Hi all,
I have file sharing setup where I keep all my music/videos/pictures etc which is accessible to my laptop and xbox running XBMC.
The problem is this: obviously I use windows sharing or samba but if I try to play a file using the host machines name the file stutters or stops during playback, if however I use the file servers ip address everything is fine???

example:

So if I attempt to access a file using this method:

smb://MAINPC/Media/Somevideo.mpg or
//MAINPC/Media/Somevideo.mpg

the file stutters and doesn't stream well if I use this method however:

smb//192.168.0.7/Media/Somevideo.mpg or
//192.168.0.7/Media/Somevideo.mpg

the file plays fine on any machine I use to view it.

I have no idea why this is, I assume its something to do with name resolution but after that no idea. I use a Netgear DG834G wifi router windows xp on pcs and xbmc on xbox. My network isn't complete unless this works because devices can't be added or users will not be able to properly view files without knowing you have to change the host address name to the ip address.

Any help to resolve this issue would be appreciated, thanks.