I have Infuse to watch movies from my NAS to my Apple TV but there are some loadings with some of them.
I did a connection test for the concerned files and it gives me around 15 Mbps even if the wifi network is more capable than that.
Here is the configuration:
NAS : Synology DS216j
Protocol: NFS 4
Wifi: TP Link Deco
Apple TV: 4K without ethernet
The NAS is connected in ethernet to the main mesh router and the Apple TV is connected to another router at the other end of the room.
I tried the SMB sharing or increasing the packet size in the NAS, it didn’t changed anything.
The wifi network is not overloaded and I also tried to prioritize the Apple TV in the Deco app, nothing.
On a computer with VLC, there is no issue.
It seems that a movie with a bitrate above 15/20 Mbps will cause the loadings.
Do a speed test of your WiFi network. Not the infuse/TP-Link bundle. For example, using your PC and the same router that works with AppleTV.
Check which WiFi range the AppleTV is connected to. There is a possibility that by 2.4 Ghz, instead of 5.
The SMB procotole gave me the same results than the NFS (between 15 and 20 Mbps).
But the Webdav and FTP are much better with 270 Mbps in average. Why is there a such difference with the NFS/SMB?
And which protocol should I choose?
This means that the FTP/WebDAV protocol works best in your setup (NAS/TP-Link/infuse). Use any of them. 270 megabits of speed is enough for any video files with a large margin.
Most likely, the weak link is your old NAS. My NAS is Synology DS220+ / Apple AirPort Extreme / infuse, they give gigabit over FTP/WebDAV, and 500-600 megabits over SMB.
