A-200 freezes while streaming over network

[RaihaX]

Hi,

I have just recently got my PCH A-200 about a month ago.

As of a couple of days ago the movies/tv shows (I have tried MKV and DIVX/XVID) seems to freeze at random time. At this point I would press the stop button and it would take about 5 min for it go back to the video list screen. After this happen i can no longer play any video at all even though I can browse the network just fine. I would need to shut down the PCH and turn it back on again.

Currently I am playing over the network over shared drive using samba. I am using a 100mb router so not using a gigabyte router.

I have tried searching this problem on the forum with no luck and I was hoping I could get some assistance with this as this is extremely frustrating!

I apologize if there is already a thread on this, I have tried to search for it!

One thing I have tried last night was running it from an external usb hdd and i got through an episode with no freezing.

[Dave_D]

So if content is being read from a network it would stutter but not from a USB device attached directly to the A200.

This tells me to ask you how are you accessing the content from the network;

- SMB?
- NFS?
- myiHome?

Also you can tell us the setup where the content is being read from (Windows? Mac? Unix? Nas?)

More info the better.

[RaihaX]

(11-18-2010 08:32 AM)Dave_D Wrote:  So if content is being read from a network it would stutter but not from a USB device attached directly to the A200.

This tells me to ask you how are you accessing the content from the network;

- SMB?
- NFS?
- myiHome?

Also you can tell us the setup where the content is being read from (Windows? Mac? Unix? Nas?)

More info the better.

It doesnt stutter at all - it would play normally and just freezes completely

I am accessing by SMB to a Window 7 Ultimate computer.

At first I thought it was network drop out but that doesn't seem to be it as I try browsing the network after that happen and is fine, I just cannot play any files.

When I try to play it, it would just have that loading circle spinning icon.

[Dave_D]

(11-18-2010 08:40 AM)RaihaX Wrote:  It doesnt stutter at all - it would play normally and just freezes completely

I am accessing by SMB to a Window 7 Ultimate computer.

At first I thought it was network drop out but that doesn't seem to be it as I try browsing the network after that happen and is fine, I just cannot play any files.

When I try to play it, it would just have that loading circle spinning icon.

Unfortunately I don't use Windows so I can't be of assistance.

Have you read the Wiki;

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/i...p/Windows7

[RaihaX]

(11-18-2010 08:42 AM)Dave_D Wrote:  Unfortunately I don't use Windows so I can't be of assistance.

Have you read the Wiki;

http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/i...p/Windows7

I did before but I will go through it again, the thing that i cant understand is that it was working flawlessly before

Thanks anyway.

[halfelite]

are you running it on Auto or 10/100. if on auto try running it on 10/100

[RaihaX]

(11-18-2010 08:45 AM)halfelite Wrote:  are you running it on Auto or 10/100. if on auto try running it on 10/100

I was on auto and I have changed it to 10/100 to see if that fixes it. didn't help at all.

I also have set a static IP address for it.

[TechGuy]

This could be a network related issue. check your windows box for network errors:

netstat -e
netatat -s

See if the error counts change when the freeze happens. If you have errors make sure your network cables aren't near any strong EMI devices, such as fluorescent lights, AC motors, try to route your network cables at least a foot or two away from these types of devices.

Quote:100mb router so not using a gigabyte router

If you can I would use a switch instead of a router. A router processes packets and when there is a larger number of packets it can start dropping or re-ordering packets causing problems.