Futubox

Is anyone having issues with Futubox on Afrihost, i have a 4mb uncapped account and cannot get futubox to work properly. Tonight i will try the afrihost 1gig account and see how that works
 
xbmcfan said:
You need at least a 5mbps connection to their servers, that means a 10mbps account in South Africa to watch HD in Futubox.
A 4mbps connection should be able to watch channels in SD. On my 2mbps Gold account I can't even do SD.

Do a speedtest to the different servers and select the fastest one in your account settings.
http://speedtest1.futubox.to/
http://speedtest2.futubox.to/
http://speedtest3.futubox.to/
http://speedtest4.futubox.to/
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I am on a 4Meg connection and watch HD without issues.
 
essop1@gp said:
Is anyone having issues with Futubox on Afrihost, i have a 4mb uncapped account and cannot get futubox to work properly. Tonight i will try the afrihost 1gig account and see how that works
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Yes, 10 mbps line with afrihost, cannot get a stable stream. I could some months back, but now, baaad, Cannot even get stable SD...
 
Smokey_sa said:
Hi I am on a 10 Mbit line with afrihost and mine works ratgher well on most channels also in HD. Do you stream to TV through a player?
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I have a device running XBMC connected directly to the internet for the TV. Seems like it might just be an issue with my ISP account, speedtest is showing alarmingly slow results. Contacted Afrihost.
 
Sorry to only catch onto this thread so late.

We'll need to get some solid test results and run the same on our side to really determine if this is a network issue, or related to user specific issues. I also already see some differing experiences posted in the thread.

Please drop me a detailed PM if you are experiencing this issue, and let's get this going as soon as we can :(
 
AfriMan said:
Sorry to only catch onto this thread so late.

We'll need to get some solid test results and run the same on our side to really determine if this is a network issue, or related to user specific issues. I also already see some differing experiences posted in the thread.

Please drop me a detailed PM if you are experiencing this issue, and let's get this going as soon as we can :(
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still having issues....This is a 10 mbps line....

 
Lord Nikon6 said:
I have a device running XBMC connected directly to the internet for the TV. Seems like it might just be an issue with my ISP account, speedtest is showing alarmingly slow results. Contacted Afrihost.
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I had the service running through my WD Live SMP and could not get it to run smoothly when using Serviio. I bought a Smart TV and run it through DLNA and Serviio and it works much better. Might be worth seeing wether you can tweak your setup.

What speeds do you get when testing your Futubox Server?
 
Smokey_sa said:
I had the service running through my WD Live SMP and could not get it to run smoothly when using Serviio. I bought a Smart TV and run it through DLNA and Serviio and it works much better. Might be worth seeing wether you can tweak your setup.

What speeds do you get when testing your Futubox Server?
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I'm using an Android enjoy TV 520 E. The streaming setup is done directly on there in XBMC, which is installed on the device. I have tried it using Wifi and a LAN connection. NTV stream seems a bit better now, but Futubox when streaming HD just doesnt stop stuttering.

The best I speed I got lately with the test was 3.5 mbps to server 2. I know it needs to be 5 for HD, but this is a 10 mbps line. I have done a couple of tests using speedtest lately as well and not getting over 4 mbps to any international location. So, this seems to clearly be an issue with my ISP...Paying for 10 mbps, getting 4 mbps. We will see when/if they get back to me, so far I was informed that they are not having issues, but they are looking into it.
 
AfriMan said:
Have just checked again with the guys. We're definitely not having international access issues that I'm aware of, but they should be able to recreate whatever you're experiencing here :(
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I do hope so. I would prefer getting the speed I am paying for. I was contacted by Kyle today, sent him what he requested, hope it gets sorted out.

panic90 said:
Again futubox is down?? I cannot watch any channels...
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It seems to be down quite often. I have found NTV much more stable. Also, seems like there is no more ESPN, and NTV has the russian channels that is a big plus for me. Only issue is that it is not HD, so I use futubox simply due to that.
 
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Lord Nikon6 said:
I'm using an Android enjoy TV 520 E. The streaming setup is done directly on there in XBMC, which is installed on the device. I have tried it using Wifi and a LAN connection. NTV stream seems a bit better now, but Futubox when streaming HD just doesnt stop stuttering.

The best I speed I got lately with the test was 3.5 mbps to server 2. I know it needs to be 5 for HD, but this is a 10 mbps line. I have done a couple of tests using speedtest lately as well and not getting over 4 mbps to any international location. So, this seems to clearly be an issue with my ISP...Paying for 10 mbps, getting 4 mbps. We will see when/if they get back to me, so far I was informed that they are not having issues, but they are looking into it.
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How can it be your line if other sites are streaming fine ?
offsidestreams are *** and am not the only one complaining about the stream. I go to a non pay site and stream better there than on a paid site my line syncs on 7mb and am with Afrihost as well.
Maybe Afriman can check line issues but i doubt it very much , remember theses guys are signing up clients everyday and soon there will be degraded service because of the amount of people.
OSS streams fine when playing ads :wtf: but live games are always an issue.
 
SFW007 said:
How can it be your line if other sites are streaming fine ?
offsidestreams are *** and am not the only one complaining about the stream. I go to a non pay site and stream better there than on a paid site my line syncs on 7mb and am with Afrihost as well.
Maybe Afriman can check line issues but i doubt it very much , remember theses guys are signing up clients everyday and soon there will be degraded service because of the amount of people.
OSS streams fine when playing ads :wtf: but live games are always an issue.
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the reason for ntv streaming fine is due to the quality of the stream being much lower. It is optimised for 2 mbps lines. Futubox however, is optmised for 5 mbps...aaand atm I am not even getting 5 mbps on my 10 mbps line
 
is it not at the exchange ?

Lord Nikon6 said:
the reason for ntv streaming fine is due to the quality of the stream being much lower. It is optimised for 2 mbps lines. Futubox however, is optmised for 5 mbps...aaand atm I am not even getting 5 mbps on my 10 mbps line
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Lord Nikon6 said:
the reason for ntv streaming fine is due to the quality of the stream being much lower. It is optimised for 2 mbps lines. Futubox however, is optmised for 5 mbps...aaand atm I am not even getting 5 mbps on my 10 mbps line
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Yes, I have noticed that some services are extremely resource intensive. Latencies will be more pronounced on overseas routing, so it will definitely be more apparent if you're streaming bandwidth hungry services and latency is affecting your general throughput.

I'll check in with Kyle to see what the progress is on this issue :(
 
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