@Thomas,
First example for a family 4K/30 video – MP4/HEVC, I see the following data which an online calculator confirmed as well:
File size : 1.99 GiB
Duration : 2 min 58 s
Overall bit rate : 96.1 Mb/s
But the file server shows constant data transfer rate between 80 and 128 Mbps, never drops. With wifi of the TV, it plays 2-3 seconds, then just freezing every frame… while I play this over the USB to ethernet adapter and it plays without an issue.
Second example for a non-compressed Blueray with TrueHD Atmos:
File size: 69.4 GiB
Duration: 2 h 35 min
Overall bit rate mode: Variable
Overall bit rate: 63.9 Mb/s
The file server shows constant data transfer rate between 113 and 140 Mbps. With wifi of the TV, it plays like a 1 minute OK, then it starts to freeze.
For both, the WiFi test was horrible and the graphs shows me just network transfer rate spikes, no constant transfer, but jumping from 0 up to 200 mbits for a second, then back again. It’s like a heartbeat – wtf…
After a few hours of testing, It seems that not the transfer rate is the killing factor but the WiFi is somehow throttling on the TV…
So, it seems that it is an incorrect implementation of the WiFi on the TV, maybe a low performance wifi chip…
To be sure, I tested a file copy between my 2 devices over the wifi, it was a constant data transfer, so it is not my network, but indeed the TV’s wifi.