Optimal settings for Netflix and gaming

[mikehd]

Hello,

I just upgraded our R1 to DumaOS and am attempting to optimized video streaming on a Netflix device. What's the best strategy for sharing limited bandwidth between streaming video and gaming?

We typically watch Netflix over our smart blu-ray player. PC users stream videos but mostly Youtube. Should I use the QoS bandwidth allocator to give the blu-ray  player the majority of the bandwidth, with share excess enabled? or would creating a traffic prioritization rule for that device be a better strategy? Or both?

With the old R1 firmware, it didn't seem to matter if I gave more bandwidth to the netflix player. If anyone was doing a download on their PC it would destroy the streaming video quality.

For gaming, the main online game played in the house is Elder Scrolls Online. Anti-buffer bloat is set to When High Priority Traffic is Detected and it seems to be working as well as the old R1 software. Is ESO programmed into the high priority traffic detection method? I saw the red indicator come on once but it isn't on continually. Does this function work for non-gaming activities?

EDIT: I found in one of the FAQs that HPTD is only for games.

Thanks,

Mike

[TrayDay]

39 minutes ago, mikehd said:

Hello,

I just upgraded our R1 to DumaOS and am attempting to optimized video streaming on a Netflix device. What's the best strategy for sharing limited bandwidth between streaming video and gaming?

We typically watch Netflix over our smart blu-ray player. PC users stream videos but mostly Youtube. Should I use the QoS bandwidth allocator to give the blu-ray  player the majority of the bandwidth, with share excess enabled? or would creating a traffic prioritization rule for that device be a better strategy? Or both?

With the old R1 firmware, it didn't seem to matter if I gave more bandwidth to the netflix player. If anyone was doing a download on their PC it would destroy the streaming video quality.

For gaming, the main online game played in the house is Elder Scrolls Online. Anti-buffer bloat is set to When High Priority Traffic is Detected and it seems to be working as well as the old R1 software. Is ESO programmed into the high priority traffic detection method? I saw the red indicator come on once but it isn't on continually. Does this function work for non-gaming activities?

EDIT: I found in one of the FAQs that HPTD is only for games.

Thanks,

Mike

HPTD is for applications that is latency sensitive, i.e, gaming. As you mentioned about R1 old firmware, you had some minor issues with. The DumaOS utilizes a different algorithm, and should be able to handle your netflix; smart blu-ray player. What you could do with the downloading of the PC, in the prioritization flower/circle. Lower the amount of bandwidth the pc can utilize. Which the DUmaOS now allows to set a good desired amount when you click on the device in the tree of devices connected to the Duma on the left side of the QOS menu. Click the PC, then on the right side should see the amount you would like that device or this case, PC, bandwidth it will utilize. You would have to do since it will HOG or take away from the devices if it was all equal in the flower/circle I would assume. Something I would do is possibly set the main sliders to about 90% for download and upload and then click the PC and lower the amount of bandwidth. As netflix for 1080p needs 5mbps and for 4k it needs 25mbps according to netflix FAQs. So that should give you roughly an idea how much is needed for you smart blu-ray and PC allocation.

 

- Tray

[mikehd]

Thanks Tray, that confirms my initial approach which is to use the bandwidth allocation rose to ensure the netflix device "wins" in any bandwidth competition with the PC clients.

[Netduma Jack]

10 hours ago, mikehd said:

Thanks Tray, that confirms my initial approach which is to use the bandwidth allocation rose to ensure the netflix device "wins" in any bandwidth competition with the PC clients.

Tray's advice is great. Another thing to bear in mind is that ESO will only be using <0.5mbps bandwidth. It's generally OK to reduce the bandwidth of your gaming devices with the flower as a result and give that bandwidth to streaming devices instead. (Unless you're downloading an update or something on the gaming device). As long as you make sure you have probably over 30mbps spare for Netflix your setup should work

[mikehd]

3 hours ago, Netduma Jack said:

Tray's advice is great. Another thing to bear in mind is that ESO will only be using <0.5mbps bandwidth. It's generally OK to reduce the bandwidth of your gaming devices with the flower as a result and give that bandwidth to streaming devices instead. (Unless you're downloading an update or something on the gaming device). As long as you make sure you have probably over 30mbps spare for Netflix your setup should work

A spare 30mbps? I can only dream that we'll even get to 10mbps... Stuck on 6 since the aughts.

Thanks for the advice. Worked great last night.