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What that buffering in BSPlayer options means and should i use it?
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Yes, i also wonder that. What does buffering do? Do i need when running a file from HDD?
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Yes, buffering is to be used when you play movies from CD/DVD, HDD, LAN/NETWORK etc.
This way BS.Player load the movie in memory and the data can be read more seldomly (and smootly), plus if used for CD/DVD these drives will be used for a less amount of time and the noise they produce is reduced
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What is good buffer size when playing movies from hardrive? And what are the drawbacks when using buffering?
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For buffer size I don't know, I think you have to try different settings..
Side effects are that it takes a more time before the movie starts playing (since it has to be buffered before )
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what types of HDDs should work movies with Bsplayer's "buffering" feature?
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what types of HDDs should work movies with Bsplayer's "buffering" feature?
Slow and noisy? :roll:
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Fragmented when defrag can't be done.
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Is anyone really using that buffering feature? Do you use that J7N?

Does buffering affect cpu usage (by increasing that)?
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For fragmented drives, Windows's standard defragmenter does not complete %100, you have to use 3rd party software to complete all defragmention.
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