Advanced Network Settings

Updated for SPMC v17

Overview

You should be able to use SPMC without needing to change the default network settings.

If you have an advanced settop box such as an NVIDIA Shield TV or Amazon Fire TV, then you can take advantage of its Gigabit Ethernet port or Wireless AC (5Ghz channel only) connectivity and relatively large memory to locally buffer more of high bitrate videos on your settop box.

You can then confirm how much local buffer is being used by invoking codecinfo within SPMC.

SPMC Settings

<advancedsettings>
<cache> <!-- new settings for v17 -->
	    <memorysize>278921216</memorysize>  <!-- uses about 800MB or RAM overall -->
	    <buffermode>1</buffermode>  <!-- Buffer all filesystems, both internet and local  -->
	    <readfactor>20</readfactor> <!-- increase the fill-rate of the cache (assumes GigE / Wireless AC connection -->
</cache>
</advancedsettings>