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<blockquote data-quote="lulsam" data-source="post: 138681" data-attributes="member: 28181">I don't know what could happen with your setup, basically because I can play network video files with the HTPC (similar to your specs) and also with another PC much less powerful (Athlon XP 1.7+).First try to determine where is the bottleneck. I suggest you to perform a couple of test, CPU and network load:1.- While you are copying the file locally, open the task manager and check the CPU load: with MP and without MP running. Order the processes by CPU load and notice which ones higher CPU consumption. Do not forget to check also the CPU load on the file server side, sometimes there is the issue (in my case, a dedicated PCI NIC in the file server decreased the CPU load from 100% to 60% while serving heavy files with windows shares). I personally think that with 2 GB RAM the mem shouldn't be the issue so take a look just in case but.....2.- Try to play the file remotely but with another client different from MP (BSplayer, VLC, whatever you prefer). I like VLC because it has the ability to display error messages in a window, for instance dropped frames. Test different networking situations like playing the file with windows shares, http / ftp serverPost here your findings. Regards</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lulsam, post: 138681, member: 28181"] I don't know what could happen with your setup, basically because I can play network video files with the HTPC (similar to your specs) and also with another PC much less powerful (Athlon XP 1.7+). First try to determine where is the bottleneck. I suggest you to perform a couple of test, CPU and network load: 1.- While you are copying the file locally, open the task manager and check the CPU load: with MP and without MP running. Order the processes by CPU load and notice which ones higher CPU consumption. Do not forget to check also the CPU load on the file server side, sometimes there is the issue (in my case, a dedicated PCI NIC in the file server decreased the CPU load from 100% to 60% while serving heavy files with windows shares). I personally think that with 2 GB RAM the mem shouldn't be the issue so take a look just in case but..... 2.- Try to play the file remotely but with another client different from MP (BSplayer, VLC, whatever you prefer). I like VLC because it has the ability to display error messages in a window, for instance dropped frames. Test different networking situations like playing the file with windows shares, http / ftp server Post here your findings. Regards [/QUOTE]

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