JT:
(You may want to defer this till you refinish redoing whatever it is you're doing with MS.)
Remote playback is still very erratic. Can download and install OK, and if I begin by selecting a smaller number of files, for the most part it plays through them OK.
Trouble usually starts when I (1) stop playback of current list, clear and queue up a new group of files; (b) Add to playing now; (c) pause or stop, then re-initiate; or (d) attempt to play a longer queue of files.
At some indeterminate point, MC fails to initiate playback of the next file and gives me an error message stating that MC could not locate the selected file and to check the path. Attempt to play other files, MC goes into 'Wait' mode, nothing further happens.
Cannot find any common denominator (type, etc.). Files are all mp3 128 bitrate, from various sources (EMusic, Internet, etc.). No Martian messages in the MS log.
MC 132 at home, 128 in the office. System info (ignore 133 - I just installed it):
Media Center Registered 9.0.133 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2018 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 267 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
Ripping / Drive F: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:IDE Read speed:Max
Drive G: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive F: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012A Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:4 MaxSpeed:4 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None
HTH