Hi Jim,
I'm posting to report a weird problem due NOD32... fixed by removing NOD32.
Background...
Setup:
MacMini 2011 with Windows 7 (Bootcamp) 64 bit Pro.
Wyred4 Sound DAC2 (into Cyrus amplification and AudioVector S3 Signatures. Lovely!)
FLAC files stored on Synology DS710+ NAS (RAID1) with latest firmware.
J River MC 17 (Help info pasted below) latest version.
NOD32 Antivirus.
NO other additional programs installed.
Note: Music folder on NAS is set as a mapped network drive which was then added to the J River MC library.
Prior to moving house last week.... MacMini was connected wirelessly via Netgear router to NAS and files played flawlessly....
Moved house and moved to (custom!) wired ethernet connection.
Now: Macmini => Belkin Gigabit (unmanaged) switch => NAS.
Within around 1 min of playing music, incessant buffering! But... only on the wired connection. Wireless was fine!
I wiped the Windows partition, reinstalled minimal programs.
When no NOD32 antivirus... no buffering problems and playback was instantaneous.
As soon as NOD32 installed... buffering returned.
I have since removed NOD32 and installed Microsoft Security Essentials (excluding the NAS from scanning). No further problems.
I am assuming that NOD32 was trying to scan the "incoming" files - but why only on the wired connection??
System info:
Media Center 17.0.83.0 registered -- C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 17\
Workstation 6.1 (Build 7600)
Intel Pentium III 2491 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 4169 MB, Free - 2918 MB
Internet Explorer: 8.0.7600.16385 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.7600 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.1.7600 / Shell32.dll: 6.1.7600 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / No CD drives found.
Digital playback: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / No burners found.
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No /
Portable Device Info
Removed devices:
Interface Plugins:
TiVo Server (Active)
