Re: Determined to stop my MCE/Xbox 360 from skpping...

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That makes it sound suspiciously like a hard drive throughput limitation,
almost as if DMA wasn't enable for your hard drive. If you go into Device
Manager (right click My Computer --> Properties --> Hardware tab --> Device
Manager), expand IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, select the IDE channel your hard
drive is on, double-click it, select the Advanced Settings tab, and look
under Transfer Mode, does it say "DMA if available" or "PIO only"? Also,
what other devices (CD drives, etc.) are plugged into the same IDE cable as
your hard drive? Finally, do you have a second PC on your network that you
could try copying a large file off of? If so, please try that and then open
Task Manager on the Media Center, select the Networking tab, and verify the
bit-rate the file is copying at; is it at least 80 Mbps?

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"Neal" <Neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Todd for taking the time.

1) Yes, TV alone on the 360 setup plays ok.

2) P4 3.2 GHZ w 1.0 Gig RAM

3) Tried the setup you suggested (not sure if I have ever had these
variables going at once) - started the TV first, then played an MPG on the
PC
and it was still choppy.

Does this support your theory?

"Todd Bowra [MSFT]" wrote:

Confirming - if you just play TV on your Xbox 360, does it play okay?
If
yes, this suggests that your network is healthy and the issue is a
bottleneck somewhere on your PC. How much RAM is in this PC? Also, if
you
play TV on the Xbox 360 and watch a video (WMV/MPEG) on the PC, do you
see
skipping?

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"Neal" <Neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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-MCE PC (HP7070) running Rollup 2 is working fine
-Xbox 360 connected to PC via wired connection through a D-ink 524 G
router
-The 2 communicate with each other and I can use all the features in
MCE
from the Xbox 360.

The problem you ask? The moment I try to watch TV or recorded TV on
both
at
the same time it skips and is choppy. This is possible and is one of
the
benfits of having an MCE setup. I mean after all the MCE OS is
capable of
running MORE than 2 tuners. Also why have 2 tv's if various family
members
can't use them simultaneiously.

So what I have done so far...
-shut off the firewall to maybe speed things up - same problem
-change to a wired connection from PC to Xbox - same problem
-i read online that skipping video can be caused by harddisk
fragmentation -
ran a complete defrag - still same problem
-I then spent a Sunday reformatting and getting my computer back to
'out
of
the box' shape. Still the same problem..a little more frustrated
-I feel I have tried every little thing and have a perfect setup, but
still
can't avoid this choppy video

Am I being too picky? Or am I expecting things to work as they
should?
Well I'm not sure, but this is one of the benefits of the MCE setup.
Right
now, only 1 show can be on at a time and some of us no that this can
lead
to
household battles, lol; ie. Sports vs Home Decorating v Kids Cartoons.

I'm almost at the point where I will no longer use the extender and
just u
se
my basic feed. I not quite ready to give in just yet, so any
help/advice/comments is greatly appreciated. Thanks to a great
community
whom are always willing to help!

The battle continues!





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