Why is my XBMC buffering all the time ..?

[BISHI]

I'm no computer genius so bare with me-

I have an Asus Revo 3600 running XBMC on linux - it boots straight into XBMC and the computer runs nothing else. It is wired directly into a virgin 30meg router via a cat5 network so no wireless. It has worked beautifully for a month or so, all I use is icefilms for movies and TV series.
This weekend it started to buffer every 10 seconds or so and eventually just drops out - on anything and everything. Thought it might be heavy weekend demand so I have tried every day since and still the same.Anybody got any ideas as its beginning to drive me nuts !!!!

Cheers..

 

[MrHyde1969]

Have you tried changing your dns settings? There have been problems recently with megaupload having to change things due to hacking. The problem is not with the ice films site

 

[BISHI]

Ok, sounds useful - how do I do that ....and what should I change it to..?

 

[Monty Burns]

Have you by any chance hit your VM FUP limits? Maybe thats having an affect.

 

[BISHI]

VM FUP..? Is ths virgin media upload or something..?
How would I check..?

Cheers..

 

[Monty Burns]

Fair Usage Policy/Acceptable Use Policy. Based on your package and how much you can download each month. Once you hit it, certain traffic is restricted which might affect you downloading stuff by slowing it down (causing stuttering) rather than stopping it (causing it to stop).

 

[MrHyde1969]

Try this :-http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/change-dns-server-windows-7/

 

[BISHI]

Try this :-http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/change-dns-server-windows-7/

I'm using Linux....!

 

[MooCow]

I would test outside of peak times (whatever VM define those as) to check for throttling your connection.

Also is your MegaUpload account out of credit/time? They have three levels - non member, premium (basically you registered a user name), and premium with payment - all of which have differing wait times etc.

Final thing, could it be that some of the material is in HD and that is causing it? I found some of the high bandwidth stuff "stuttery" but not buffering playback.

 

[BISHI]

VM catchup/on demand no longer works, does that mean I am being throttled. How can I find out and how long will it last. I didn't realize that streaming could result in this ..!!!!

 

[Uridium]

I'm using Linux....!

Just change the DNS servers on your Router instead....Most routers have an option in it's built in config web page that allows you to change from using ISP supplied DNS to specifying your own...

google DNS works well for me

Google Public DNS

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