SOLVED: Constant buffering when streaming

[chimpfacts]

Is any of them being transcoded?

Both of the videos are direct playing.  The one that buffers has a higher bit rate, but 5Mbps is an average video bit rate.  BUT, using powerline ethernet can be problematic.

Things might be "fine" everywhere else, but streaming is a packet loss sensitive task.  You should double check the quality of the connection.  I'd choose good WiFi over powerline ethernet.

I reorganised the space around my router and managed to get a direct connection hooked up, it instantly fixed all the problems.

Thanks heaps for the tip!! I didn't realise how unreliable powerline connections were.