Struggling with buffering on Vaders?

by [deleted]

I can't figure out what the issue is. My provider is Vaders, I have 3 Firesticks, The router is less than 3 meters from the main firestick yet it only shows a download speed on 5ghz of 20mb. My laptop in the back bedroom still on 5ghz can hit over 50mb. A direct cable connection to the router gives 78mb.

This has only started happening this past month or so, buffering. And it happens quite often. Even if I was getting 20mb It should still work fine. Put it this way before I had fibre broadband I had an 8mb connection and it gave better results on Gears.

Whats the weakest link? Is it Vaders being oversubscribed? I'd love to say it only happens at prime time or during sporting events but it can happen any time.

andygold2

It's been shitty for the last few weeks, I'd say the problem is theirs.

Jumq

I’ve had issues with buffering from I started with them. Using a Mag box and good connection. It’s worse with the on demand things for me, to the point where I just stick Netflix on instead. I keep hoping it will improve or that it’s just me.

ripndipp

Yep, Vaders has been shit. I changed my servers several times and it still buffers. Honestly if it doesnt improve this month im gonna ask /u/iptvking for a reccomendation. Its definately them. Im trying to watch discovery science amd it buffers about every two minutes. And yes i have a good internet connection. Its hardwired and i have done all the speed tests.

vaderguy123

No its not oversubscribed, and no there are no major buffering issues more than likely you need to try and use a different server and/or try watching on the website on your laptop to verify its not an issue with the firestick http://watch.vaders.tv

manosteel9423

Vader has been close to perfect for about a week or two with live streams. I don’t use the VOD much but have heard of people having issues with it.

Its either a network problem or you could maybe try switching servers.

Log into vaders.tv/watch with your username and password. If the channel buffers on your firestick but not the website, you know its not a Vader issue. If its buffering on both, go to your account settings and change servers to one close to you and see if that helps.

Greencon10

Like pretty much every other provider the channel in question can matter in the overall equation. People should at least start including those specifics in the "everything" is buffering claims.

For example the Red Sox/Yankees game on ESPN has been pretty flawless for me on vader at 60fps all night, which I flipped over to after the initial provider i was using was buffering pretty bad on ESPN. I flip the channel to HBO just now to watch the Andre the giant special and Vader's is a stuttering mess. Flip back to the original provider I was using earlier in the day and their HBO is on point atm.

So goes everyday IPTV.

androiduser420

Did you try rebooting your router? I know I can still download on other devices fine but vaders will giving me buffering issues reboot my router and bam vaders works flawlessly after.

GreatWhiteNorth81

service doesnt dictate your internet speed

spinelesshighness

try logging in via web browser and change your server. have it auto detect. this worked for me out of chicago.

Greencon10

First or second gen firestick? What platform app are you using Vader on? What channel/s are you currently trying to watch? Are you trying to run a VPN in the backround?

Details help, but rough guess on the weakest link is it being your firestick. Vader has generally been pretty stable for me over the past week, and I haven't had an issue while watching ESPN the last 2 hours.

segaman1

I can't access vaders.tv/amember .. How do I check when my subs ends if I can't go to that page?? Says "404 Not Found"

Coach-Jules

Vaders is not as good as what they were in the past. Definitely more buffering these days. It has improved compared to a month ago when it was super bad. I will give them credit and say they have tried to fix things and even extended subscriptions for 2 extra weeks free. And it has improved. But still not 100% there.

BlinG480

its been going down a lot lately for me. There will be days where I can leave it on one channel all day and it'll never drop, then there's days where it won't even play for 10 seconds. Today I was pretty upset during the hbo special for Andre the Giant. What a hot mess that was....and YES, i did report it.

von101

One problem i'm having is that auto detect doesn't work for me. when i log in on website and chose auto detect it fails to run through all servers

vaderguy123

We updated a lot of Spanish chans

Prismisc

Been using Vaders for two weeks and it was always reliavle and no buffering. Only issue was yesterday where most channel were down.