[shieldsa]

http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=37050

Been using the same setup successfully for a 18+ months.
ATV2 / Windows Server / Drobo Elite (16TB) / all wired 1G.

Since last week, I have been unable to watch more than 3-4minutes of a local/saved tv show before XBMC pauses and returns to the episode list.

This happened with 12.0 and I upgraded to 12.2 wondering if it would help...same issue.

I've rebooted the ATV2, the server, the Drobo, the HP P2810 switch. Nothing seems to help.

Sorry, I tried looking in the logs and while I saw a line or two - I didn't see anything that clearly stated this is the issue. Hopefully someone can help point me in the right direction.

Note: It can be any TV show. I've tried the same ones that have played back before without issue.

[Memphiz]

Code:

820.
22:00:57 T:174473216   ERROR: Read - Error( -1, 22, Invalid argument ) - Retrying
821.
22:01:01 T:144293888   DEBUG: CPullupCorrection: detected pattern of length 1: 41708.33, frameduration: 41708.333333
822.
22:01:07 T:174473216   ERROR: Read - Error( -1, 22, Invalid argument )
823.
22:01:07 T:174473216   ERROR: ffmpeg[A664000]: [matroska,webm] Read error
824.
22:01:07 T:174473216   DEBUG: CDVDPlayer::SetCaching - caching state 1
825.
22:01:07 T:174473216    INFO: ffmpeg[A664000]: [matroska,webm] Unknown entry 0x17251115
826.
22:01:07 T:174473216    INFO: ffmpeg[A664000]: [matroska,webm] Unknown entry 0x94
827.
22:01:07 T:174473216    INFO: ffmpeg[A664000]: [matroska,webm] Unknown entry 0xCA
828.
22:01:07 T:174473216    INFO: ffmpeg[A664000]: [matroska,webm] Unknown entry 0x547A
829.
22:01:07 T:174473216   ERROR: ffmpeg[A664000]: [matroska,webm] Read error at pos. 113368858 (0x6c1df1a)

Well either your network is broken or the HDD of your NAS or whatever. At least you get read errors ...

[shieldsa]

Yeah I was thinking something like that too. Since posting the original question, I tried a few things that were inconclusive.

The ATV2 is wired to the core switch with has the W2012/w Drobo-Elite, a Drobo-FS, a Drobo-5N, and a MyBook.
The ATV2 plays from all of the other devices (above) correctly - except for the server/DE.
---Suggests the issue is there and not necessarily a network issue.
But, the ATV2 plays from the server/DE music videos, etc just fine. It's when playing TV/films that it stops after 3 or so minutes.
I've tried playing back different file types to see if that was a factor. The results were inconclusive.

Now, it should be mentioned I have computers (4) play video from the server/DE without any issues.

I'm not saying it's an XBMC issue. The timing of upgrading my XBMC version and the issue appearing are a coincidence if nothing else.

Frankly, I'm puzzled by how to further troubleshoot this.

Oh- I did after posting, also redo my ATV2. I restored, JB, and did a clean install. I've also swapped network ports on the server (4) and to a different network card all together with no change.

*The Drobo-Elite is a 8 disk box and all diagnostics shows it functioning correctly.

[Memphiz]

You could try to copy one of those movies locally to the ATV2 and play it from there to rule out network or server.