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<blockquote data-quote="elsmandino" data-source="post: 858795" data-attributes="member: 111675">After having messed around with the HTPC over the long weekend, I think I have finally cracked it.&nbsp; It appears that all my problems were being caused by the fact that I was not using static IP addresses.&nbsp; This had been mentioned by a number of people to me before but for a different problem, which unfortunately it did not cure&nbsp;Just in case it helps anyone else with the same problem, I assigned a static IP address to every one of my computers and then rather then letting the TV Server authomatically assign an address, I told it to only use its own address every time (in my case 192.168.1.9).&nbsp; I then configured mediaportal on each device to use this IP address as a client.&nbsp;I have had my setup up and running for a few days now and the stalling problem seems to have gone away.&nbsp;Though I am chuffed to bits that my problem has been solved, I cannot help but wonder why allowing dynamic IP addresses was causing such problems in my set up.&nbsp; Any ideas, if only out of curiousity?&nbsp;P.S.&nbsp; Further to Jay and Corporate Gadfly's further comments, I am leaving my set up in sleep mode anyway from now on and I am going to have a careful look at what affect all my plugins are having on my system generally to see if they are hogging resources.&nbsp; Thanks very much for the advice in relation to this.&nbsp;Alex</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elsmandino, post: 858795, member: 111675"] After having messed around with the HTPC over the long weekend, I think I have finally cracked it. It appears that all my problems were being caused by the fact that I was not using static IP addresses. This had been mentioned by a number of people to me before but for a different problem, which unfortunately it did not cure Just in case it helps anyone else with the same problem, I assigned a static IP address to every one of my computers and then rather then letting the TV Server authomatically assign an address, I told it to only use its own address every time (in my case 192.168.1.9). I then configured mediaportal on each device to use this IP address as a client. I have had my setup up and running for a few days now and the stalling problem seems to have gone away. Though I am chuffed to bits that my problem has been solved, I cannot help but wonder why allowing dynamic IP addresses was causing such problems in my set up. Any ideas, if only out of curiousity? P.S. Further to Jay and Corporate Gadfly's further comments, I am leaving my set up in sleep mode anyway from now on and I am going to have a careful look at what affect all my plugins are having on my system generally to see if they are hogging resources. Thanks very much for the advice in relation to this. Alex [/QUOTE]

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