Music drops out when streaming to TiVo

[jakelambert]

I use JR Media Center to stream music to my TiVo. I like it because it has great organization capabilites and can also keep my iPods updates. The problem I'm having is that I'm experiencing music dropouts when streaming music to my TiVo. Sometimes it drops out for a second and then comes back. Sometimes it's several seconds and sometimes it will stop playing completely and then skip to the next song in the playlist.

I've tried every conceivable setting in JRMC, moved all my music to an internal drive from an external - just about everything I can think of. The only thing I haven't tried is replacing the PC running the music and the router. When playing back music, the processor typically shows between 4% and 7% usage, so it doesn't seem like the processor is peaking. Maybe it's the router? I have a D-Link DI-524 with a wireless connection to the TiVo. I hesitate to spend the money and time on a new router with no idea if this could even help.

Has anyone experienced this or a similar problem before? If so, what was your solution.

Many Thanks

[Sleestak]

This happened to me until i switched from wireless G to wired ethernet. No problems since.

[jakelambert]

Wired ethernet really isn't an option without some major work. Anyone know if switching to an N router would make a difference? I'm using the TiVo wireless adapter on one unit and a Linksys WUSB 11 wireless adapter on the other.

[cnsayre]

Wired ethernet really isn't an option without some major work. Anyone know if switching to an N router would make a difference? I'm using the TiVo wireless adapter on one unit and a Linksys WUSB 11 wireless adapter on the other.

I had for a long time my tivos hooked up to those "Powerline" adapters and they worked like a charm. I still have one tivo hooked up to that, the furthest from my router as a matter of fact.

For those that don't know, this is an ethernet adapter that sends signal along the copper wiring in your house. You need a pair, one to take the signal from your router and one to take the signal out of the outlet back to Ethernet.

That way, there's no wiring involved and these truly are easy to use. I highly recommend them.

cnsayre

[jakelambert]

Thanks everyone for the ideas and advice, but I think the issue is resolved. I decided to replace my D-Link DI-524 Router with the WBR-2310 RangeBooster G. It lists a signal rate of 108 Mbps, which is twice my old router, and it seems to have done the trick. I'm on the 9th consecutive song with no dropouts so far. Fingers crossed!