@ljunkie, I have solved this!!!
The problem was an issue with my network adapter configuration. I found this article and now I’m right as rain. Not a single ounce of buffering - even on high bitrate movies.
The guts of it is this:
Disabling “Large Send Offload (LSO)”
Large Send Offload is a technique of improving network performance while at the same time reducing CPU overhead. Apparently it does not work very well, so it was suggested to disable it. If you would like to know about LSO, check this MSDN article from 2001.
LSO is an option located in a Device Manager under your network adapter, so this solution requires Administrator Privileges.
Follow these steps:
Open Start Menu, right-click on Computer and select Properties
Under Control Panel Home located on the left side of the window click on Device Manager
You will get a list of all devices on your machine. Expand Network Adapters.
Find your Network Card and double-click on it.
Select Advanced tab. You will get a list filled with different options.
Select Large Send Offload V2 (IPv4) and set the value to Disabled
Do the same for Large Send Offload V2 (IPv6) if it is available
Click OK
I think that this information may be able to help other people who are running PMS on a Windows 7 (maybe other versions) box.
I’m so happy - my media now works on every device in my house - even on my PS4 and PS3 where it has NEVER once worked!!!
Thad
