Serviio

bimbamboom wrote:Greetings from Canada, once again the home of the Winnipeg Jets!

My setup:
-win7 64 bit PC using a wired cat5 connection to my 2wire router (DHCP)
-PC automatically created a firewall entry for Serviio.
-Samsung BD-D6500 blu-ray player also wired (DHCP)
-2wire DHCP renewal set for 1 week. So all the devices retain their IP addresses on start up.

Everything seems to work fine except for the occasional disconnect, usually watching a HD mkv file ...frustrating. <--- try a branded router (belkin, netgear) as they have better through put so will help with diconnect issues

So my questions are:
-Sould I enter my blu-ray players IP address into the Bound IP entry? Would that help with the disconnects? <--- no the IP of the pc running serviio
-Should I create a firewall entry for the 2wire router? Again, would that help with the disconnects? <--- Nope firewall wont affect the router
-Transcoding...Is it used to convert a file not supported by the blu-ray player into a format it does support? If so, why do some people turn off transcoding? Why not leave it enabled, if it's needed it will then automatically do its work for you. <---- yep thats exactly what it does, as to why ppl disable it your guess is as good as mine

Thanks in advance.