1TB external HDD movie playback, MPC, VLC random freeze/stutter
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 Nov 10 2013, 12:06 AM
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First thing that you need to do is to find out whether the problem is with playing videos from USB or the USB HDD itself giving problem. Once you narrow down the problem then only you find solution to it.
Try to transfer the video and play directly in your lappy. Does it lag in this way? When transferring a big file to your lappy, does the transfer lag as well? |
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Nov 10 2013, 10:45 PM
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QUOTE(1024kbps @ Nov 10 2013, 12:24 AM) He mentioned its USB3 with 90Mb/s speed(equal to 720mbps, bluray max data rate is 36-54mbps), its more than enough to play bluray without keep buffering. transfer rate is 90mb/s but is it consistent? Still, does the video jerks when played directly from local hdd? These still need to be tested to be conclusive. A good technical support does not make unnecessary assumptions.Either codec related or poorly muxed video.  This post has been edited by abubin: Nov 10 2013, 10:46 PM |
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Nov 10 2013, 11:23 PM
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QUOTE(1024kbps @ Nov 10 2013, 11:08 PM) Well, you do have a point, but even USB2.0 Bandwidth is already more than enough to playback bluray video smoothly, it's impossible for Harddisk on USB3 become jerky, Unless the harddisk is dying, bad sector will affect data transfer date, and the video will become corrupted, ended abruptly, or visual artifacts will appear, which TS didnt mention any. i am not saying usb2 or usb3 is not fast enough for making a smooth video playback. I am saying problematic transfer that could be the culprit. Like faulty cable or usb drive or drivers issue and so on. That is why he need to first eliminate the possibility of usb hardware issue from the equation.I always play my video from my low end HTPC which both are connected to GBE lan port(is slower than USB3), i never encountering any issue because i know how to configure my video player setups. My guess is still codec/splitter related problems. |
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