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Can you copy a movie locally (onto the PC) and try playing that.
I would wonder if it's something on your network or with the MyCloud. I run a MyCloud Mirror at home without issue, but if something is misconfigured to make it sleep or spin-down its discs after an hour that could perhaps explain it.
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2016-07-27, 14:45
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Just to eliminate the obvious: You don't have sleep timer addon installed?
It would have to be reconfigured though, as I believe it will show this behaviour after 150 mins by default
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@DarreHill:
Thanks, I moved a movie onto PC drive and it played fine without stops. So the question is now, is it the MyCloud or the network?
Onto the MyCloud settings, the Drive Sleep option under Energy Saver was set to ON, I change to OFF and will try to see a video from the MyCloud and see if that fixes the problem.
Strange if it is the problem, since it worked for long time. Maybe a restart of the MyCloud is enough?
@Atreyu: Nope, no Sleep Timer addon installed :-)
@Bilgepump: The "allow computer to turn off the network device" option is not activated. I also checked the event viewer and windows scheduler and nothing that runs every hour.
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2016-07-27, 23:12
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-27, 23:13 by DarrenHill.)
Could also be the last firmware update on the MyCloud changed something too?
You can also plug the MyCloud directly into your PC using an Ethernet cable and directly access it that way. That will remove your router etc from the equation if it still fails.
The other option is to try and steam a movie from a share on another PC or device on your network. That could eliminate an issue with network settings on your PC.
But I think your energy saving change is a likely candidate. I have all that stuff disabled on my MyCloud Mirror.
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2016-07-28, 00:35
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-28, 00:36 by HomersDK.)
No luck with Drive sleep option OFF. Video stopped exactly after one "hour" again at 00:10 after reboot 23:10. So next "stop" time will be 01:10.
I need the router for internet access on the PC and also to get MyCloud available from other PC. Not only videos I have on it. So direct connection to MyCloud is not an option.
Will try to share video from other PC to Kodi and see if it happens, to see if it's the MyCloud or the Network.
Latest Firmware on MyCloud is updated some months ago and no new one is available.
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Well, I shared a folder from other PC and was able to play the video without stops.
This means that it's not network related.
Either it's the MyCloud, but this doesn't give any sense, since it's always happens after one hour after PC is turned on. So the trigger must be the PC.
Tomorrow, I will try to install Kodi on other PC and set it up same as on my HT-PC and play videos from MyCloud. To see if I can rule out the MyCloud as the problem.
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2016-07-28, 09:45
(This post was last modified: 2016-07-28, 09:47 by DarrenHill.)
I was meaning a temporary direct connection between the problem PC and the MyCloud, for testing purposes. Trying to partition down where your issue is in your system.
I was going to suggest what you say about putting Kodi on a second PC on your network, so you're on the money for that one.
One other question, how are you sharing the media from the MyCloud (which service, SMB/CIFS, FTP, WebDev, NFS)? I have all those options available on my MyCloud Mirror, not sure what's there on the MyCloud though. Personally I use NFS and it works flawlessly. Your comment about the 1 hour after the PC turns on makes me wonder if it is related to the transport mechanism used, which may be different between the MyCloud and your other PC folder share (which will be SMB/CIFS I presume).
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Apparently it's fixed now after trying till 3-4 this night :-)
I had MyCloud to a network connection. I gave it Z: "\\xxxxxx\MediaCenter" and had sources in Kodi from that.
I deleted all the sources in Kodi, disconnected the Z network connection and gave it a added again to X instead and then added all the sources again in Kodi.
Just tested and no stop after "the hour". So maybe it was Kodi all along?
I'm not sure about which service this method is, SMB/CIFS, NFS? How do I see that?
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