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Readynas 104 gives errors during playback via VLC.
I am running a rn104, which is being a little troublesome. It has the latest firmware installed, but ever since I upgraded 6.2.x versions, I get errors playing video files from a share on the Ready...
I have been searching for more answers.
First, VLC has a build in caching, that can be changed to adress network buffering pausing errors. Elevating this to 1 second or even 10 seconds doesnt help. I can see it buffering at the start of a video (but for less than 2 seconds(depending on the size of the video)), when the buffer is set at 10 seconds, but still I get the errors.
Searching a little more for the "Bad file descriptor" error, some peoble have found that this is an access rights issue. They get the error when they try to access files on a share where they have lost their priviliges to access files.
Allthough I wonder what happens, this could be the case here, if the NAS revokes the access momentarily to the files I'm streaming. I just wonder why I never see the error in daily use then.And I never have a problem restarting playback.
But perhaps some bug in SMB access is present, where the NAS momentarily removes access to files, even when there should be access.
I'm really into deep water here, it seems there is nothing I can do about the error.
First, VLC has a build in caching, that can be changed to adress network buffering pausing errors. Elevating this to 1 second or even 10 seconds doesnt help. I can see it buffering at the start of a video (but for less than 2 seconds(depending on the size of the video)), when the buffer is set at 10 seconds, but still I get the errors.
Searching a little more for the "Bad file descriptor" error, some peoble have found that this is an access rights issue. They get the error when they try to access files on a share where they have lost their priviliges to access files.
Allthough I wonder what happens, this could be the case here, if the NAS revokes the access momentarily to the files I'm streaming. I just wonder why I never see the error in daily use then.And I never have a problem restarting playback.
But perhaps some bug in SMB access is present, where the NAS momentarily removes access to files, even when there should be access.
I'm really into deep water here, it seems there is nothing I can do about the error.
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