Ok I copied the file over to my HD. It did not seem to have that problem, but then I tried to jump from the beginning of the file to 1 hour, 50 min - that caused a delay of 2 or 3 seconds. So the problem is the same - just faster
It seems as if it is reading the whole file until it finds the right position, instead of just jumping to the right spot. Btw. the network is 10Mbit (theoretically 100Mbit, but the server is a 100Mhz pentium 1, so it is far too slow for 100Mbit
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Here my system info:
Media Center Registered 11.0.314 -- C:\Programme\J River\Media Center 11\
Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1699 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 188 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1612 (xpsp2.041207-1145) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1643 (xpsp2.050311-1242) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive E: TEAC CD-W516EB Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive F: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-116 Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Drive G: Mode:Normal Type:Auto Speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive E: TEAC CD-W516EB Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:16 MaxSpeed:16 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None
I also tried reducing the buffer, but with no significant change in the delay. I already changed Seek/Stop/Switch to Gapless and I use "Wave Out" as output mode. Anything else that could cause trouble?
How does MC handle the files? Does it use it's own mp3 decoder or a codec from the system? In the latter case the codec could be responsible for the problem.
I'm currently converting one of those mp3s into an ogg file. I'll post back if the ogg file still causes the same trouble.