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Media Center Playback from central storage freezing
Got a strange issue. My setup is a Main Media Center system used for recording shows. This system shares its recorded tv folder with other media center clients. The Main system is also host to a Ceton Echo extender. The systems have been working fine for years. After a recent power outage, which also triggered an MS update, when the clients try to playback from main server disk storage, i get random freezing. The freezing halts video for a few seconds, then appears to play slow motion for a few seconds till its seems to catchup. If i switch to Media Player on the client the same show plays fine. This only seems to be a problem when using Media Center to view shows. Copying files between system is fast and consistent, around 90MB/Sec. Gigabit network throughout.
If i move file to local storage on the clients the same show plays fine. If i watch the shows on the extender, which is hosted by Main media Center server, playback is also fine, no stutter. If i try watching a show stored on a client system back on the Main Media Center screen, all plays fine. I only see this issue when clients, which are Media Center also, try to watch shows stored on the Main Media Center system. All systems a Win7.
I have rebooted all network devices, updated network drivers with no fix. Not seeing any disk issue on Main system. I suspect something in the MS update tilted the system, and i'm unable to access a restore point.
HomeGroup is used for storage sharing.
Not sure what else to try other then reinstall, which i am trying to avoid.
Any ideas?