Buffering and "No transcode, AC3" option

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danieljg
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Buffering and "No transcode, AC3" option

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I was watching a three hour movie streaming over wireless which stopped to "buffer" three times - I realize the problem may be unavoidable because of my setup and it's not the fault of UMS, but are there any options I could change to try and avoid buffering in the future?

I was using the "No transcode, AC3" option to use the chapters feature as seeking wouldn't work when playing the file directly. Am I correct in thinking this option only modifies the audio of the file? My computer is powerful enough that it shouldn't have had any problems keeping up with transcoding, but if this could have potentially been the problem are there also any transcoding settings I could change when using this option to make it easier for everything to keep up?

I don't know if it will display the problem but I have turned on logging and will check that if it happens again to see if it shows a more specific cause.

Thanks in advance for any help.
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