2012-06-10, 02:02
XBMC (11.0 Git:20120331-ebfd899), Built on Apr 1 2012
Platform: Darwin iOS (11.0.0 AppleTV2,1, Version 5.1.1 (Build 9B830))
iOS 5.1.1
Log File: http://pastebin.com/w6XjWnt7
My desktop recently lost its motherboard and as a result I built a new computer. Since I had to reset my media shares for the new computer I decided it would also be a good time to update the OS and XBMC installs on my AppleTV2. I had no issues on my old desktop but am having some strange problems now.
My media is located on an External HDD plugged into my Windows 7 desktop via USB and shared via SMB.
XBMC is able to access this share without problems (using IP address). When I try to access files, some of them play (but it takes a long time for them to start) but some of them do not. So far I've been able to successfully play some AVI and MKV files, and have not been able to play some other AVI files and MP4 files.
Steps to generate log file/error:
1) Open XBMC
2) Access share via Videos --> Files
3) Load first video which works (135 MB MKV file)
4) Try to load second video (370 MB MP4 file)
5) Receive error "Playback failed: One or more files failed to play"
6) Exit menus and XBMC
It feels like it may be an issue with the access speed of the USB drive. Even the files that do work have unusually slow buffering issues (that I did not have before) and it often will take 30 seconds to a minute to move from one level of the drive to another (TV Shows --> Rookie Blue for instance). During this time the screen freezes and doesn't even update the debug info in the upper left (FPS, CPU %, etc.)
I know I had issues in the past with inconsistent SMB access. Before I found the final fix (windows registry issue) I took a number of steps and I seem to recall some of them having to do with the USB system settings. I cannot remember what these steps were and I've tried to find similar issues on the forums.
Platform: Darwin iOS (11.0.0 AppleTV2,1, Version 5.1.1 (Build 9B830))
iOS 5.1.1
Log File: http://pastebin.com/w6XjWnt7
My desktop recently lost its motherboard and as a result I built a new computer. Since I had to reset my media shares for the new computer I decided it would also be a good time to update the OS and XBMC installs on my AppleTV2. I had no issues on my old desktop but am having some strange problems now.
My media is located on an External HDD plugged into my Windows 7 desktop via USB and shared via SMB.
XBMC is able to access this share without problems (using IP address). When I try to access files, some of them play (but it takes a long time for them to start) but some of them do not. So far I've been able to successfully play some AVI and MKV files, and have not been able to play some other AVI files and MP4 files.
Steps to generate log file/error:
1) Open XBMC
2) Access share via Videos --> Files
3) Load first video which works (135 MB MKV file)
4) Try to load second video (370 MB MP4 file)
5) Receive error "Playback failed: One or more files failed to play"
6) Exit menus and XBMC
It feels like it may be an issue with the access speed of the USB drive. Even the files that do work have unusually slow buffering issues (that I did not have before) and it often will take 30 seconds to a minute to move from one level of the drive to another (TV Shows --> Rookie Blue for instance). During this time the screen freezes and doesn't even update the debug info in the upper left (FPS, CPU %, etc.)
I know I had issues in the past with inconsistent SMB access. Before I found the final fix (windows registry issue) I took a number of steps and I seem to recall some of them having to do with the USB system settings. I cannot remember what these steps were and I've tried to find similar issues on the forums.