ewan wrote: > I'm a new mvmpc and mediamvp user, one week in. I set up music first. I'm > using a nightly build from a few days ago for the latest mclient / > squeezecenter 7.0 stuff which works great, thanks.
Excellent, let us know if you run into any problems. >>things that people have noticed which need to be worked on: -buffer reset logic occasionally allows for repeating of the first several seconds of a track when skipping around. -some types of album cover graphic files are causing mclient to reset when used with SlimServer 6.3. A really old version which is distributed with debian (however, after a recent upgrade, my debian/slimserver setup stopped working - it may be this version of slimserver is so old that it no longer works with other utilities like muSQL??). > Now I'm having first go at video. I'm playing an uncompressed vob off the > filesystem browser. Over Homeplug AV I get stuttering when the bitrate goes > around 5-6 Mbps. Over direct connection to my router, it plays fine. The > diagnostic utility that comes with the Homeplug adapter reports around > 120/130 Mbps. > > I'm using mount.cifs to access samba shares on my linux server. I followed > the suggestions on http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/CIFS > http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/CIFS regarding smb.conf and mount.cifs rsize. I > read > http://www.nabble.com/Slow-boot%2C-myth-live-tv-reboot-and-nfs-stutter-to11790336s24861.html#a11790353 > this thread but it seems nfs-specific. > > Any ideas? Sounds like you are using wireless? This has always been a problem and has received a-lot of traffic on this list. > The same vob plays faultlessly on my laptop using VLC media player when I > connect it to the same Homeplug adapter. So it seems to be something about > the device/software/configuration rather than the network connection. > > The suggestion on http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/CIFS to add "max xmit 64000" > to smb.conf is invalid syntax on my server, which wants "max xmit = 64000". > Fixing that doesn't make any difference though - I think 64k is samba's > default anyway. I don't watch videos this way so I can't help much. But... What is your source? The mvpmc's hardware can only handle NTSC/PAL type resolution. If you try to push it ASTC (i.e. HD-TV) it will just give you a black screen. If you are running a VLC server a trick people use to watch high def videos is to transcode the video w/VLC at the server before it is set to the mvpmc box. Note, need a beefy server to do this. This might be a "check you mind at the door" thing, but if you are throttling the samba server, then wouldn't there be problems if you were trying to push/pull more than that amount of band width? ...D'oh, I just remembered you said a wired connection works, right? Hum, I'd say have a look through the archives and find what others have to say about connecting wirelessly - if that's what you are after. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
