Hello everyone!
I have recently bought a usb hub to use with my mi box s to be able to use my keyboard, usb joystick, and an extra storage. And it has all worked fine, except for the storage.
When I transformed my pendrive into a internal storage, everything slowed down a lot(Netflix, Amazon prime) is this a problem with the usb hub, the pen drive, both? None?
You can test it by plugging your pendrive directly to the USB port on the box without using a hub. If it's still slow, then your pendrive is too slow. Otherwise, the hub is likely the source of slow read/write.
If you use a USB 3.0 hub it will perform at max USB 2.0 speeds & internal storage is basically useless unless it's done with an SSD & if it messes up, you lose the drive, no way to reformat or save it.
Sdcard readers can fail too, so don't let people tell you to use one like that's a solution either.
If you have connected other devices too to the USB hub, it can be possible that the hub is unable to provide sufficient power for the drive. I specifically chose a hub that has an external power supply port. Check if you have one and see if improves.
Why would you? Mibox uses usb 2, of course it'll be slow
Could be pendrive cause most of them are not built for this type of usage. I use an a1 spec sd card to make sure it performs well enough but it could be hub too. I had a cheap hub before and had all sort of problems. After getting a little more decent one all of the problems gone.