Comments on: Adding your DVD Library to a Windows Media Center PC with Windows Home Server on a Friday night

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By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:12:03 +0000

DVD Library Manager. It creates the meta data you need. It works well and searches amazon or IMDB to auto find movie details.

http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/p/48266/211911.aspx

The best part is this is store on your PC and you do not need internet to keep finding your DVD info

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:12:09 +0000

Twerrific. Resource issues happen often and are usually the easiest fix!

Twanks for the posts.

Twim

By: chrisem

chrisem — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:52:08 +0000

Resolved!
CPU was pegged at 80-100%; Network was 12-25% with spikes to 50% on the WHS… then the freezes and stutters corresponded to those spikes. So… I removed TwonkyMedia and the stutter/freezes were gone. This seems to be pretty commmon occurence with Twonky (seems a bit wonky – had to work that in there somehow).

By: chrisem

chrisem — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:19:47 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions: I need to troubleshoot further but am watching my 7 month old for the weekend and was hoping for a simple – “Did you click the box that says…”
as this setup evolves i am going to hardwire the locations and interconnect them over a gigabit switch (that’ll solve any network latency issues) but in the interim i was hoping my Wireless N would carry the signal… Thanks again – I’ll let you know my outcome [in this effort, Ive had great success in centralizing my DVDCacheInfo for an already existing DVDCacheInfo folder... I'll post seperately for others that may have run into this challenge.]

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:28:13 +0000

Lets look at this real quick: Do you have another wireless PC that can replicate the problem? Do you know someone who can bring over a laptop that you could check and see if THEY get the same stutter? At least you would know if it was your HTPC.

Have you ruled out it is not the EX485 itself and possible a memory issue? Can you stream to another PC without the stutter? Do you have a lot of Add-Ins sucking RAM?

Do you use duplication across external drives that 5400 rpm? COuld it be a slow file reading issue on your HP MSS?

Is your EX485 close enough to your HTPC to connect a network cable? You could rule out a wireless issue this way.

I had a smiliar issue that was due to four walls between my wireless. My solution: I bought a small D-Link switch for $25 and a 50 foot ethernet cable for $17 and just hardwired it. Just connect your 50 cable to your router, run the wire up or down (have a friend help you while you crawl) and then connect the other end to the switch next to your HTPC. Connect your HTPC to the swtich and you are good to go. For $42 you can get 100 or 1000 speed and never worry about it again.

http://www.meritline.com

Now if after all of this it still stutters…

Tim

By: chrisem

chrisem — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:56:48 +0000

(Love your posts and blogs – it has guided my setup and comprehension, completely – so THANK YOU!).
Streaming DVDs Question: I have 400+ movies ripped to VIDEO_TS,etc – they were on the local MediaPC… [I am now transitionning them to the WHS (MediaSmart ex485 + 2x1.5TB)... I used to lay awake at night worrying if my disks would fail and i would have to re-rip those DVDs, i digress]
When i stream to Vista Media Center from the WHS (over wireless N) movies play great but then i get freezes/pauses/stutter intermittently. It is not at regular intervals… I cannot correspond it to any network events, necessarily… did you encounter this? Any ideas? I need a quick fix: my wife is not pleased.

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:08:30 +0000

I have not been able to find anyone with a 360 and WHS to verify. To access special features you may be stuck with having to play the actual DVD. If I find out anything more I will post.

Tim

By: Tobias Wallenthin

Tobias Wallenthin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:03:00 +0000

But can you really see the imported DVD folders on the xbox360 in the DVD library? I can access them through “Videos” but then I must use “Play all” and I cant change the subtitles or soundtrack.

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:41:55 +0000

Follow the instructions at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940883

They are specific for your application.

Tim

By: Tobias Wallenthin

Tobias Wallenthin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:45:36 +0000

And why cant I see these folders on my Xbox 360?

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:23:10 +0000

The title, type and year are all based on the metadata of the movie. Since we bypass that feature when we create the folder we lose that data. I am still looking into a way to work around it but I am not having any luck. I have tried altering the properties fields of the folder and the first VOB but to no avail!

If anyone else has an idea let me know.

Tim