hello,
as some will recall i have been having problems with video stuttering and network drop-outs for some time. vacation has given me the time to think, and this weekend has given me the time to test. 
start with the good news, the network drop-outs problem was solved with a new power supply. i have also moved to a rpi b+ and continue to have good results.
video is playback is better, but still stutters and freezes. 
i have changed almost every component of my system (rpi, sd card, power supply, network cables, and switch) and i have spent this day trying different configurations between the plex server, nas, and rpi to no avail.
i am considering a new switch, yet i wonder if the problem is not software. before rasplex 0.4.0rc4 i did not have the stuttering ; i had found the equilibrium between bitrate of video files and overclocking that allowed me to watch all my movies.
i believe that rc4 introduced something new (related to fmpeg) and i think it is causing me problems. for one thing, i can no longer see the cache size on the plex info screen to check if it is being overloaded.
has anyone found a way to examine the cache in rc4 or rc5 ? could one of the devs tell me more about the new streaming process ?
i suppose it could be the network … but everything is wired, and even with the information moving from nas to plex server to rpi i would hope that a wired gigabyte network could handle the load.
or maybe not, in desperation i am looking at a new switch that may be more powerful and will let me experiment with vlans and prioritizing network flows. but this seems etreme.
thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
- scott
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