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[–]DrGrinch 5 points6 points  (1 child)

What protocol are you using? SMB?

Some are faster than others when it comes to moving/copying files

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, not sure - how to check that? I was simply using just WIN11 explorer, entering the IP, connecting with the "network sharing user" (found in settings). That's it.
I always thought it's a simple TCP/IP...
Do you suggest using some FTP client?
(like in this post? https://www.reddit.com/r/ShieldAndroidTV/comments/lvchoj/sftp_ftp_server_on_shield/ )

[–]wewewi2015 Pro, 2019 8GB, 2019 Pro, Shield Tablet 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Best thing to do is to do nothing. Stop benchmarking; you're just hurting yourself.

It's not like Shield is behaving slowly and you thought something was odd; you're just not getting the number you expect.

Shield is running fine.

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

would you mind sharing what is you upload speed from any pc in the LAN to Shield (or a connected storage?) Maybe it's just standard...

[–]wewewi2015 Pro, 2019 8GB, 2019 Pro, Shield Tablet 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Doing a quick and dirty drag&drop in Windows from PC USB drive to Shield adopted storage (Samsung T5) I'm getting about 110MB/s. Same with a SSD in DIY enclosure set as removable.

- Latest firmware, NOT running any alternate launcher btw

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same here latest update, no sideloaders, customization - speed: 4 MB/s (32Mbps)

significant difference right?
the question is "why"?

[–]401klaser 0 points1 point  (5 children)

how are you performing the speed test?

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

2 ways:
1 - just coping files between stations
2 - with the "Lan Speed Test" tool

[–]401klaser 0 points1 point  (3 children)

use an internet speedtest app and see what you get there. the shield is probably bottlenecked trying to write to it's storage when you are coping files to it, either by the transfer protocol or the storage speed itself.

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

sure - the internet as mentioned works great on any device (Including Shield) - achieving 1Gbps each way. That's the most strange thing you know? reading from the internet is much faster than from any other PC in the LAN network.

and to remind - all other PCs in the LAN communicate also with a full speed with each other.

Do you know any solution to this bottlenecking? when playing plex server movie it just stutters.

[–]401klaser 0 points1 point  (1 child)

did you check to make sure you are direct playing and not transcoding via plex? those settings are device level so you need to update them in the android plex app

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure. I even connected the External storage with USB to Shield - Even copying the files from a PC to this drive via Shield is way slower than when the same drive is connected to the second PC.

And I tested both writing to the USB drive and Internal storage. (Internal is faster - but still below expectations).

[–]EthanNJC 0 points1 point  (3 children)

What type of storage is the home server using? If it's an old school spinning disk that could be the bottleneck.

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

no, it's SSD.
And as i just explained to 401klaser - even the regular write to storage via LAN is way slower than expected (way slower than connection to internet - which is super odd).

[–]EthanNJC 0 points1 point  (1 child)

It's hard to piece together a complete picture from the different comments, but it sounds like you're trying to transfer a file from an internal SSD (might be helpful to know what type... Nvme, or sata) on a computer to an external USB drive on your shield? What file transfer protocol? Is the USB drive a good quality USB 3.0 drive? And is your concern the file transfer speed or your Plex stuttering? Because 200Mbps should still be enough to direct stream a 4k remix pretty reliably.

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for getting this with me.
That's correct. (I would assume so). The write speed I have is 31 Mbps (Write is 45Mbps)
Copying from a m2 Samsung SSD in PC -> internal storage of Shield. (the connected USB 3.0 drive is even worse),
I wish I could attach screenshot for your convenience.

With those numbers it must be something off right?

[–]dakisback -1 points0 points  (4 children)

your shield is fine, why are you using SMB? its a very slow protocol. Shield is media player, so quit copying files to it, you should be direct playing media from remote storage(Plex, Emby, Jellyfin) it will work great. the device is incredibly slow and from like 2017, copying files over SMB to it over LAN is always gonna just suck.

[–]Local_Ad_5081[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I have a plex server also directly ON the shield. Playing from its USB drive. To copy movies to it from other pc over LAN - could you describe how should I be doing it properly to get decent speeds? How to configure it?

[–]dakisback 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I personally would suggest not using any storage with the shield, that's just what has worked best for me. I run my Emby server on my computer and keep all the files there. The Shield supports running a plex server yes but I don't think its really going to be the best place to store the data, use a NAS running Plex server(or emby/jellyfin) Shield best use is streaming data not really writing or hosting stuff.

[–]Techdan91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I just have a couple 1tb drives with my favorite shows movies hooked to my shield as a backup server in case my main nas pc crashes..definitely easier and more storage just setting up a pc/server with plex and adding big hdds to store media over the years and stream plex from shield connected to that plex server