Hello forum.
Been using J River since build 15. Excellent program. I am having some issues with video playback on my HTPC playing video files that are stored on my main PC that contains all my media files.
I've basically narrowed it down to using the library server option when playing video. I have a J River library server for all my media set up on my main computer. When I start playing a movie file on my HTPC using J River synced to the library on my main computer, about 10-15 seconds into the movie (sometimes longer, depending on the file) the video will start to stutter quite noticeably. If I play the same video file stored locally on the HTPC, playback is flawless. If I create a new library in J River on the HTPC and import the video file into the local library on the HTPC, playback seems to be perfect as well. So I think the problem lies somewhere in the library server function?
I've gone through all the other threads on this forum as well as the AVS forums and tried some other suggestions by other users who seemed to be having similar issues. I've removed antivirus software from both machines (Microsoft Security Essentials) which made no difference at all. I've disabled the windows firewall on both machines, no difference. Everything on the network is using a wired gigabit connection through a D-Link DIR-655 Router and a D-Link 1008G gigabit switch. Tried resetting both multiple times, no issues there. Have updated all my drivers, noteably the ethernet drivers on both machines.
Based on the results I've had I think I can safely rule out a hardware issue as local playback is flawless on both machines.
Hopefully I am missing something obvious here, but I would appreciate any help. Worst case scenario I can create a new library on the HTPC end, but it just means twice the work in the end and somewhat defeats the purpose of the library server!