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hard disk problem
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 14:19
by lichterloh
hi
we've bought two 'wd mybook' external hdd's, which work quite fine so far. the only problem: if we don't change the videos in the layers for a longer time and then trigger a new one the output happens to freeze for about 6 seconds. this doesn't happen on busy nights but gets annoying on the more easy ones. we suppose its a hd problem losing focus (though reading the vids played), taking a long time to come back. any solutions? is there something we can do to keep the hd "always on"?
cheers
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 20:37
by VJ Nexus
your external hard drives could be going into power saving mode, and stop spinning. This is something built into windows to save power. It can be disabled, but i can't remember how off the top of my head right now, but a quick google search should solve the issue. I believe it's in the windows "power options" or maybe the properties of the device itself... hope this helps.
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 14:38
by coolhandloop
the same thing happens to me i also have a wd mybook...it is a bit annoying when u leave the computer alone for a little while
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 17:21
by DAS BEN
i have one external drive with the same problem. this is not caused by windows. it is a built in feature of the external drive.
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 13:53
by lichterloh
so there is no information about this "feature" on wd's side- we thought about a programming approach, some small application which "pings" the hdd constantly, maybe already built into resolume? what do you guys think? any programmers willing to help? bart, edwin?
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 16:01
by DAS BEN
one linux freak told me its possible to shut down the sleep mode. but i was to drunken to remember.
Re: hard disk problem
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 09:57
by VJzoo
we have the same problem with our MYbooks and MYpassport drives and we have tried reformatting them FAT32 and NTFS and still have the same prob.
Re: hard disk problem
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:09
by frederico
old topic and I do not have the WD mybook
found this
http://kansasa.blogspot.com/2008/01/wes ... ition.html
I would need a pc expert for that
But maybe it helps(a little)
Re: hard disk problem
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 14:29
by Rags
if you are needing to read off a portablu hdd the play a mp3 track from the hdd in loop mode. this will keep the disk spinnig and wont take up much transferbandwidth i have come across the same issue and this is my fix, not ideal but it works. And it's not very oftern i have to do it that way.....