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Title: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 08, 2008, 05:45:22 AM
Hi, Ijust installed my DNs-323 and am tryng to use its media player with the DSM-320 put video suddenly stops then restarts and I can't get it to play a whole movie without this hicups. I have upgraded to f/w 1.05 and I am using 2 maxtor 500gb drives. Any ideas?
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: eitrnel on November 08, 2008, 10:12:20 AM
i think we have the same problem

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=2804.0

Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: ECF on November 12, 2008, 09:30:40 AM
Does the media playback OK if it is stored on your PC and you are using WMP11 as your media server and  What is the media type and properties? 
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 12, 2008, 03:48:21 PM
I have no problems playing the media from the pc, mostly avi files using Tversity.
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: ECF on November 12, 2008, 04:36:33 PM
Can you provide more detail on your avi video file? Does this happen on every video you have played all formats?
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 12, 2008, 07:20:09 PM
Yes, it happens with all video, I am using a dsm-320 and with the pc I haven't had any problems
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 14, 2008, 04:39:40 AM
Any ideas on what to try to do to fixthis. Being a Media Server was one of the main reasons for bying the unit and I just can't make it work.
Thanks
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: ECF on November 14, 2008, 02:18:40 PM
Are you using the DSM-320 wireless? If so can you try it wired please as I do not see this issue when playing video files from the DNS-323 to my DSM-320 here.
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 14, 2008, 03:38:03 PM
I have it wired and have the problem, any other idea?
Thanks
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 14, 2008, 03:39:24 PM
Could it be that I have too many folders
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 16, 2008, 06:37:59 AM
Installed Twonkyvision on the 323 and no problem, so the issue seems to be the media server that comes with the unit.
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: jrbilodeau on November 17, 2008, 07:23:27 AM
not sure if this was checked but are you using the latest firmware on both the DNS323 and the DMS320
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: Jeremias1008 on November 17, 2008, 04:53:50 PM
Yes on both counts, but no problems with twonky
Title: Re: Patchy media playback
Post by: nivekdraw on December 23, 2008, 03:17:29 PM
I have the same problem outlined by Jeremias1008

My environment contains:
- DSM-320RD with the lastest firmware (1.04.17WW)
   This device is used  with a wired connection

- DNS-323 with firmware 1.05 
    Contains two Hitachi 1TB drives in RAID1 array
    Volume Name:  Volume_1
    Volume Type:  RAID 1
    Sync Time Remaining:  Completed
    Total Hard Drive Capacity:  981858 MB
    Used Space:  441521 MB
    Unused Space:  540337 MB

- DGS-2208  (8 port gigabit switch)

- Two separte Windows XP machines running MediaLounge 1.10
   Both these machines use a network mapping to the DNS-323 to share media directly from the DNS-323
   
From both WinXP running MediaLounge I can play the avi files reliably.  This occures even though these files are really located on the DNS-323 device  (The gigabit switch really keeps up)

But when I try to access the UPnP server on the DNS-323 directly I get freezing of the video and audio after only a few seconds of playback.  This happens with all the AVI file I have tried.   I have tried a good dozen various files.

Most files are around  700-750MB in size. 

Specifics from one of the files is as follows
Frame width 624
Frame height 352
Data rate 2kbps
Frame rate 25 frames/second

I have tried to disable items such as the FTP and iTunes server and have played with the jumbo frames.
I have tried both static and dynamic IP addressed on both the DNS-323 and the DSM-320RD (and all combinations)
I am currently using static IP addresses on both devices.

As I said - I am using the work around of using MediaLounge 1.10 on one of my PCs.  But would rather server the video from the DSN-323 directly.