Streaming vs File Share in Client

[soccerdad]

I am trying to sort our some issues with Client mode

1) Steaming live TV works on some HD channels with some stuttering. File share of live TV gives a frozen screen. When streaming, I get about 70% network utilization while with file share, I only get about 3%. This tells me that either the server is not sending it fast enough or the client is not asking for it or??? Any Thoughts?

2) With both streaming and file share of recorded HD (MPEG) files, I get about 15% network utilization and the files playback fine on the client through Video Library, but have some stutter when playing back through Recordings.

3) From the Server, I can start a recording, then open the in process recording using Video Library. From the Client, I can see the file but it will not open it for playback from video library. I can open it using VLC.

I have a very basic network setup with all the XP and Vista defaults and a basic Linksys router/switch

Please let me know any logs or tests I should run. Thanks and Happy New Year!

[soccerdad]

Well I still don't understand all of the above, but did get my system working fairly well, at least for issue 1. I changed back to TS from MPEG and now file sharing seems to work. I searched the forums again and it seems that the general consensus is that MPEG files can't be used for the live tv part of streaming to a client. Somewhere this should be a sticky or survival note. TS files will not work for streaming and MPEG files will not work for file sharing (on live TV). At least this is the way it is on my system.

I would still love to understand #2 above.