How is my Firestick outperforming my NVIDIA Shield?

by spletser

I have an amazon firestick on one tv up stairs that’s running about 40-60 mbps on WiFi and I have my Shield hardwired to the same router and running at 150 mbps but it is buffering quite a bit. I have the same apps on both. I’ve cleared the caches and stopped all other apps. I have the same IPTV service and am using the same players. I can start watching something on the shield and it will buffer all the time. I can stop and go right to the tv with the firestick and watch the exact same thing all the way through with no buffering at all. I’m not the techiest person so does anyone have any ideas as to why this could be?

harrybarracuda

Start by running Analiti on both devices. Run it at the same time.

Might be a dodgy cable, have you tried the Shield on wifi?

Philsie

restart the Shield. It helps a lot to clear the cache, as you may have apps running in the background.

DocsDelorean

I think there have been issues with buffering on Shields. Apps like iMplayer have something to help with the buffering. I've seen my own shield have buffering problems too.

Sankyou

I know for tivimate there’s a fix shield option in the settings. Maybe try that. I have both and they are great but the shield should smoke it performance-wise

newsatguy

I have the same problems, the 4K firestick is by far better than both the Nvidia 2017 model and my Firetv second generation. Stopped using the Firetv, will replace it with 4K stick.

mariospeedragon

Buffering almost 97% of the time is just related to the iptv servers . Could it just be coincidence that it’s not buffering on the stick vs buffering on the shield? Maybe. Other question is how many connections do u have with your iptv sub? And do you have multiple iptv subscriptions from alternate sources in order to better test the stick vs the shield?

DrXinFL

Restart device, modem and router normally fixes

fracl11

I got rid of my shield after starting using firestick 4k.

jloome

Two different devices... but the same software with the exact same settings?

I know with KODI for example there are all sorts of internal buffer, cache and other settings (bandwith for example) that can mess with flow.

Might be worth just going through every settings page, checking for differences and also looking for 'ideal' settings for the software online.

MrKaon

What IPTV app are you running on both?

serpentxx

Do you have a usb or sd card attached and formatted as internal storage?

I found that to be the biggest slow down of my shield as apps will then start installing/running off the usb and if its not fast enough would slow things down

HappyPirate1234

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HappyPirate1234

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1voltpp

Your hardwired connection is to the USB port not an actual network card. Speed is limited by the port and converter. The wi fi is a network connection.