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When will Orbi support multicast?
Any idea when Orbi will support multicast for IPTV? Currently YouView/BTTV won't work with Orbi in router mode. I saw a thread that had a post from Netgear Support on a German Amazon comments section...
acapdu wrote:I tried and it works. Only issue is that streaming live TV channels from BT is not flawless. Especially in 4k there are too many interruptions for watching a football game even when I see 50Mbs available on fast.com from my mobile phone.
Are you are trying to stream 4K over WiFi? If so, you should really run an Ethernet wire to your TV. 4K video requires a lot of data and a stable connection, so it's not a great application for WiFi.
yes I know but powerline didn't work so I thought let's give a go. It works but not enough stable. I should have put the BT plug at the correct place when I built the house...
The Orbi backhaul (if a strong connection) should be fast enough for 4k streams.
It depends on the content, as I am not sure what bandwidth is required for IPTV. For apps and streaming, it only needs 5-7 MB/s stable for a good 4k picture even with HDR.
I know this, as i am testing 4k HDR streams on my TV using a wired connection, youtuble stats for nerds states 5MB/s stream to produce the quality 4k HDR image.
Hirrdgoon wrote:The Orbi backhaul (if a strong connection) should be fast enough for 4k streams.
It depends on the content, as I am not sure what bandwidth is required for IPTV. For apps and streaming, it only needs 5-7 MB/s stable for a good 4k picture even with HDR.
I know this, as i am testing 4k HDR streams on my TV using a wired connection, youtuble stats for nerds states 5MB/s stream to produce the quality 4k HDR image.
Ok. So the point here is acapdu might see better results if he can wire his TV into one of the Orbi satellite LAN ports. Not sure if this was tried or not.
of course the TV is wired to the satelitte. I bought it just for that.
I have between 20-50 MBps but even when it's stable at 50MBps it doesn't work flawlessly.