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Delayed play with NAS HDD
blindjim:
uh. sorry... that ain't it... remember? the laptop plays well and quickly with NON JR MEDIA PLAYERS.
it's an incompatibility issue in JR MEDIA CENTER 12.534 WITH vISTA USING WIRELESS CONNECTIONS!!
strebormj:
--- Quote from: blindjim on January 27, 2009, 02:15:40 pm ---uh. sorry... that ain't it... remember? the laptop plays well and quickly with NON JR MEDIA PLAYERS.
it's an incompatibility issue in JR MEDIA CENTER 12.534 WITH vISTA USING WIRELESS CONNECTIONS!!
--- End quote ---
I don't see this problem on MC 12.x on my Vista32 or Vista64 systems, which are both playing media off a SMB share on a Buffalo Linkstation Live NAS over a wireless 11n network.
The reason I asked about using UNC vs. drive mappings is that drive mappings can be very flaky with network devices on wireless networks, particularly those that spin down to save power. Sounds like that's not your issue however.
What happens if you put those same files on a shared folder over another computer you can access over your wireless network?
Also have you verified that WMP didn't copy the files to your local box, perhaps based on your "ripped music" settings?
What happens when you disable security on your NAS?
blindjim:
Hi Strebormj
Ive answered your questions here and at the bottom of my reply as best I can.
I just checked online now to see what UNC meant to be sure. so I believe I did finally…
I created a work group, added the Iomega store center to it, and then imported files into the what ever pc.
I began first with the BR pc, connected via Ethernet…. 6300 files from one folder took 13 hours to import.
This exact same lengthy import period took almost that long with a faster pc running windows xp pro with a quicker CPU… both were connected by ether net cable.
I’ve not yet attempted to import them into the Vista unit yet… as I thought to do it over the wireless conn to the same work group.
No. WMP didn’t import anything except for the few files I played to confirm where the problem really is… “JR River”…
MAYBE this bit means something….
Iomega store center ix2 1TB that I own has two media servers on it as OEM apps. WMP & iTunes.
Both of those players are spot on right and ready. Quick… no hassles at all and almost immediate playback times from either via the Vista laptop.
The laptop has all the latest MS updates, save for the SP2 BETA recently released in Dec 08….. I have it but havn’t installed it yet.
You say no problems with “11N”. wireless… isn’t that quite a lot faster than aBG wirelss connections? Which is what I have.
All my file location names in MC 12 under the Location colum now show as \\NAS\MUSIC FOLDER NAME\ ARTIST\ALBUM
FILE NAME...
WOULDN’T THIS NOW BE CONGRUENT WITH WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND?
You……..What happens if you put those same files on a shared folder over another computer you can access over your wireless network?
Me…. Hadn’t thought to do that… I’ll look around for my USB wireless gizmo and get back to you.
you…….Also have you verified that WMP didn't copy the files to your local box, perhaps based on your "ripped music" settings?
me….. near sure it didn’t… remember? I never used WMP until I contacted iomega sup and they made me install it for speed checking reasons… I did, we did, and only played a few files of varying size with it. It was great, speed wise.
YOU…….What happens if you disable security on the NAS?
ME….. No change. Protected or not, same results. Well it reformatted itself to NTFS instead of fat 32 that it was originally…. I think.
What else can I do or be done to find out if it’s my thru put via the router, or slimming down MC to speed things up?
Vista SP2 beta install?
I can’t go to Win 7 at all… on any pc.
Thanks very much,
jim
strebormj:
blindjim:
Given what you said, I'd be curious to see what happens when you try to access the files from your other PC over your network.
blindjim:
Me too
via wired (ethernet) all is as should be IMO.
Another site says the through put I am getting with 80211G is fast enough for speedy and uninterrupted playback.
Could the wireless Vista, or J River, be chaching some of the packets?
If so, where would I look to see in both...
Also, I continually get (on one pc) an info window when closing MC 12 that some files need to moved and retagged... How can I prevent this from happening?
I actually thought I had turned off all such getting info, tagging, download art etc.
Thanks
jim
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