Ok, so I was hoping this would have been fixed in Tiger but apparently CIFS/SMB is still broken... I have a network server running bsd/samba where I house my movie collection. With my windows laptop, I was able to watch movies off it across my lan wirelessly (.11g) without any problems. But since switching to a PB, when I try to watch movies, no matter what player I use (mplayer, wmp, vlc, qt) they all lag every minute or so. Its not the wireless connection since I am only in the next room over and I have extended antenne (7dbi each), and I can stream movies/trailers across the internet wirelessly without any problem.. Its almost like it fills the buffer and plays till its out, then downloads more, instead of streaming. Telling the players to increase the buffer doesn't help.
Google has failed me in my quest for a solution since apparently I am the only person with this problem (as usual).. Anyone have any ideas?
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