I am finding that when I play a web media (such as Radio Paradise or SomaFM) at least twice throughout a song, the bandwidth speed will dip real low and eventually to zero. Then the speed will show "Waiting (# seconds). I don't lose the connection, because it evenutally picks back up. I just hear the silence. I'm not crying "bug," just wondering if I have everthing configured ideally with Media Server because I don't have the same "burps" whenver I listen to the streams within Media Center.
The streams I listen to are primarily 128kbs (though I have experienced the same with 64kbs). The Media Server / Tivo transmission rate is set at 320kbs (I was thinking the faster the better). But I have also tried by lowering it down to 128kbs. I'm using a D-link wireless USB on the Tivo to connect to the D-link router. Does anyone have any suggestions to improve performance? I have the latest MC build and the latest firmware on the router.
Another question: Once a stream is started, why does it have to keep communicating to the Media Server? I remember someone saying in the Tivo forum that with Tivo Publisher once you start a stream, you can turn off the computer that publishes the music and it would still play the stream. This doesn't seem to be the case with Media Center.
Thanks!