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ReadyNAS Pro HD Video Playback Issues
I am having problems playing videos on my new Mac Mini that I am using as an HTPC. My NAS is a ReadyNAS Pro (RNDP6000) with 3 x 1 TB hitachi ultrastar (HUA722010CLA330) drives and a 1.5 TB seagate...
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20014735-263.html
and
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20068791-263.html
talk about respawn. The first one seems to say that it can be caused by a web server being unavailable. Perhaps all it means in your case is that the "server" (either Plex or VLC) is not able to serve up the media properly.
How does your HTPC do on smaller video files (in the 780MB to 2GB range)? How about HD files that are not .mkv (matroska) files (e.g. m4v, mp4, or whatever else the Mac can eat...VLC should be able to play next to everything)?
Maybe you could put an HD video on your HP and stream it to your HTPC through CIFS. That would help determine if the NAS is at fault. If we can get to a point where something does work, maybe through a process of elimination we can figure out where it first starts to hiccup.
and
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20068791-263.html
talk about respawn. The first one seems to say that it can be caused by a web server being unavailable. Perhaps all it means in your case is that the "server" (either Plex or VLC) is not able to serve up the media properly.
How does your HTPC do on smaller video files (in the 780MB to 2GB range)? How about HD files that are not .mkv (matroska) files (e.g. m4v, mp4, or whatever else the Mac can eat...VLC should be able to play next to everything)?
Maybe you could put an HD video on your HP and stream it to your HTPC through CIFS. That would help determine if the NAS is at fault. If we can get to a point where something does work, maybe through a process of elimination we can figure out where it first starts to hiccup.
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