Question : video over network fails frequently

I have a pretty basic network setup with a bunch of computers connected to a router and some switches here and there.  Whenever I watch video over a share, it cuts out. I expect there to be network hiccups from time to time, but this is all over a LAN.

Here is the relevant topology

A. computer "scott" running vista 64 with external shared drive called "movies" (shared as //scott/movies)
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B. Switch
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C. Verizon router with NAT
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D. Linksys switch
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E. Basement computer running VLC to view videos

There are no problems locating or connecting to the share. The problem is that occasional network unavailability makes the video viewer fail.

So.....

Without rearranging the physical netowork,

1. Is there a way to force the receiving computer to have a larger buffer?
2. Can I ask it to stream, as over the internet?
3. Is there any other reasonable solution?

Answer : video over network fails frequently

Here is an email form that is running on Goddady's IIS7 hosting, also works on Linux also.  The order of items in the header is important and '\r\n' is required at the end of each header line.  Also MIMETYPE is required I believe.
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<?php
# some settings of POST vars
if (!isset($_POST['state']))  $state = ''; else $state = $_POST['state'];
if (!isset($_POST['toText'])) $toText = ''; else $toText = $_POST['toText'];
if (!isset($_POST['subjectText'])) $subjectText = ''; else $subjectText = $_POST['subjectText'];
if (!isset($_POST['msgText'])) $msgText = ''; else $msgText = $_POST['msgText'];
if (!isset($_POST['ccText'])) $ccTexth = ''; else $ccText = $_POST['ccText'];
if (!isset($_POST['bccText'])) $bccText = ''; else $bccText = $_POST['bccText'];
if (!isset($_POST['nameText'])) $nameText = ''; else $nameText = $_POST['nameText'];
if (!isset($_POST['fromText'])) $fromText = ''; else $fromText = $_POST['fromText'];

if ($state == "") {
    $title="Test Email Page";
    $announce="---";
}
else {
//  $ccText="";
  $toText="[email protected]";
	$title="Test Email Page";
  $announce="Your Message has been Sent!";
	$header = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
	$header .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
	$header .= "From: ".$fromText."\r\n";
	$header .= "Cc: ".$ccText."\r\n";
//	$header .= "Reply-To : ".$fromText."\r\n";
	$header .= "X-Priority: 1\r\n";
	$header .= "X-Mailer: PHP\r\n\r\n";
//	ini_set(sendmail_from,$fromText);  
	mail($toText, $subjectText, $msgText, $header);
//	ini_restore(sendmail_from);
}
?>

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title><?php echo($title)?></title>
<style type="text/css">
<!-- 
A:link { color: #999999; }
A:visited { color: #999999; }
A:hover {color: #0099ff;}
-->
</style>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#ddeedd">
<div align="center">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="580">
<tr><td align="center">

<?php
   	echo ("State: ".$state."&nbsp;&nbsp;To: ".$toText."<br>\nSubject: ".$subjectText."<br>\n".$msgText."<br>\ncc: ".$header);
?>

<p><b><font color="#000000" size="5">Test Email</font></b></p>
<font size="4" color="#000000">

<!--   <form method="POST" action="<?php echo($PHP_SELF)?>"> -->
  <form method="POST" action="Email.php">
    <p><font size="3"><b>Name: <input type="text" name="nameText" size="46"></b></font></p>
    <p><font size="3"><b>Email: <input type="text" name="fromText" size="46"></b></font></p>
    <input type="hidden" name="subjectText" value="Web Mail"></p>
    <input type="hidden" name="mailformat" value="Text"></p>
    <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b>Message Text:</b></font></p>
    <p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><textarea rows="6" name="msgText" cols="60"></textarea></b></font></p>
    <p><font size="3"><b><input type="submit" value="Send" name="send" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold"></b></font></p>
    <input type="hidden" name="state" value="1">
  </form>
  <b><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#e00000"><?php echo($announce)?></font></b><br><br>

<input type=button value="Or Cancel - close This Window" onClick="javascript:window.close();">

</font>
</td></tr>
</table> 
</div>


</body>
</html>
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