[bry]

I dont think that would work for me because of the path names

The PC upstairs has the files local
J:\Movies Archive 1/Rio.2011.BRRip.720p/Rio.2011.BRRip.720p

But downstairs connected via SMB would use
smb://PCNAME-PC/Movies Archive 1/Rio.2011.BRRip.720p/Rio.2011.BRRip.720p

If I just copied the folder over as suggested. The PC downstairs would not be able to find any of the media. The XBMC databases are in independent from each other. I hope that made sense...LOL

download notepad++ as suggested in the first post, do a find + replace for the path.

Yup, I use it to replace the paths for the settings2 file that I get from the main machine. I then do a force reset in PTVL to build the channels downstairs. Thats what I have always done from using the original PTV till now. I'm not too sure that there is any problem with that as the channels build and play fine. Its just the freezing issue. Its almost like the PC downstairs connected via SMB is requesting data until the PC upstairs gets overwhelmed. But I am no programmer so I am very likely talking out of my rear end..lol

But the way I set up the PTVL files has always been the same and has always worked, so not too sure that is the problem. Streaming movies via SMB outside PTV in normal XBMC works flawlessly no matter what resolution. No dropped frames or freezing. I just hope there is something in the logs I posted shedding light.

this is what i see for pstvl: http://www.xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=240045

as a test try removing the following chans from the settings2.xml to test.

6, 60, 94, 102, 108 and 131

and check the permissions for the following path : smb://STRONGAZ-PC/Movies Archive 2/Planet Terror 2007 BRRIP 720p/Planet Terror 2007 BRRIP 720p.m2ts