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Are you actually using Skype when it locks up?
What other programs are allowed access to Skype (Skype Tools/Options/Advanced options -> bottom link)?

The issue presents itself normally after some period of time of non use of the computer. Skype is set to not allow any applications to have access ...

Thanks for the reply twa,

How do you explain this then; the issue goes away when I revert back to MakeMKV 1.79? Coincidence? I think not.

I've been using a registered version of MakeMKV for quite a while (over 2 years). I also pride myself on building computers with the utmost reliability and I'm very meticulous about how I make changes to my systems so that I can identify issues when they arise.

Ever since installing MakeMKV 1.8x ...

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Hi All,

An update to this issue. There is now an even easier method to change the NetworkThrottlingIndex value. Simply use the TCP Optimizer that I link to in my first message. It now includes the NetworkThrottlingIndex tweak along with the rest of the improvements to the network stack it makes ...

I would like to see a new feature for the web site. Force message postings to include punctuation, complete sentences and correct grammar.

A lot of trial and error and months of testing, reading and researching.

I did a full write up on the MKV playback forum.

http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4208
Vidmo

If you find that your MKVs are stuttering when being played back from a network drive I may have a solution for you.

It seems that Windows Vista SP1 (on up) introduced a new setting (NetworkThrottlingIndex) that was designed somewhat like QOS but at the OS level instead of on the network stack ...

Are your MKVs on a network drive? If so I struggled for a long time trying to understand why my MKV playback was very bad under Windows 7 on a network drive. If I played the content locally it was fine.

The root cause was a setting in Windows 7 that will throttle network performance when multimedia ...

1.6.6 fixed the speed (and other issues) I was seeing as well.
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