[mythtv-users] Playback on Vista laptop

[stuart]

Bobby Gill wrote:
> As a linux user who uses the occasional XP, I was just typing a document 
> on my dad's Vista laptop when a little popup dialog came up asking me if 
> I wanted to open media sharing with Mythbox MythTV AV Media server. I 
> was a bit perplexed and went through a few motions to open the sharing 
> access, then the Windows Media Player Library opens up and I saw in the 
> Video section all recordings from my mythbox server. I tried playing one 
> and it worked, but the reading is pretty slow, and I'm wondering if it's 
> already streaming or is it downloading the entire file to cache to then 
> playback, or what the method is. If it's not already, how can I have it 
> stream instead?
> 
> Thanks
> Bob

I saw this thread and had to follow up!  I have a newly purchased HP 
Vista laptop and happened upon the Mythtv UPNP server similarly.

However, in my experiance the Vista/HP Media Center (similar to the one 
mentioned above??) only worked for NTSC recordings.  It did not work for 
ATSC recordings - no matter what the resolution.  That is to say: It 
didn't work for ATSC 1080, it didn't work for ATSC 720 and it didn't 
even work for ATSC standard-definition (i.e. old TV shows (assume 512 or 
256).

Is there a way to correct this?  I doubt it's a matter of "hourse power" 
as this is one of those duel core AMD processors (you know, one core for 
what you want to do and one core to run Nortons ;-)).

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BTW Bob, it you are using the UPNP server I believe you are streaming. 
If you're wireless try getting closer to the transmitter or switch to 
cabled 10/100BaseT.

...thanks