Jerry1964 wrote: > Thanks bpa and everyone else for the advice/support and explanations of > how the different formats work, most illuminating. Since I get perfect > output from the old, less powerful WHS box I've focused my attentions on > the Server 2012 box - I only built it because WHS v1 had gone out of > support and so I thought it appropriate to replace it with a more > "modern" server. I use it to backup the various household PCs/laptops, > to record IP camera video to, to stream ripped DVDs/Blu-rays and of > course to host my beloved MP3 collection and to listen to internet > radio... > > I've disabled the W2012 DNS server and changed the DNS address to on the > server (and the router) to Google's 8.8.8.8; I tried using a DCHP > assigned local address rather than a static one (for no other reason > than I was playing around with the DNS settings); I also disabled the > uPnP plug-in. The net net is I still get the same behaviour - lots of > initial buffering, gets better after 10-20mins but sometimes the entire > stream drops too. > > Am going to investigate bpa's earlier suggestion re socketwrapper in > more detail - mainly because I've run out of other things to try! > > Jerry
You -could- consider running Virtualbox on the server and a Vortexbox VM pointed at the network shares. I would bet that the LMS in such an environment would perform perfectly. Running a 2012 server suggests you are familiar with networking etc but I appreciate Linux may not be your thing, *Vortexbox LMS 7.8 music on QNAP TS419p via NFS* iThingys/iPeng/Tablets *Living Room* - SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 - > Celestion Ditton F20s - Zone 2 -> Sony TA FE 320 -> Sennheiser RS 130 & B&W P7 *Office* - RPi -> Sony TA FE320 -> Celestion F10s / SB3 -> Onkyo CRN 755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - SB Touch -> Topping TP21 -> AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - Amazon Fire TV (SB Player) -> Topping TP20 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
