DVD Playback Micro Pauses on Windows 7 64-bit Server w/ HD200

[heatvent]

I recently moved from WHS to W7 64-bit on the same PC for my SageTV server that I access solely from two HD200 extenders. HDTV playback works fine. However, when playing back a DVD, every few seconds there is a micropause and then playback resumes a few seconds, micropause and so on.

I have turned off indexing, shutdown any other programs, changed from IDE to AHCI, turned off auto media scan (saw this in another post), installed as service, etc. and still no joy. Also, I don't see any CPU spikes when it happens. I have 8GB of RAM and a quad core 2.5ghz intel processor. I am using v7.0.23.

Any ideas.

[icon123]

Just curious, do you have/use an AV receiver and was the dvd outputing DTS audio?

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by heatvent

I recently moved from WHS to W7 64-bit on the same PC for my SageTV server that I access solely from two HD200 extenders. HDTV playback works fine. However, when playing back a DVD, every few seconds there is a micropause and then playback resumes a few seconds, micropause and so on.

I have turned off indexing, shutdown any other programs, changed from IDE to AHCI, turned off auto media scan (saw this in another post), installed as service, etc. and still no joy. Also, I don't see any CPU spikes when it happens. I have 8GB of RAM and a quad core 2.5ghz intel processor. I am using v7.0.23.

Any ideas.

What dvd decoder? Or is this an issue with the HD200 playback? If so I'd check the network driver first. You'd be amazed at how many issues like this can be driver related.

[heatvent]

I am just using an HD200 for playback. I have an AV receiver but this occurs without it on providing audio. The HD200 is providing video/audio to the TV via HDMI. I have a separate optical out from the HD200 to the receiver if I choose to have surround sound on. Does this help? Do you think it has something to do with the optical out?

I will give the network driver a try.

[icon123]

Originally Posted by heatvent

I am just using an HD200 for playback. I have an AV receiver but this occurs without it on providing audio. The HD200 is providing video/audio to the TV via HDMI. I have a separate optical out from the HD200 to the receiver if I choose to have surround sound on. Does this help? Do you think it has something to do with the optical out?

I will give the network driver a try.

No, I don't think your hd200 setup is a problem. I also don't think your network is a problem since you stream HD just fine. When you say "playing back a dvd", do you mean an actual dvd disc in the W7-64 PC DVD drive?

I was asking about the DTS audio beacause I expierence occasional stuttering with DTS audio from my rips via my hd200. But stuttering and micro freezes are probably two different things anyhow.

[heatvent]

I have ripped dvd's on the same drive as Sage. I think you are right, it's not what I woudl call a stutter. I just pauses a half second, plays, and pauses again.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by heatvent

I have ripped dvd's on the same drive as Sage. I think you are right, it's not what I woudl call a stutter. I just pauses a half second, plays, and pauses again.

Just on DVD's? Are they all on the same HDD?

[heatvent]

Yes and yes. HD video seems fine. I was going to try to convert one to a mkv file to see if the same thing happens. I may also try running off a separate drive to see if that helps.

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by heatvent

Yes and yes. HD video seems fine. I was going to try to convert one to a mkv file to see if the same thing happens. I may also try running off a separate drive to see if that helps.

Sounds good. I'd try the separate drive first just to see. If that fixes the issue you need to get all of those DVD's off that drive as it may be going out. Even the slowest (maybe not THE slowest) hard drives will be able to keep up with dvd playback so if it can't then you have a big problem.

[heatvent]

Well I ended up trying updating network driver with the MB manufacturer's version instead of the defaut W7 driver first since it was easy to do and it was a pleasant surprise that the issue went away. Thanks panteragstk. I would not have tried that first (if at all).

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by heatvent

Well I ended up trying updating network driver with the MB manufacturer's version instead of the defaut W7 driver first since it was easy to do and it was a pleasant surprise that the issue went away. Thanks panteragstk. I would not have tried that first (if at all).

No problem. Glad you got it working.