"Stillframe detected"?

midgetspy Wrote:Freddo: I'll see if I can find a linux UPNP server and give it a shot, thx.

Jester: The HTPC and NAS are on connected with CAT5 through a D-Link gigabit switch. The second PC is connected through a second gigabit switch.

The thing that makes no sense to me is:
- if I stream from my NAS to my HTPC it stalls
- if I stream from my NAS to another PC it plays fine
- if I stream from another PC to my HTPC it plays fine

I will do some research today to see how I can watch my network interface for errors and try it out tonight hopefully.

try something simple first, change the switches around and see if the problem moves with the switch, if this is the case, might be the switch....
make sure you ONLY switch the switch NOT the cables, as it can also be a cable issue

Jester Wrote:try something simple first, change the switches around and see if the problem moves with the switch, if this is the case, might be the switch....
make sure you ONLY switch the switch NOT the cables, as it can also be a cable issue

OK I'll give it a shot, but to be clear, the topology is:



So if the switch or cable between the NAS and HTPC is bad then streaming from my second PC should also have the same problem I'd think?

Well in desperation today I installed a fresh Windows XP SP3 install and I'm happy to say that *so far* I haven't seen the problem repeat. I'm reluctant to say it's actually fixed since it was in intermittent problem but so far it looks promising. It's unfortunate that I couldn't narrow it down without re-installing, cause I guarantee whatever it was will happen to somebody else sometime, heh.

But unless it recurs I guess it was some kind of OS/driver problem. I really hope it's fixed for good or I'm just going to end up saying screw it and buying new hardware for my HTPC one piece at a time, heh.