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HTPC help.

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hallohej

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So i got my HTPC up and running.

useing this hardwere :

MB : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131698&Tpk=ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe

Hdd : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441

Ram : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231307
X 2

For programs i have installed :

Win7 64bit home Prem.
XBMC ( OMFG this program is so HAWT thx all in here )
asus driver and updates.
Norton Antivirus.

When trying to stream .MKV from my NAS ( 1 gigabit network ) its lagging for some reason any one have any ide what i have to change? any other format works like a charm.
 
I'm assuming this is over a wired connection. Make sure you've got Refresh sync and Sync to display turned on. Also make sure that hardware acceleration is turned on.
 
Turn that on in xbmc or in BIOS??

Found it in xbmc can i some where do it in vlc as well??
 
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Make sure Jumbo Frames is set to 5K or 7K, Realtek disables them by default. No promises but it made a night and day differance streaming from my Windows Home Server to my HTPC.
 
Bandwidth really shouldn't be an issue here. Even without jumbo frames a gigabit network will have no problem exceeding 300mbit/sec, 10 times what a full rate bluray rip needs.

I'm thinking since it's only with mkv files, there is something in the decoder chain that's not playing nice. You say "lagging", does this mean that it takes a moment to being playing, but then plays fine? Or do you mean that the video stutters or loses sync with the audio?

If it's just lag on initial playback, it's most likely the NAS choking. If it's actually struggling to play the video correctly, it's going to be a configuration problem on your XBMC box. Try playing an mkv file that you've got stored locally on the HTPC box, and see how that compares to the same file being streamed from the NAS. That will at least narrow it down.
 
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