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Check the setting under Tools/Option/Performance for buffering. It should be set to "Use default buffering".
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Hello,
I've only had my server for a couple of months now so I am still fairly new to this.
I have an EX485 where I have several home videos stored.
I use WMP 11 on my computer (not the server) with XP.
I've been playing the videos stored on my server by going into the videos folder and double clicking the video I want to watch. This works well with one exception... It takes a good minute before I am able to change the volume and/or fast-forward/rewind the video. The video playback is fine, it's just my ability to the controls takes a while to "load".
Any ideas, suggestions or solutions?
TIA
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Checked it... it was already set set to Use Default Buffering, as you suggested. Any other ideas?
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August 21, 2009 11:27 PM
It may actually be the type of video file. Are they the files from the HP Video Encoder, or stuff you got elsewhere? If elsewhere, can you give us details about how these videos are encoded (format, bitrate, etc)?
Is it all files you play, or only certain ones?
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These are not files from the video encoder and it happens on all files played in WMP. They are mostly AVI and WMV files. Here's some detailed info on one of them:
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 375 MiB
Duration : 3mn 28s
Overall bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Mastered date : SAT AUG 22 13:51:18 2009
Writing application : CanonMVI06
Video
ID : 0
Format : M-JPEG
Codec ID : MJPG
Duration : 3mn 28s
Bit rate : 15.0 Mbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 1.623
Stream size : 372 MiB (99%)
Audio
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Unsigned
Codec ID : 1
Codec ID/Hint : Microsoft
Duration : 3mn 28s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 88.2 Kbps
Channel(s) : 1 channel
Sampling rate : 11.024 KHz
Resolution : 8 bits
Stream size : 2.20 MiB (1%)
Interleave, duration : 999 ms (29.98 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 1000 ms
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September 5, 2009 8:44 PM
I have the same problem, every video I have tried does this, if I use VLC Player it works without issue. If the file is local on my computer I have no issue either.
Windows Vista 64 SP2 and Windows Home Server Power Pack 2, my home server is custom built by me.
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Scormodo said: Audio Video Interleave File size : 375 MiB Duration : 3mn 28s Overall bit rate : 15.0 Mbps Mastered date : SAT AUG 22 13:51:18 2009 Writing application : CanonMVI06 Video ID : 0 Format : M-JPEG Codec ID : MJPG Duration
I'd say your problem, at least in this case, is the M-JPEG format. Depending on how the file was written, you may not be able to seek the file until it's been completely loaded.
Given that MJPEG is highly inefficient anyway, you should think about converting these to a format that's streaming friendly. Movie Maker should be able to convert this to WMV9, which will work fine, or you can use something like the free Any Video Converter.
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Will converting the video cause a loss of quality?
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September 9, 2009 2:35 PM
Scormodo - Does your issue only happen when playing from the server? Have you tried copying the file to your desktop and playing it from there. I have same problem as you I think, haven't figured it out yet.
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Scormodo said: Will converting the video cause a loss of quality?That entirely depends on what codec you use to convert it and what bitrate. If you use Movie Maker, select a high quality conversion setting and I doubt you'll notice any difference. You don't have to overwrite your original files by the way. You can always archive them if your concerned about it, but having the other verison will be nice for streaming.
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Terry32 said: Scormodo - Does your issue only happen when playing from the server? Have you tried copying the file to your desktop and playing it from there. I have same problem as you I think, haven't figured it out yet.
Yes, this only happens when playing a video file from the server. This behavior does not happen when I play video files from my desktop.
What are the details of the video files that you are playing? You can use a program like MediaInfo (http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en) to get the specific details of your file. (See my post above).
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September 11, 2009 8:35 AM
I will have to try and get that info but I know they are .avi encoded with XVid, one thing to note, I am now using Windows Media Player 12 and everything works great. WMP 12 comes default with Windows 7.
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