A100 Video freezing/locking up problem

[Mrbridger]

HI,
Ive had my A100 for ages now and never had many problems that i couldnt solve with it but in the past few days sometimes when it plays a file the video will play fine but then at a random time the video will freeze and stop playing ( sometimes the audio carries on). the Popcorn is still functional i can go back to the menus etc but when i try and play another file it says cannot play, and stays this way til i do a reboot.

Is this a sign the Popcorn is starting to fail ?

Forgot to mention that when you try and play another file after the lockup you can see a frame of the video that it locked on instead of a black background when it says buffering

[cheaper_popcorn]

The behaviour you get sounds like the memory leak problem where a corrupt file that refuses to play will cause a memory leak that locks up the player and requires a reboot to get back to normal.

Have you recently got a new type of files or started using a different source of files by any chance, or it could be that there is something wrong with the hardware in your computer (e.g. memory modules, hard disk [or the hard disk in your PCH]) that causes the files to become corrupted when copied.

[Mrbridger]

No the setup is identical and the files that are freezing have worked perfectly before

[unicoi]

I have the A110 which freezes video on some HD files I have edited with VideoReDo. The video only freezes at the start of a cut made using VideoReDo. The original file plays without problems. The edited file plays fine on all software media players on my PC - such as Media Player Classic and ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme. The problem is associated with the I frames inserted by VideoReDo at the cut. I am working with VideoReDo on the issue, but I wanted to know if a Popcorn Hour expert could look at the problem too. I have had the A-110 for around 1 year and it is one of the best pieces of equipment I have bought! It plays just about every media file I throw at it and has been enjoyed thoroughly by myself and my wife.
Hope you can help.

[pokekevin]

(10-10-2009 05:35 PM)unicoi Wrote:  I have the A110 which freezes video on some HD files I have edited with VideoReDo. The video only freezes at the start of a cut made using VideoReDo. The original file plays without problems. The edited file plays fine on all software media players on my PC - such as Media Player Classic and ArcSoft TotalMedia Extreme. The problem is associated with the I frames inserted by VideoReDo at the cut. I am working with VideoReDo on the issue, but I wanted to know if a Popcorn Hour expert could look at the problem too. I have had the A-110 for around 1 year and it is one of the best pieces of equipment I have bought! It plays just about every media file I throw at it and has been enjoyed thoroughly by myself and my wife.
Hope you can help.

Due to the differences of your gets set up id highly recommend you starting a different thread lol.

As of the OP, are you using an external hard drive or internal?