Media only sharing from WHS not streaming

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  I am able to play audio and video files from WHS to WMP11 in Vista. But in my terms it is only shared, not streamed.
  So that when playing a file it actually transfers the whole file to the client before it plays. I am expecting streaming to play AS IT transfers.
  I have proved this by playing both a short and long AVI file. After a few seconds wait, the short file played. But the long file just showed the 'busy' cursor until I got fed up waiting!
  
  Is it possible to truly stream from WHS?
  
  I am able to stream from any PC client on my network to my Unix notebook, so long as I mount the drive which has the media first.
  
  Thanks
  Nigel

  Friday, October 17, 2008 8:38 PM