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TSSpikeTwo
post Nov 9 2013, 09:50 AM, updated 13y ago

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Hi. I just bought a 1TB transcend external HDD storejet. i used it to play movie directly through my lappie. I noticed there's some random freeze/stutter/jerk when I play mkv movies through media player classic with latest codecs. I tested with VLC too still encountered some random stutter. WHen it happens, the computer doesnt hang, just the video seems to stuck while audio jerks a little and Media player hangs a bit, after a few secs it will return to normal state and continue playing. or i have to slide forward or reverse then it will be normal again. No fixed time it will occur, and i have been trying to look online and havent found any working solutions.

i have done defrag, updated my drivers, updated my codecs, used other players (VLC seems to play better but still stuck a lil tho less frequent), rebooted, bla bla. I will try to copy the movie and play directly using the internal drives and see how. anyone have encountered this before or please shed some lights as it has been quite frustrating as i doubt the lappie is underpowered. It is lenovo Y510p gaming series and the hardware should be sufficient plus the media is played thru USB 3.0.

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post Nov 9 2013, 11:48 AM

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the HDD detection so far no issue. transfer rate also around USB 3.0 speeds like 90+mb/s. it is a very thick and hard usb3.0 cable. how did u fix the cable head?

i tried VLC only. it gives better performance as in not so frequent stutter per movie (whereas MPC has like 3-6 stutters per movie, VLC has 1~2). corei7 with nvidia card should have no problem with LAV or ffdshow codecs right?

i used to copy movies to play from lappie, but i tot usb3.0 should supply enough bandwidth for mkvs. hmmm...
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post Nov 9 2013, 11:49 AM

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QUOTE(kingkingyyk @ Nov 9 2013, 11:11 AM)
Which OS that your lappy is running on? smile.gif
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its running on windows 8 64bit that comes with the lappie. havent upgraded to the free 8.1 yet. hehe...
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post Nov 9 2013, 06:19 PM

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QUOTE(kingkingyyk @ Nov 9 2013, 03:08 PM)
Can you please check the Disk Active Time on it when you are playing video in it? (Task Manager > Performance > Ext HDD)

There is a bug on Windows 8 / 8.1 that causes the Disk Active Time to go 100% for unknown reason and halt the HDD for few seconds...
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yeah i just checked, it goes up to 100% for a short period of time, causing the stutter. any fix for this bug? even it inherits to 8.1? oh damn. rclxub.gif shocking.gif
i think this might be it as i scratch my heads wonder what's wrong with it...

QUOTE(fotosintesis @ Nov 9 2013, 03:46 PM)
nope, even through usb 2.0 itself wont cause any stuttering while playing the video

just to make sure, is the video played smoothly on the other lappy?
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i havent tested on other lappy. but if i run from the lappie itself last time no such issue. sweat.gif
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post Nov 11 2013, 08:47 AM

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the external hdd is a new one. the sngle large file transfer speed is consistent 80-90mb/s while many smaller files would drop the speed to 40-50mb/s. I havent really test the movie full run, only played it like 10-20 mins from lappie HDD, seems ok so far. cant really conclude yet as the movie stutter occurs intermittently. will get more to that when I'm off work. i have updated to latest intel usb3 driver instead of using the microsoft win8 ones because I cant flash my phone with microsfot drivers. tongue.gif

any idea that mcafee real time scan might be the culprit? i will also try to disable it while watching movie tonight.

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post Nov 11 2013, 01:10 PM

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my video is accelerated by CUVID (GPU/DXVA) which i can see from the nvidia gpu activity. even if use CPU should be that much of a problem right? for a core i7 system.

the mcafee comes free 3 years with my lappie so i just simply use first. haha...free mah. tongue.gif i will try to play a full movie with mcafee scan disabled.

the external HDD is a new unit, cable connection should be no problem because it is inserted properly. the rpm i think is 5400 but also shouldnt be a huge issue since the transfer rate is quite ok? i see the benchmark review not bad le. rclxub.gif sweat.gif

hmm...what that leaves me with? haha...the windows 8 100% activity bug haunts me? sweat.gif

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post Nov 12 2013, 09:26 AM

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QUOTE(h@ksam @ Nov 11 2013, 11:47 PM)
you need to check what process is using 100% in Task Manager under Disk column
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the problem is nothing there. while on the performance tab can see the external drive shoots up to 100% out of nothing. lol rclxub.gif sweat.gif

QUOTE(sotong168 @ Nov 12 2013, 12:16 AM)
is your storejet comes with y cable? do u plug in both data & power to your lappy
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no Y cable. it comes with one big ass usb3 SS cable with single USB plug.
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post Nov 14 2013, 04:43 PM

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QUOTE(ifourtos @ Nov 13 2013, 01:34 PM)
MAKE SURE YOUR EXTERNAL HDD PLUG INTO

USB 2.0

OR BETTER USB 3.0

USB 1.0 SPEED TOO SLOW...
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bro...no offence, but you need to get your eye sight checked. I have stated through USB 3.0 and i am not a total noob in PC stuff. I know what is blue socket SS (superspeed) for on my laptop, and it is a freaking core i7 with 2 blue USB 3.0 ports with latest drivers + windows 8.1 64bit, latest klite codec packs with media player classic, GT750M with latest drivers latest directX 11 and boosted playback with DXVA (CUVID). and if that laptop still comes with USB 1.0, i musta been crazy to buy a gaming laptop with stoneage ports.

Please do not ask me to check my cable again. thanks for the tips, but as I said, not a total noob here. I know if the connection is bad and hard disk damaged or not. And i have already swapped another USB3.0 cable for testing. It is a new HDD few weeks old, rarely traveled with it and i have done defragging, formatted NTFS, ran a chkdsk, no error no problem no abnormality in file transfers, freaking usb3.0 speeds with 90mb/s for single large files.

tried with mcafee real time scanning off too still stutters some time into the movie (intermittent, 3-5 times within a full length movie, continues playback normal after disk active time dropped from 100% to normal rate of 0-6%). power settings USB selective has turned to off. Now i try to look into windows 8 superfetch to see if it cures the problem and i will test run the movie on the same HDD on another new lappie with lower specs. movie seems to play no problem thru a 500GB portable HDD with USB3.0 so i guess maybe the codecs are not the issue here. although after tested with VLC (havent tested with others) the stutter seems to have reduced.

and thanks a lot for those who helped, more inputs are still welcomed..... maybe a tiny fix i have overlooked somewhere. rclxub.gif sweat.gif notworthy.gif
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post Nov 15 2013, 08:31 AM

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update: testing on other lappie running windows 8 64bit also having stuttering issue, with the same latest k-lite codec packs.

followup tests: play movie in high performance power plan.
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