ExFAT HDD NFS streaming issues

wapvi · October 10, 2018 at 8:54 AM

Hi,

i'm using Mininx uh9 as my media center while streaming from external and attached USBs i encounter some problems with buffering, if i play from an EXT4 formatted USB hdd everything runs smoothly over NFS share, howver if i play through an exfat external usb HDD it stutters then buffers then theres a loss of audio for some time and "source is too slow" message appears repeatedly.;Im running LE8.90.4

**chewitt** · October 10, 2018 at 6:47 PM Official Post

EXT4 is an efficient in-kernel driver. exFAT runs in userspace via translation layer (FUSE) so is less efficient. If the media file is large enough that could cause a bottleneck. Solution is to play from the EXT4 drive.

wapvi · October 12, 2018 at 10:32 AM

so i need to convert my 8tb to EXT4 such a a hassle, what if im plugging it directly to my u9h which is running LE?would it still cause problems?

**chewitt** · October 15, 2018 at 6:52 AM Official Post

It might work. It may add new problems (as playback on S912 devices is on the edge of acceptable anyway). You need to go experiment instead of asking hypothetical questions.