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  Could it possibly be the network hardware which is going into a low-power mode and causing this ? (just an off-the-wall thought....)
  Thanks Tony. I disabled power savings in device manager for the nework device and disabled the following 2 parameters: Green Ethernet, Energy efficient..
  Still no result. I'm not sure that the network adapter is involved in any way when making recordings ...
  I'm not sure that the network adapter is involved in any way when making recordings ...
  Sure is, that's why one of my suggestions was fully about network, still think it might be worthwhile trying the MSLoopback adaper I mentioned, link in Tony's signature
  Thanks Ray, then I'll try that tomorrow morning
  I would take a system image, lot quicker to reset all the changes needed when dealing with network and MP
  This morning I, tried the MSLoopback adapter solution but it didn't improve anything.
  I really want to find out the reason for the stuttering so I decided to make a very clean reinstall. This is what I did:
  I reset the BIOS settings to factory default.
  Deleted old partition.
  Made a new 120 GB system partition and installed Win 7 Ultimate Swedish x64 on it.
  Installed driver for NEC USB 3.0 from DVD.
  Created another 348 GB partition on the disk and assigned letter D.
  Moved the page file to D: and made it fixed size 5721 MB.
  Installed driver for IR device
  Installed driver for Ethernet controller
  Ran Windows update until there was nothing more left to update.
  Installed driver for INF (Intel)
  Installed driver for WLAN adapte
  Installed driver for Western Digital MyPassport SE external disk.
  Changed the environment settings variables for TEMP and TMP to point to directories on D:
  Disabled the WLAN device in device manager.
  Installed Piriform defraggler
  Defragged C: with the defraggler utility.
  Activated a Win 7 Aero theme.
  Installed MediaPortal 1.2.2 both server and client.
  Configured the server:
  Disabled the DVB-C tuners
  Disabled EPG Grabbing on the DVB-T tuners (I have 2 tuners now)
  Changed recording folder to E: (External USB 3.0 disk)
  Changed timeshifting folder to D:
  Ran a scan on both tuners
  Configured the client:
  Autostart MP when Windows starts
  Remote = MCE
  Thats about it. (Windows had already installed the latest drivers for my tuner cards)
  Then I started the client and made a manual recording (I don't have any EPG yet).
  I closed the client for a while.
  I started the client again to stop the recordings. I started to view the recordings and there it was again... the infamous stuttering.
  So it's reproducable and the installation is very clean I think. No plugins or unnecessary utilities and programs.
  I really am as baffled as you now, is it worthwhile disabling tvserver temporarily and seeing if either the tvcards own software works correctly (prefereable as 3rd party software like MP) or MCE works.
  I would like to urge anyone using MediaPortal on ASRock coreHT and/or PCTV nanoStick T2 (290e) to post in this thread and letting us know whether you experience the described problem or not. Your information might be very valueable when trying to pinpoint what's actually causing the problems.Your input is needed and welcome so don't be shy. If You are not a member of the MediaPortal Forum, sign up now. As a registered member You can opt to watch this thread and get notifications when someone makes a post.