[mythtv-users] Jittery Playback On Separate Frontend WhenDownloading an MPEG to a third box.

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From: Travis Tabbal
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Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Jittery Playback On Separate Frontend WhenDownloading an MPEG to a third box.


>>I note when playing a recording from to a separate frontend and downloading a MPEG to another computer @ ~ 12 MBps interferes with 
>>the playback on the frontend.  Sometimes the Frontend will crash in this circumstance by completely freezing.  In this case the 
>>NIC's concerned are Intel GT Pro 1000's.  Playback on the FE/BE is predictably not affected.  This is on JYA's latest fixes 23426.

>Sounds to me like your disk can't keep up. What's the storage setup on the backend?


1.5T Seagate SATA 3G.

I think the problem is more in the Server NIC not applying QOS preference to the stream to the FE before the download stream.

Can this be setup?