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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 5246"><p>Hi all,</p><p>I maxed out my internal drive so I started to put stuff on the (linux, samba) server. My htpc is hooked to the network using a wifi link. I achieve a sustained transfer rate of 2Mb/s when uploading from the server.</p><p>Playing either movies or music off the network is not really possible because my bandwidth is ok, but the reliability of the link is not. I can't listen to music for more than 15 minutes before a connection glitch happens.</p><p>There are workarounds:</p><p>- I can stream music with apache, over http. Players make use of a cache so the music never stops <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> My player of choice (outside MP) is iTunes, I browse the collection just as if the files were on the local HD.</p><p>- I could stream my avi movies with vlc although I still have to figure what settings comply with WMP9.</p><p></p><p>Now my problem is to do this kind of things in MP:</p><p> - could it take a huge playlist (.m3u) and it would show the songs, artists, ... ? (0.0.0.13 doesn't seem to want to do anything with my test music playlist), or a collection of files, each one corresponding to a song ?</p><p> - could it be the same for a video ? </p><p> </p><p>Or should I ditch SMB and use another networking protocol that would give me file-level access, and cope with the poor reliability of the network ?</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for your advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 5246"] Hi all, I maxed out my internal drive so I started to put stuff on the (linux, samba) server. My htpc is hooked to the network using a wifi link. I achieve a sustained transfer rate of 2Mb/s when uploading from the server. Playing either movies or music off the network is not really possible because my bandwidth is ok, but the reliability of the link is not. I can't listen to music for more than 15 minutes before a connection glitch happens. There are workarounds: - I can stream music with apache, over http. Players make use of a cache so the music never stops :) My player of choice (outside MP) is iTunes, I browse the collection just as if the files were on the local HD. - I could stream my avi movies with vlc although I still have to figure what settings comply with WMP9. Now my problem is to do this kind of things in MP: - could it take a huge playlist (.m3u) and it would show the songs, artists, ... ? (0.0.0.13 doesn't seem to want to do anything with my test music playlist), or a collection of files, each one corresponding to a song ? - could it be the same for a video ? Or should I ditch SMB and use another networking protocol that would give me file-level access, and cope with the poor reliability of the network ? Thanks in advance for your advice. [/QUOTE]
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