Possible network problems causing icefilms streaming problems

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. open xbmc
2. open icefilms
3. select movie or tv show to play

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to see the movie play but it will attempt to stream and then stop. It 
may play a movie every once in a while but then requires 4-5 minute wait time 
or reboot to play another file

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
xbmc eden 11.0, jailbroken with season pass 4.4.4 and using current icefilms

Please provide any additional information below.

Very bizarre! I see other users experiencing the same issues on this thread and 
even have friends and coworkers locally who are having this problem. The odd 
thing is.... I brought my apple tv to my fathers house to show him how amazing 
the potential is for this 
little box when it's working. I plugged it in, connected to his slower than 
mine network, using his older modem and older dlink router and low and behold 
every movie and tv show I clicked worked everytime flawlessly. I even tried to 
confuse it by selecting, stopping and selecting another movie, which on my 
network would have caused it to freeze almost indefinitely. Now, I might add 
that, my modem/router and apple tv are stacked on shelfs very close to my 
receiver, cable pvr, ps3. Will this have any negative affect on the performance 
of my network? or is it perhaps my network settings causing the let down. My 
laptop and Iphone 4 both connect to wifi fine and I can surf and download and 
do everthing normally. Any help would be appreciated.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bparson...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 4:44

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Ok seems like you have connection issues, is the atv connected via wifi of 
cable? If its on wifi try using a cable. 
I had the same issue on wifi and now i plugged it in by cable and it works 
great.
If you are already on cable then there might be a problem on the porting on 
your router.

Try it out and let me know how things work out

Original comment by wessy_ru...@hotmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 7:08

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Hey thanks for your response. I tried plugging into the modem directly before 
and it doesn't seem to work any better. The signal connection on apple tv 
network settings shows full bar and its sitting right next to my 
modem/router(all in one). As I mentioned, when I connected via wi fi at my 
dad's house it connected perfectly and had zero streaming issues. Now his modem 
is up in his office and has a seperate router. My modem has its router built 
in. (not sure if that is an issue or not) I had the apple tv plugged directly 
to the TV on the main floor. Another thing, my hdmi cable runs through my 
reciever and is sent to my tv via the internal switcher (yamaha 6290b) I don't 
see the hdmi causing any issues considering the video and audio work fine when 
it's working. I'm not sure if having everything so close together is causing 
interference. I also tapped into my modem/network settings and disabled the 
internal firewall to see if it would make a difference. I think it helped a bit 
but this was almost 2am and I was getting tired

Original comment by bparson...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 8:05

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Well an inbuild router shouldnt be a problem and the space between the devices  
neither.
There must be something in the setting of ur router or some other issues with 
your connection.
Need to brainstorm over this to come up with more solutions. 

Original comment by wessy_ru...@hotmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 8:59

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I also had this very problem... The only fix that worked for me was to upgrade 
to a premium MegaUpload account...

Once I upgraded and entered tge login details to icefilms everything worked!

Original comment by martma...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 11:14

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See that's what i don't understand. If that was the case, then the same 
performance issues would have followed me to my dads house. But on his network, 
it worked flawlessly with zero issues. That's what's making me think it's maybe 
my modem or modem settings. Is there any setting that I can adjust on my 
network to enable better streaming ???

Original comment by bparson...@gmail.com on 10 Jan 2012 at 11:27

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Well the only thing i can come up with is there might be a problem with the 
port forwarding, or the internal firewall.
Have u ever updated the firmware on your modem?

Original comment by wessy_ru...@hotmail.com on 11 Jan 2012 at 11:25

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Well I really mucked it up now. I don't know what I tinkered with but now no 
plugin will play period. (script error) Icefilms, hulu, the adult plugin, 
nothing is working. I'm going to do a full restore and re jailbreak. I think it 
had something to do with me deleting and adding the new megaupload.py 
file....?? Before my tinkering, it actually played an episode of boardwalk 
empire and a movie but I had to let it sit for several minutes before each 
attempt which I've heard some people have had to do. With regards to paying the 
subscription to the mega upload account, the whole idea of me doing this is to 
watch free movies and with is working perfectly on different network I'm 
convinced its my network or modem or modem settings. I'm going to exchange the 
modem for a new one, full system restore, re jailbreak and add the plugins 
again and see what happens. Sooooo frustrating!!! especially since I've seen it 
work perfectly and someone else's house!! I'm consumed with getting this thing 
to work at all costs ;) Thanks for your advise and input though!!!! appreciate 
it!

Original comment by bparson...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2012 at 1:44

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So I've been reading a little further..... I've heard that disabling ip flood 
protection and fire wall in your modem settings speeds up things significantly. 
Aside from the entire reset, I hope this will work!!!Maybe explains why my 
dad's old modem worked fine due it not having advanced protection features.. 
just a thought!

Original comment by bparson...@gmail.com on 11 Jan 2012 at 5:17

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Ok im sorry i couldnt help u out, try a full restore and jailbreak and update 
your modems firmware and disable ip flood and u must be set.

Let me know how it turns out.

Good Luck, im crossing my fingers

Original comment by wessy_ru...@hotmail.com on 11 Jan 2012 at 5:51

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Sooooo....tweaked the settings on my modem, restored apple tv, re jailbroke 
with an updated season pass, installed nito tv first and installed xbmc from 
inside nito. (last time I ssh'd xbmc first than ssh'd nito. I think the way I 
did it this time was better. Uploaded my plugins and icefilms now works 
perfectly!! I tried 4 movies back to back and they all played right away. Mind 
you my modem is an issue considering my internet package calls for 32mbps and 
on speedtest.net it was fluctuating from 2-4mbps and sometimes spiking up to 
20-30mbps. Very spiratic. (also when my macbook was plugged into my modem via 
ethernet to make the setting changes, the mbps rate was lower than when I 
unplugged and just used wifi. Definitely something wrong with the modem. Taking 
it back and getting a new one today and that should hopefully take care of my 
slow connection. I'm just glad the movies are buffering and playing and "NO 
SCRIPT ERRORS" !!!! 

Original comment by bparson...@gmail.com on 12 Jan 2012 at 1:29

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Well im glad u got it sorted now, i think the way u installed xbmc and icefilms 
may have been the issue.
I would certainly advise u to change the modem with fluctuatings like that.

All i can say now is : enjoy icefilms!

Original comment by wessy_ru...@hotmail.com on 12 Jan 2012 at 3:55