sudden stuttering - Page 2

jdivic · 2005-12-13, 22:09

Yes I have PATA disk. I couldn't find information about current status in device management, but I checked with Everest utility and it says that disk is running under UDMA5. But report I got from Windows defragmenting tool looks very strange to me... it shows much more files and directories on partition then they really are... looking from explorer everything seems normal... strange, because it looks that no one expirienced problem like this...

jdivic · 2005-12-19, 12:03

well, last update about this... I formated partition where recordings were stored, and now everything is fine... I'm still confused about this, but now it's working so it isn't important any more... thanks

wierdnatox · 2006-01-01, 20:40

I've just had the exact same problem which I originally thought was down to bad fragmentation. In the end I reformatted the disk (which took nearly 12 hrs).

Scoop's post mentioned that Windows can change the mode to PIO only and this is what had happened to me. More information can be found in the link below, but basically if you have a system that Suspends and Resumes alot this could happen.

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm

A useful test for me was to play a dvr-ms file on the bad drive through Windows Media Player. This gave bad stuttering. When I copied the file to a different drive the stuttering stopped. Interestingly an mpg file played ok.

Finally, I've been having masses of problems with MediaPortal lately and for me RC2 was just terrible. I'd really given up hope of it ever getting better. Since changing the drive back to DMA mode all of my problems appear to have gone away, so a big thanks to all the Devs and sorry for doubting you all!

jdivic · 2006-01-02, 16:01

thanks for advice, but I triplechecked fact that disk was in DMA mode. I'm not shure what was the problem, but I think there are two possibilities: fragmentation or problem with windows pagefile. Now I have no problems since I formated partition and placed windows pagefile on it.

wierdnatox · 2006-01-02, 18:21

Just as a final word of warning, there are two fields in Windows for DMA access. One says what you want it to be and should be "DMA if possible" (or some such wording). The other says what it actually is, and this is the one that Windows could change.

Apologies if you've checked this already, I just thought it was worth mentioning.

Good luck

jdivic · 2006-01-02, 22:40

It WAS worth mentioning, no apologies needed at all, thank you for unselfish shering of knowledge.

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2005-12-13, 22:09	#11 (permalink)
jdivic Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 37 Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes I have PATA disk. I couldn't find information about current status in device management, but I checked with Everest utility and it says that disk is running under UDMA5. But report I got from Windows defragmenting tool looks very strange to me... it shows much more files and directories on partition then they really are... looking from explorer everything seems normal... strange, because it looks that no one expirienced problem like this...

2005-12-19, 12:03	#12 (permalink)
jdivic Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 37 Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	well, last update about this... I formated partition where recordings were stored, and now everything is fine... I'm still confused about this, but now it's working so it isn't important any more... thanks

2006-01-01, 20:40	#13 (permalink)
wierdnatox Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've just had the exact same problem which I originally thought was down to bad fragmentation. In the end I reformatted the disk (which took nearly 12 hrs). Scoop's post mentioned that Windows can change the mode to PIO only and this is what had happened to me. More information can be found in the link below, but basically if you have a system that Suspends and Resumes alot this could happen. http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm A useful test for me was to play a dvr-ms file on the bad drive through Windows Media Player. This gave bad stuttering. When I copied the file to a different drive the stuttering stopped. Interestingly an mpg file played ok. Finally, I've been having masses of problems with MediaPortal lately and for me RC2 was just terrible. I'd really given up hope of it ever getting better. Since changing the drive back to DMA mode all of my problems appear to have gone away, so a big thanks to all the Devs and sorry for doubting you all!

2006-01-02, 16:01	#14 (permalink)
jdivic Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 37 Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	thanks for advice, but I triplechecked fact that disk was in DMA mode. I'm not shure what was the problem, but I think there are two possibilities: fragmentation or problem with windows pagefile. Now I have no problems since I formated partition and placed windows pagefile on it.

2006-01-02, 18:21	#15 (permalink)
wierdnatox Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just as a final word of warning, there are two fields in Windows for DMA access. One says what you want it to be and should be "DMA if possible" (or some such wording). The other says what it actually is, and this is the one that Windows could change. Apologies if you've checked this already, I just thought it was worth mentioning. Good luck

2006-01-02, 22:40	#16 (permalink)
jdivic Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Croatia Age: 37 Posts: 64 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It WAS worth mentioning, no apologies needed at all, thank you for unselfish shering of knowledge.