Hi all.  I have just got my 200 out of the cupboard to install with a new PC running XP Prof SP3. 

 I am using latest Media Server software SC_2_50_Build236.

 Unit connects okay but music streaming stops after about 40 sec restarting after 20 secs or so, stops again and so on.

I am using a Netgear 100Mbps router with Windows Firewall disabled.  I have the same problem using another PC on the network connecting to port 8000 on the server.  It brings up the Showcenter menu and tries to play through Windows Media Player.  (I have checked, nothing else seems to be using 8000.  Also tried 7000)

 Strangely if I reinstall the old software version 1.20 11/2003 the unit does play, although I then have a problem getting the menus to load.

I have spent 3 days trying to get this to work.  Does anyone have any ideas?

Cheers

I've had UPNP issues browsing through folders with Nokia N800 - I eventually traced it to the Netgear DG834 V2 Router - I had previously upgraded to latest firmware. After downgrading everything was ok.  You could also install a USB pen drive on the front and rule out the 200 box?

 If you have a UPNP server whay not try that and eliminate the Pinnacle software (the Upnp server is much more friendly and easier to use).

Thanks for your response laserfan.

 I tried disabling Upnp on the router right at the beginning on my efforts to get the unit working. No joy.  I have also tried disabling some Pinnacle dlls. How do you access the old (forum) board?

Also thanks to PaulC.

I did set up a UPNP server using Windows Media 11.  The interface is very restrictive compared to the Pinnacle Media Server.

I also downloaded TwonkyMedia but it would not run at all.  Maybe this is indicative of the problem I am having with StrmServer.

Regards to you both.

And about the old board:  They had to take the old board offline to keep a Google warning about malware from "infecting" this board.  Evidently, it was one of those "this board linked to something on the old board that linked to something that linked to something else", and that something else caused malware to be downloaded.  Thus, the easiest way to get their name cleared was to (hopefully) temporarily loop the old board back to this board.  That means that Google can't crawl the old board, and thus can't find the "whatever it was" that it's getting all upset about, and therefore this board is no longer marked as "linking to a malware site".

Meanwhile, they took the old board offline, cleaned up the "whatever it is that was causing problems", and are now waiting for the Google warning to expire on the OLD board so that they won't be marked as spreading malware.  Once that's done, they claim that they'll bring the "good old board" back online so that we can still read the old wisdom stored there.

BittMann