Accessing files via network share / streamed?

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Andreas,

I belive this is software dependant. WMP usually streams the content, and
you can alter the Buffering options in the WMP Options, Performance tab.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Andreas Schmid" <monkey@gmx.info> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> What happens when you share a folder in XP and someone else opens a file
> (e.g. an MP3) from that folder on another computer on the network?
>
> Is the whole MP3 transfered to the other computer first before it is
> played, or "streamed" and continuously transfered while being played on
> the other computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Andreas
>

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Andreas,

I played a file from network share (and set the Buffering to 30 seconds).
Then, from the system that stores the MP3 files, I closed the open share
(currently playing MP3) using FSMGMT.MSC. The song did not stop immediately,
but stopped after the ~30 seconds and WMP gave this error: 0xC00D11CD.
FileMon revealed that no Write operations carried at that time. This tells
me that the song from a network share is being streamed, and not downloaded.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Andreas Schmid" <monkey@gmx.info> wrote in message
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> Ramesh, thanks for your answer. So from the software's perspective,
> accessing a file in a shared network folder is not different than
> accessing a local file.
>
> But does XP do any buffering when files are accessed that reside in a
> shared network folder?
>
> -Andreas
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@online.mvps.org> wrote in message
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>> Andreas,
>>
>> I belive this is software dependant. WMP usually streams the content, and
>> you can alter the Buffering options in the WMP Options, Performance tab.
>>
>> --
>> Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Shell/User
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>>
>>
>> "Andreas Schmid" <monkey@gmx.info> wrote in message
>> news4d167$c2k$04$1@news.t-online.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What happens when you share a folder in XP and someone else opens a file
>>> (e.g. an MP3) from that folder on another computer on the network?
>>>
>>> Is the whole MP3 transfered to the other computer first before it is
>>> played, or "streamed" and continuously transfered while being played on
>>> the other computer?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Andreas
>>>
>>
>
>