ee999 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Hoping those more familiar with video-storm can help me out on this. Currently I have an 8x8 component matrix and would like to upgrade the video portion of my system. I've looked at video-storm and decided to do a "test" on my system to see if my network could handle it. I purchased Uray h.264 1080p encoder, an amazon fire stick (basic edition - this is the only one available in Canada - no alexa on it), the OTG adapter and wired network hub (listed on the video-storm website to use with the fire stick). Uray h.264 is set at 1920x1080 @30fps, high profile, vbr, 20000 bitrate(kbit) using an RTSP URL- as recommended on the video storm website I am using VLC to test the stream on various devices: Results: No issues streaming to a intel i7 computer & sony android tv (xbr850) using vlc However, when using the fire stick (with the vlc app on it), it will not stream the 1080p smoothly, major pixels and stuttering, no picture at times, problems with audio as well. Tried the Fire stick on a Samsung LCD and also tried it on the Sony android tv (the same tv that was able to stream no problems with android vlc). So my question: does the Fire Stick just not have enough horsepower to decode the 1080p stream? the video-storm website lists it as one of the decoders you can use. Is it an issue with the Fire Stick VLC app? Would a Fire Stick stream 1080p smoothly using the Video Storm app? Thx in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Stick is the problem. Not enough umph. Netplay has an app for Sony TV's, I would just use that for that room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ee999 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 Thx, what would you recommend as an alternative to the stick for my non-android tv’s (keeping cost in mind)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 NVidia Shield or Fire Media Player (not stick) for Android boxes. These will also require extra hardware to control the boxes themselves for other apps that are available. Or you can just get another Videostorm decoder, they have 1080 and 4K versions here: http://www.video-storm.com/proddetail.asp?prod=netplayhomedecoder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Fire Stick gen3 is coming out on Nov 1st. It has fast processor, 4K, and even supports Dolby Vision (and retails for $49). It will also be a great choice for NetPlayTV decoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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