Streaming 4K

[muxammle]

I have a core i5 4xxx series machine with a radeon 6770 at home that I use to download and stream movies to my television.

My TV is connected to my pc via a series of 100 mbit routers. I get real world speeds of around 10-11 mbps.

The question is:

Is this bandwidth and cpu power enough to stream native 4K HDR movies to my TV?

[sazrocks]

10-11 Mbps? Is that your internet speed or your LAN speed? And why do you have multiple routers? Or do you mean switches?

[muxammle]

Just now, sazrocks said:

10-11 Mbps? Is that your internet speed or your LAN speed? And why do you have multiple routers? Or do you mean switches?

It's local transfer speed. The movies are stored on local storage that I want to stream to my TV. But I am having stuttering issues with the playback.

 

And I have multiple routers because of wifi range. Also, the wire that was run concealed in the wall was not enough to reach my TV so I had to add a router as an access point to increase the range of both the wireless and wired network.

[sazrocks]

Just now, muxammle said:

It's local transfer speed. The movies are stored on local storage that I want to stream to my TV. But I am having stuttering issues with the playback.

 

And I have multiple routers because of wifi range. Also, the wire that was run concealed in the wall was not enough to reach my TV so I had to add a router as an access point to increase the range of both the wireless and wired network.

 Oh dear. I would really try to improve that infrastructure before trying this. Local 4k HDR streaming will definitely need more than 30Mbps. If you need them, I can provide you with wiring diagrams so you can extend that one cable. Have you considered running new cable through the attic?

[muxammle]

Just now, sazrocks said:

 Oh dear. I would really try to improve that infrastructure before trying this. Local 4k HDR streaming will definitely need more than 30Mbps. If you need them, I can provide you with wiring diagrams so you can extend that one cable. Have you considered running new cable through the attic?

 

Well, the houses here are not built like that in mind. Once the wiring is done, it's done. Solid concrete walls. 

 

Will upgrading to gigabit routers work?

[That_Dutch_Guy]

1 minute ago, muxammle said:

Well, the houses here are not built like that in mind. Once the wiring is done, it's done. Solid concrete walls. 

 

Will upgrading to gigabit routers work?

I would first check if the cables are rated for gigabit 

[sazrocks]

1 minute ago, muxammle said:

Well, the houses here are not built like that in mind. Once the wiring is done, it's done. Solid concrete walls. 

Well, crap. Do you have any coaxial cable run to the locations you need?

2 minutes ago, muxammle said:

Will upgrading to gigabit routers work?

I would need a better understanding of the layout to know whether that would help.

[muxammle]

13 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Well, crap. Do you have any coaxial cable run to the locations you need?

I would need a better understanding of the layout to know whether that would help.

This is my current layout.

[m0k]

37 minutes ago, muxammle said:

 

The question is:

Is this bandwidth and cpu power enough to stream native 4K HDR movies to my TV?

why dont you just try it....and let us know how that performs

and then we go from there

[muxammle]

Just now, mok said:

why dont you just try it....and let us know how that performs

and then we go from there

I am having issues with current layout. I am trying to figure out if it's the bandwidth, CPU power or my TV's fault.

[m0k]

2 minutes ago, muxammle said:

I am having issues with current layout. I am trying to figure out if it's the bandwidth, CPU power or my TV's fault.

are you able to play back the movies with a external HDD or flash drive directly to the TV ?

[PETRGangKing]

If you're dealing exclusively with local transfer speeds, and running cat6, a gigabit router should most definitely help.

[muxammle]

1 minute ago, mok said:

are you able to play back the movies with a external HDD or flash drive directly to the TV ?

Haven't tried that. Dont have any external storage capable to store 4K movies ;( lol

 

1 minute ago, PETRGangKing said:

If you're dealing exclusively with local transfer speeds, and running cat6, a gigabit router should most definitely help.

I am not sure if its the transfer speed thats to blame or the processing power. I just need to make sure whats the culprit so that i can fix that one particular thing. Dont have enough money to buy a gigabit router and then having to upgrade to cpu.

[muxammle]

3 minutes ago, mok said:

are you able to play back the movies with a external HDD or flash drive directly to the TV ?

Will try it out with trailers and stuff. Thanks for the suggestion.

[PETRGangKing]

If you are getting 10-11mbps, I can tell you that will be A issue, I cannot say for sure its the only issue. That cpu should be plenty capable of streaming 4k, although someone with more experience in HTPC setups may know better.

[sazrocks]

6 hours ago, muxammle said:

This is my current layout.

Do all black lines represent cat6 cable? If so then a router upgrade would really help.