Playing full DVD Rips over a network - serious lag/unresponsive

[notjoe]

Hey guys,

I got sick of MCE so i formatted and installed XP Pro along with GB PVR since it does what MCE does but without bitching about drivers.

I got an HDTV Powercolor 700
AMD Athlon XP 2000
100Mbit network link (switched)
Server with 5TB on it (switched network port as well, no traffic)
I am feeding a 37" Sharp Aquos using a DVI cable.
Hauppauge PVR-500
System is running with a resolution of 1776x1000

Ok, now that the specs are out of the way.

I used to be able to play DVD rips directly off the server under MCE and for the most part it worked ok. When i try to play DVDS off the same box but with GBPVR it seems to be choking along the lines somewhere. The playback is very choppy but audio sounds fine.

GB PVR is consuming 99% of the system resources.

I get no issues playing back recorded TV shows or recording one show while watching another.

I have not yet tried copying a DVD to the box and playing it locally but i am in the process of doing that and will post the outcome.

Is anyone able to shed some insight in to this problem?

Joe

[notjoe]

Also, GB PVR becomes unresponsive and i am left to kill the application's process to shut it down.

[HtV]

Maybe change the video-decoder in config-dvd tab.

[pBS]

also try changing the dvd-navigator in config too..[dvd tab]
are they being played while being ripped? [this will cause the gbpvrparser to be used which sometimes chokes on high-bitrate files over network,but only if they are still being ripped when playing starts]
but most likely the decoders..[dvd tab]

[notjoe]

also try changing the dvd-navigator in config too..[dvd tab]
are they being played while being ripped? [this will cause the gbpvrparser to be used which sometimes chokes on high-bitrate files over network,but only if they are still being ripped when playing starts]
but most likely the decoders..[dvd tab]

The DVDS have been ripped using DVD Shrink and without using any compression. I installed the cole2k codec pack and switched everything to to use the intervideo decoders and things seem to be playing ok.

The first 30 seconds or so is very choppy but after that it seems to be ok. I can jump around and stuff and it doesnt seem to lag beyond the initial stage.

Same goes for when i bump up the resolution back to 1776x1000.

Thanks for the help guys!