- Apr 8, 2012
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I have spent 4 hours on the phone with an LG tech, 8 hours total with Linksys (router) and 2.5 hours with Time Warner Cable (internet). No once can figure out why I can't stream movies to the TV. I continue to get choppy signal when trying to stream through the router which is a linksys E4200 router that has the ability to connect a LAN external hard drive.
I'm getting download speeds on speedtests of 25mb down and close to 2mb upload from the Time Warner Cable.
I've tried hooking the external drive up to the router and tried sending the movie wirelessly, no luck. Choppy buffering and it loses connection. The router is literally 25 feet from the TV, with a clear line of sight.
I then tried hooking the router hard wiring it straight to the TV and moved the cable modem to the TV so everything was directly connected to the TV. It was a little better, but still choppy video and lost connection.
I finally got frustrated and plugged the external hard drive directly into the TV, and that solved the issue. No buffering or issues.
I need to figure out what I need to do in order to be able to stream these files over the internet. I shouldn't be having any issues streaming it to the TV when it is directly hard wired through the router, which is hard wired through the LAN port on the TV. The only difference here is that instead of the usb external drive being hooked up directly itself, it channels it through the router first. The router should be more than capable of allowing the video to stream across it, especially when I'm getting the speeds that I have.
Please help me! Everyone seems to keep pointing the fingers at each other...the cable company says call the router people, the router people tell me to call LG....LG tells me to call the cable company.
On a side note, I've also been trying to use NERO when streaming which is LG's software. Recognized everything fine...but just won't stream without issues.
I don't think it's a transcoding issue, as the movie plays fine when directly connected to the usb port on the TV. The file format isn't the issue.
I thought that perhaps the slow computer speed was causing it to buffer and get choppy, however, it still is choppy even when connected from the router which is hooked up directly to the TV hardwired, so it doesn't even go through the computer at all.
The movies I'm trying to stream are high quality and are large files, but again, they play fine when hard connected to the usb port on the TV.
Is there some settings I can change in the router? I don't know where to turn. All I know is that for the money I'm spending for this network, it should be able to stream movies.
A little more info...
I tried using VUDU (like netflix) and tried streaming when the router was connected to the computer. Using wifi, I kept getting the choppy signal, and speed tests would fluctuate 5 - 7 mbs at a time either up or down, so there's obviously some sort of wifi interference that I'm getting. Got frustrated with that so I moved the router and modem over to the TV and the signal and speed test no longer fluctuated...which solved that issue.
What type of bandwith do I need in order to be able to stream high quality video? With the external hard drive hooked through the router which is directly connected, why is this an issue? The hard drive works fine when directly connected?
Please help. Just for info purposes here is what I'm working with:
LG 55lw5600 tv
Linksys e4200 router with updated firmware
Western Digital Essentials Hard Drive 500gb
...the LG wifi lan adapter was a piece of trash and I pretty much realize that I'm going to end up having to be hard wired, unless someone can help me figure out why we are getting this interference? LG says there is no way to test the usb dongle adapter, but I would imagine since it connects to the wifi, shouldn't it be able to stream movies and video?
I'm getting download speeds on speedtests of 25mb down and close to 2mb upload from the Time Warner Cable.
I've tried hooking the external drive up to the router and tried sending the movie wirelessly, no luck. Choppy buffering and it loses connection. The router is literally 25 feet from the TV, with a clear line of sight.
I then tried hooking the router hard wiring it straight to the TV and moved the cable modem to the TV so everything was directly connected to the TV. It was a little better, but still choppy video and lost connection.
I finally got frustrated and plugged the external hard drive directly into the TV, and that solved the issue. No buffering or issues.
I need to figure out what I need to do in order to be able to stream these files over the internet. I shouldn't be having any issues streaming it to the TV when it is directly hard wired through the router, which is hard wired through the LAN port on the TV. The only difference here is that instead of the usb external drive being hooked up directly itself, it channels it through the router first. The router should be more than capable of allowing the video to stream across it, especially when I'm getting the speeds that I have.
Please help me! Everyone seems to keep pointing the fingers at each other...the cable company says call the router people, the router people tell me to call LG....LG tells me to call the cable company.
On a side note, I've also been trying to use NERO when streaming which is LG's software. Recognized everything fine...but just won't stream without issues.
I don't think it's a transcoding issue, as the movie plays fine when directly connected to the usb port on the TV. The file format isn't the issue.
I thought that perhaps the slow computer speed was causing it to buffer and get choppy, however, it still is choppy even when connected from the router which is hooked up directly to the TV hardwired, so it doesn't even go through the computer at all.
The movies I'm trying to stream are high quality and are large files, but again, they play fine when hard connected to the usb port on the TV.
Is there some settings I can change in the router? I don't know where to turn. All I know is that for the money I'm spending for this network, it should be able to stream movies.
A little more info...
I tried using VUDU (like netflix) and tried streaming when the router was connected to the computer. Using wifi, I kept getting the choppy signal, and speed tests would fluctuate 5 - 7 mbs at a time either up or down, so there's obviously some sort of wifi interference that I'm getting. Got frustrated with that so I moved the router and modem over to the TV and the signal and speed test no longer fluctuated...which solved that issue.
What type of bandwith do I need in order to be able to stream high quality video? With the external hard drive hooked through the router which is directly connected, why is this an issue? The hard drive works fine when directly connected?
Please help. Just for info purposes here is what I'm working with:
LG 55lw5600 tv
Linksys e4200 router with updated firmware
Western Digital Essentials Hard Drive 500gb
...the LG wifi lan adapter was a piece of trash and I pretty much realize that I'm going to end up having to be hard wired, unless someone can help me figure out why we are getting this interference? LG says there is no way to test the usb dongle adapter, but I would imagine since it connects to the wifi, shouldn't it be able to stream movies and video?
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