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I have Windows Media Server 2000, works great. I have a HTPC at the TV, when I strem to the TV it is choppy. I only have a unmanaged switch, i was wandering if there are any settings anywhere to help the streaming, or do i need to buy a managed switch.
Thanks in advance.
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Few questions.
1. How is your HPTC connected to your Media Server? Wired, Wireless, Powerline?
2. If you do a copy from the Media Server to the HTPC, what speeds are you getting, in MBs?
3. If you are in the command prompt on the HTPC and you enter ping -n 1000 your Media Server are you getting any spikes in ping time? Must be run at a time that matches your normally viewing times?
4. Is anyone else running anything on the network that potentially could bring the network speeds down, children running Torrents for instance?
4. If you play a movie directly from your disk on the HTPC, how does it run?
5. What movie formats are you playing?
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I am wired Cat 6, and I donot copy to the HTPC, i play them off the server. I am trying to play VIDEO-TS files to not lose anything. None on the network, kids are to young. I will get back to you with the other results, just got back from a business trip.
Thanks
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How would I check the speeds when I watch a movie on the HTPC?
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By the Way, I have two Xbox 360, that stream perfectly! Not sure why the HTPC does not.
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The Xbox's are Wireless!
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I know you don't copy to the HTPC, but for the purposes of testing, move some of the files locally and run them in the same way as from the server. The ones that are playing up.
The idea being that if they play from local storage fine, then there is a connection issue, if they don't play from the HPTC's local storage fine, then the problem is on the HTPC.
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OK, I will get back to you, Thanks!
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sorry i took so long, I got the movies to play perfectly locally, when I run through My Movies its choppy. I went to Adminstrative tools>performance and the CPU was running about 36%, the Avg disk queue length and pages/second would spike occasionally to 100%. Every now and again the CPU would get in the 60% range but that was the highest? Not sure, but I hope this helps you help me!
Thanks again
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Just noticed the movie froze and the pages/second and the Avg disk queue length were pretty much pegged at 100%!
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Perhaps you should examine the health of your hardware and system errors.
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Thats what i am trying to do with my switch
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Yes, but the switch is all about network traffic management. You seem to be having local hardware problems on you HTPC, with your disk.
If you are playing movies from the your local disk and you are having lockups, then it's your HPTC that's got the problem not your network. You should only return to playing movies from your network storage, after running movies from you local drive for a week.
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the movies play fine locally
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So maybe it is the network. Btw you are running a Gigabit unmanaged switch atm?
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