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More => Old Versions => Media Center 13 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 10:58:40 am

Title: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 10:58:40 am
please tell me what i can do to stop the buffering.
what settings should i set to ensure my music plays without stopping. thanks.

Media Center 13.0.171 Registered -- C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 13\

Microsoft Windows Vista 6.0 Service Pack 1 (Build 6001)
Intel Pentium III 2687 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 4194 MB, Free - 2894 MB

Internet Explorer: 7.0.6001.18000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.6001 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.6001 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.6001 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive G:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive G: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S223Q    Addr: 4:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Portable Device Info
  Removed devices:


Interface Plugins:
  last.fm (Active)
  Library Server (Active)
  TiVo Server (Active)
  UPnP Server (Active)
 :'(
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: JimH on May 29, 2009, 11:12:15 am
Try switching MC options for Playback between Direct Sound and Wave Out.  See also options for playback.

More information about what you're doing would help.
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 11:32:47 am
playing  any of 500gb of personal music on my internal hard drive.
thats all. no other programs working. i am also having difficulty because the program freezes & "program not responding" occurs atleast a few times a day.
then it promps me to disable 3rd party...back up files........etc...
my music can play with no inturruption the it just goes buggy.
does this sound like a driver issue?
thanks for your reply
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 11:45:46 am
you mean direct sound for audio right?
i did this- and waveout. didnt help.
then i closed program, still hanging up. i rebooted, still hanging up.
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: Yaobing on May 29, 2009, 12:24:50 pm
playing  any of 500gb of personal music on my internal hard drive.

What format?
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 12:25:48 pm
all .mp3
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: JimH on May 29, 2009, 01:18:14 pm
Any third party plug-ins or programs for MC?
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 01:45:25 pm
not of my doing.
but i'm not sure.
i've not used this option, as i am a bit of a novice.

i clicked tools-plugin manager
and didnt see any that had been downloaded amoung the options i could download.
then i looked in j river folder-plugins
TiVoBeacon
mppenc
oggenc
are the only applications listed
google, youtube, wiki are links not a plug in right?
so thats all i can give without help on locating possible plug ins.
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: JimH on May 29, 2009, 01:47:54 pm
Try this thread for ideas:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=24031.0

You may have a hardware problem.  Disk drive in PIO instead of DMA, for example.
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 02:02:52 pm
that will keep me busy- post later. thanks. j :P
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 29, 2009, 06:24:43 pm
i was told by my computer builder that i have SATA hard drives not IDE.

i understand this means that it is N/A.

anything else you can suggest. ill take it.
thanks.j
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: hit_ny on May 30, 2009, 10:27:39 am
My guess is your thumbnails might not be built.

To test this theory, just remove the Image (small thumbnail) column for Playing Now.

How do you do that ?

on the main menu, View->Customise View

Look at the centre of the dialog that pops up and has a list with the title 'columns to show'

Select the above field and then click remove button and then OK.

Then tell us whether it made any difference or not.
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on May 31, 2009, 12:16:52 am
thanks for the advice. i haven't had the problems in about 1 1/2 days.
my assumption is that you might be right-because after the auto import (thumbnails building during this- over 50,0000 songs) completed last time, Ive been free of problems. but, im holding my breath.
 if it happens again-i will surely remove the column of thumbnails.
i will update later. thanks again. j
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: hit_ny on May 31, 2009, 02:43:59 am
If your thumbs are already built then removing the mentioned column will not serve any purpose.
Title: Re: buffering help please
Post by: jnielsen11 on June 05, 2009, 10:21:20 am
thanks for your reply. it must have been the thumbnails-because i havent had any further problems after they were built.
i appreciate the knowledge & advice given. j