Normal for audio lag with local streaming?

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vertigoat

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I've got movies and shows on a HDD on my family computer which stays on all the time. I stream these videos to my OUYA, WDTV, etc.

Is it normal to have audio lag, audio non-sync due to the fact that the data has to travel from the hose machine through the router,etc?

I'm using a Linksys E3000 with stock firmware.

I always thought if the audio/video was out of sync it was a problem with the file but it seems it is only out of sync when streaming. Also, it seems like the sync comes and goes, sometimes better, sometimes worse.

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It likely a issue with the encoder. Most streaming send the video and audio in the same stream so this problem does not occur. What this generally means is the encoder did not build the stream correctly before it even sent it.

Now there could be some issue with the player taking too much time to extract the video but decoding the audio correctly...hard to say troubleshooting video issues on a network take a very good understanding of the software and how it works. I guess if were to take enough errors it may have enough data to play the audio but not the video and skip a bit. It is unlikely you are getting errors on a wired network in your house.
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bill001g

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It likely a issue with the encoder. Most streaming send the video and audio in the same stream so this problem does not occur. What this generally means is the encoder did not build the stream correctly before it even sent it.

Now there could be some issue with the player taking too much time to extract the video but decoding the audio correctly...hard to say troubleshooting video issues on a network take a very good understanding of the software and how it works. I guess if were to take enough errors it may have enough data to play the audio but not the video and skip a bit. It is unlikely you are getting errors on a wired network in your house.
 
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vertigoat

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Hmm.... The encoder as in XBMC on my OUYA box? I guess that makes sense. I can adjust the audio lag in XBMC but I just figured with a gigabit switch and hard wired machines, everything would be smooth as glass. Weird, I thought the OUYA had pretty serious horsepower for such a small device.

 
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