrates, like 20-60Mb/s video bitrates. I know that's high, but still, not even nearly close to my router speed limits. And I'm 100% sure that it is the MiBox's network problem, because those same files can easily be played using a USB drive (so the device has enough horsepower, so to speak, to actually render those videos without any issues).

Also, my friend has cheap-ass shit-brand android tv box. It's not even AndroidTV, it's just like Phone UI in landscape mode, scaled up to a TV screen size. But it has no issues of streaming in the same scenario. AND ALSO, I have no problems streaming same huge-ass files with phones on the same network. So it is definitely MiBox S's fault. I just want to talk about this issue, so that someone at Xiaomi might actually fix this in next software update.

BiggussDikkuss

Gigabit Ethernet is required for home network streaming high bitrate 4K Rips - reliably !

USB3 > Gigabit adapters with ASIX chipsets in them work with the Mi Box. Not all adapters have GigaE.

WiFi has to many unknowns. What works for one person’s setup can be complete crap for someone else.

FlickFreak

If you can connect via ethernet instead of over wireless then I'd say do that by adding a USB gigabit ethernet adapter, wired will always be faster and more reliable than wireless. Either of these UGREEN adapters will work fine. Ethernet Only or Ethernet with USB Hub

BasicAlgae5

this is vague

please provide de details

  1. what are u trying to stream?
  2. are u sure it's 4k
  3. what is your router's model
  4. how did u set up your wifi (ac? a? n? g?)
  5. how many devices use this 5ghz
  6. how many devices (if any) use another wifi range network whitin the same router

on the contrary most of the time the problem is not the wifi technology and it's the device

MiBoxes have usb 2.0 which is impossible to sustain 480mbps BURST speed for long compared to REAL FE ports

itsme113

what are you using to play the videos, it could be the app you are using causing you trouble. I have seen Plex run into issues on the same box, the same videos play fine via DLNA server in Kodi.