[mythtv-users] Choppy playback across CIFS

Matt skd5aner at gmail.com
Sat May 12 15:44:56 UTC 2007


On 5/11/07, not James Knox <jamesknox9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >not James Knox wrote:
> > > The videos I play are on a Windows box across a wireless LAN. I mount
> >the
> > > Windows share as CIFS. Sometimes the playback is just a little bit
> >choppy.
> > > How might I correct this? Is it possible to increase the size of the
> > > readahead cache?
> > >
> > >
> >Try it wired instead of wireless and be sure it isn't the wireless that
> >is causing the problems...
>
>      That wouldn't be easy to do. This problem isn't a very consistent one,
> and it takes a lot of testing to trigger it. I don't have the means to make
> a long-term wired connection.
>
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I've noticed some occasional issues with videos stored on my windows
box and accessed via CIFS as well.  My network is wired - and I
believe Gig between these two boxes.

Thanks!
Matt


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