When I play DVDs through Windows Media Center the playback hiccups for a second (video and audio freeze but only for an instant). This might happen 2 or three times during an entire movie, but regardless I want to fix it. Everything is hardwired (not sure if all the ethernet cables are gigabit but I wouldn't think they would be necessary) and all drivers are up to date.
My setup looks like this:
Movies are stored on HP Mediasmart home server EX485 (Windows Home Server) as Video_TS files
The server is hardwired to an Airport Extreme Router which is also hardwired to a Dell Studio Slim 540s. HDMI from the Dell to a Denon 3808ci receiver and HDMI from that to 56" Samsung DLP (720p). Both HDMI cables are 6ft.
Specs of the Dell:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Quad-Core (Q8200? I think...)
8GB RAM
Sapphire ATI HD 4550 - 512MB
Specs of the server:
Windows Home Server
Intel Celeron
2GB RAM
3 HDDs all 7200rpm (about 3.5TB total)
I know that this seems like a throughput issue, but I'm surprised that I'm having trouble with DVDs (I don't have any blu-ray ripped) and only at 720p! Is there any way to determine where the hang-up is happening? I thought that my computer and hard drives were plenty fast to handle this so I'm really confused why I'm getting this stutter.
My setup looks like this:
Movies are stored on HP Mediasmart home server EX485 (Windows Home Server) as Video_TS files
The server is hardwired to an Airport Extreme Router which is also hardwired to a Dell Studio Slim 540s. HDMI from the Dell to a Denon 3808ci receiver and HDMI from that to 56" Samsung DLP (720p). Both HDMI cables are 6ft.
Specs of the Dell:
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel Quad-Core (Q8200? I think...)
8GB RAM
Sapphire ATI HD 4550 - 512MB
Specs of the server:
Windows Home Server
Intel Celeron
2GB RAM
3 HDDs all 7200rpm (about 3.5TB total)
I know that this seems like a throughput issue, but I'm surprised that I'm having trouble with DVDs (I don't have any blu-ray ripped) and only at 720p! Is there any way to determine where the hang-up is happening? I thought that my computer and hard drives were plenty fast to handle this so I'm really confused why I'm getting this stutter.
