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Acryan have problem with 2TB western Digital Green Model WD20ERX. The player wont detect the Hard disk

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http://www.acryan.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=166&t=15566

hi... just a quick question... does PPS and PPTV works on AC RYAN?

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Added on August 23, 2011, 9:23 pmDual TV Tuners
The Playon!DVRHD includes 2 Digital TV (DVB-T) tuners, so you can watch and record different channels at the same time. Supports both MPEG2 & newer MPEG4 H.264 DVB-T broadcast, so you can enjoy DVB-T broadcasts in every country regardless of which DVB-T format is broadcasted.

What is DVB-T?



This post has been edited by banana: Aug 23 2011, 09:23 PM

PlayOncannot stream PPS.

DVB-T: Digital Video Broadcast-Terrestial. DVR is single channel. That means u cannot do 2 things in one time.

acryan players don't bitstream dolby tueHD and dtsHD-MA, do they?

been toying around with firmware 5440 on pohd with unifi hardwired, wireless with pc and found:

good
. can get shoutcast radio, youtube, mediafly, podcasts - excellent
. can do wireless streaming from pc to pohd/tv for mp3 and photos
. can do wireless streaming from pc to pohd/tv for smaller file video files only (think limited by the my wireless network speed)
. can downld direct onto pohd via btorrent but need to be controlled on pc; speed not as fast as on pc

bad
. hdd spindown feature is good to prolong hdd life but once it spins down, it takes a while to get back up or even hang
. when in internet media (e.g. radio), press 'return" button to stop; pressing "stop" button can cause it to hang
. do not plug/unplug another hdd when pohd is on - it may hang or reboot - maybe it's due to nas connection; last version 3966 was fine
. while toying around, i encountered one serious problem so far - it kept rebooting non-stop - had to reload firmware 3582->4824->3966->5440

boxbuilder, maybe you can pass this on to acryan people.

maybe the chip in pohd is getting stretched with so many of these new features. if i run into more trouble, i'll go back to 3966 and wait for next upgrade.

overall, i am still very pleased with what this machine is capable of doing.

This post has been edited by AVFAN: Aug 31 2011, 08:09 PM

still waiting firmware for DVRHD..

anyone got this issue with pohd?
mine installed with a WD 1TB hdd recently, formatted twice using pohd

then i transfer files via the usb from my laptop
i notice a few times the transfer hanged on me, then win7 tell me there's IO error with the device, power down and re-start via the power button doesn't help, I'll have to power off totally at the main switch and re-start again on then it will work

then a few occasion, while watching the movie on the hdd, the show will hang and exit by itself, or worst the pohd will show me "unsafe removal of hdd" or something like that message, then i can't detect my hdd in the pohd until i power it off totally and reboot again.

i wonder if it's the HDD issue or pohd issue

Bro, get your message and thanks for your input. I will pass these valuable message to Eugene. Thanks again.

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Added on September 3, 2011, 12:39 pmhave you tried this new firmware:
PV76120
Asian: www.acryan.com/downloads/PV76120/Firmware_PV76120_v8.5.3.r5440_Asian_RC.zip
European: www.acryan.com/downloads/PV76120/Firmware_PV76120_v8.5.4.r5440_European_RC.zip
Change log: www.acryan.com/downloads/PV76120/Readme_PV76120_v8.5.x_r5440_RC.pdf

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Added on September 3, 2011, 12:45 pmDo you transfer a big files in total once in a time? Actually for older enclosure we also face this problem. We suspect it is due to the RAM is not enough to input such a large file for hard disk and enclosure itself. Read always faster than write than the size keep piling up in RAM. So, if you transfer small file size, may be around 50GB, it should be ok. Pls try and see.

Regarding the show hang by itself, most probably it is due to file or hard disk problem. If you run other files no problem, than it is confirmed the file problem. Pls scan and fix your hard disk periodically as this will solve a lot of hard disk root files corrupted issue.

Btw, we always not recommended WD Green bcoz it gives us a lot of issue, not only at media player, but also enclosre and NAS.

This post has been edited by BoxBuilder: Sep 3 2011, 12:45 PM

hi mr boxbuilder...

that is not official firmware... it RC

boxb, i encountered the non-stop rebooting problem again today. after the 2nd incident, i narrowed the cause to two possible resaons:
1. there is a bug in the "copy" function (it was fine with 3966). on the pohd, both incidents happened right after copying from ext hdd to the pohd - 1st time was from a 2tb hdd, the 2nd from a portable 500gb hdd. on both occasions, file copied was <10gb, so it shouldn't be a files size problem.
2. my portable hdd drive may have some corrupted files that's causing it: using the mini with 5440 upgraded, the same problem (mini kept rebooting non-stop) happened when i plugged in that portable hdd, but no problem wiith the 2tb hdd. however, that suspected corrupted portable hdd works fine with pohd!!

i can't be sure of #2 because i tried something else - mini connected to tv direct, bypassed the avr. in this setup, no problem at all, all hdds played smoothly. puzzling...

hope you can pass this additional info on to the right guys. meanwhile i just dun use copying function, dun use that portable hdd on the mini for now.

Hi AVFAN, can u do me a favour? Pls use MS DOS to scan and fix your both hard disk and try again. let say yr external hard disk is E: directory, than on C:\chkdsk E:\fix and c this can solve your problem or not. thks.

thanks for the tip!
i scanned all hdds, none showed errors.
after scanning, the earlier problem did not happen again:

tested all hdds on both pohd and mini with 5440 - all are fine with playback, will test the copy function later and let you know.
if it is in fact one disk error causing it, that means we must scan/fix hdds regularly! again, thanks for tip.

Hi boxbuilder, in this case what brand of HDD do you recommend ?

i copied a small file from pc to the scanned/fixed portable hdd, copied that file from that hdd to the pohd hdd.
right after copying, playback of the file in the pohd saw the same problem - pohd kept rebooting non-stop.
reloaded firmware 3582->4824->3966->5440, file on pohd could play normal.

now i am convinced there is a bug in the copy function. pls check and let me know, tq.
btw, my pohd has board 1073DD, samsung built in hdd.

Hey All,

I am new here and just bought myself a HD media player - ACRyan POHD Essential.

Lately I have been listening to FLAC musics, and as such I have them copied to my HDD.

From my HDD, I would use one of the USB port to plug it in.

As when I try to play through my collection, it plays well until I try one of the track - no sound, wasnt playing at all.

Then I go back playing the previous track I have listened to - surprisingly not able to play anymore and also the rest of the FLACs until I turn on and off the unit again!

Anyone experience the same? Or the unit has some FLAC file specification limitation?

If yes, how can I check the type/specification is according to required spec from ACRyan?

Appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Vincent

yes, i hv come across this.
not sure but i suspect the older firmwares may not be as good as the new.
after upgrading to the latest firmware, i did not encounter it again.

yrs is an esssential, so best you check if it has the latest fiirmware. if not, downld and upgrade:
http://www.acryan.com/support/ACR-PV73500/

good luck!

hi all, do ACRyan POHD Essential come with build in hdd?? thinking getting one.

Hi Bro here,

Is ACRyan POHD Essential consider POHD [2] as you all mentioned?

I refer to the official web, the firmware for Essential is only up to 22-02-2011, however for HD Mini 2 is up to 12-08-2011. Seeing a lot of bugs fixes in HD Mini 2, wonder is that fixed in Essential as well? Or is actually 2 different thing?

Is Essential on GUI 2 ?

Planing to get Essential as I no need the network, but just wonder other than network function, is the rest of the function and the quality about the same as HD mini 2? Worth buying?

Thanks in advance.

pohd was the first model, has space for built in hdd
mini was the first model w/o built in hdd
pohd2 was second model with a better chipset
mini2 is pohd2 w/o built in hdd
all models may have slightly dfferent chipset grade as well as tech improves, like in a pc.
pohd2 and mini2 were sold with gui2.

essential is less frills version, lower priced. comes with gui2, i believe.
chipset, firmware.. better wait for boxb to come in!

can read a lot more here:
http://www.acryan.com/forums/index.php

Thanks AVFAN. That means Essential is pohd first model, only pohd2 and mini2 is on 2nd model, and Essential is different chipset grade with pohd2. Quality wise is there different a lot? I no need network, but wonder is pohd2 and mini2 much better in term of quality other than network features?

With the SATA 3.5 hdd in, will it cause lot of heat? As we know 3.5 hdd generate lot of heat. Do understand that, Essential with build in fan, is the box still hot? and will it cause unstable if is hot?

Thanks.