Readynas 104 gives errors during playback via VLC.

I got an RN716 with FW v6.2.2 and have some movies stored in it. I have just recently downloaded and installed the latest VLC player on my PC running Windows7 Ultimate 64-bit.

It seems just fine watching a movie from my RN716 using VLC player though I haven't yet fully completed the movie until now. I stopped at a certain portion of the movie because I felt sleepy and will continue watching it when I have the time. By the way, my PC and my NAS are all wired through my network :D

Have you tried to uninstall/reinstall VLC player?
Have your tried to reboot your RN104 as well as your Windows7 PC?
Have you tried using another PC/laptop if ever you have?
Are you watching a movie using the VLC player via a wireless connection?

Ixa wrote:

I got an RN716 with FW v6.2.2 and have some movies stored in it. I have just recently downloaded and installed the latest VLC player on my PC running Windows7 Ultimate 64-bit. It seems just fine watching a movie from my RN716 using VLC player though I haven't yet fully completed the movie until now. I stopped at a certain portion of the movie because I felt sleepy and will continue watching it when I have the time. By the way, my PC and my NAS are all wired through my network :D Have you tried to uninstall/reinstall VLC player? Have your tried to reboot your RN104 as well as your Windows7 PC? Have you tried using another PC/laptop if ever you have? Are you watching a movie using the VLC player via a wireless connection?

I must point out that sometimes I'm able to watch a video without problems, but the problem is consistent enough to a point where it is getting annoying. The chance of a file playing without problems is less than 50%.

VLC is un / reinstalled whenever I upgrade. The problem has persisted over a least one upgrade of VLC.
My NAS shuts down and reboots itself every night / morning, on a schedule. My Windows PC is off whenever I'm not using it. Not Hibernating or in stand-by, but proberly turned off. So it has a reboot at least once every day.
I havent seen the problem on my laptop, but I don't use it much for videos.
The connection from the Readynas to the PC having problems is through a Gigabit Wired LAN, using a Netgear GS108T managed switch.

I have an older Readynas NV+ in service also. Playback of videos from that unit _never_ fails.

I suspect some kind of error / incompatibility with the RN104 and my Windows 7 setup, I just don't know what it might be.

As said, playback from my mediacenter unit, is allways without errors (from both NAS'es).

What if you try to connect your RN104 directly to your PC then check if you will get the same error msg: "Bad file descriptor" when you play a movie???
Also, you may want to try the Beta FW v6.2.3 and it might help: viewtopic.php?t=78866

I have not tried a direct connection, and dont see the point, as I would not be able to use it that way, so its an impractical solution. And all my network traffic (also from another Netgear NAS) to this PC is working fine, so I doubt there is something wrong with the network.

But I do have the network connection from the NAS to the switch configured as a bond, which both the NAS and my switch supports, but I will try turning this feature off, to see if that solves anything.

I have actually been running 6.2.3 Beta 6 for a few days, without it solving the issue. Otherwise the Beta seems perfectly stable, havent experienced any problems due to it being Beta.

The point of a direct-connection is to help to isolate the cause of the problem. It is not meant to be a solution, but rather to help with diagnosing the problem.

What protocol are you using for accessing the share from your PC?

I'm using a standard Win7 installation, and that uses SMB(v2) for network file sharing / access.

After removing the network bond last night I didn't see the error, but I will have to play a lot more videos before declaring the error solved.

Sadly not using a network bond, didn't solve the problem, Playback stopped with "BAd file descriptor" error yesterday.

Are you seeing any problems with the ethernet stats on the GS108T?

What kind of network bond were you using?

StephenB wrote:
Are you seeing any problems with the ethernet stats on the GS108T?

No.

The Port statistics show no errors in either "Packets received with Errors", "Transmit Packet Errors" or "Collision Frames" on any ports. And detailed statistics for the port the NAS and PC are on show no errors either.

I dont think its a problem with the network. I can copy files to and from the NAS without any problems and with nice speed, and I never have an error doing this.

I find this a bit puzzling. Nothing seems to be wrong, but playback fails nonetheless.