Camcorder Playback Anomaly

Eichhörnchen · 11-12-22, 05:29 AM

I store my camcorder videos on an auxiliary hard drive attached to my laptop. Until yesterday they always played fine using Media Player, which I have on the laptop... now they keep jamming up and stopping.

But... if I copy the video file onto an SD card and play from this instead, everything works fine as before - I tried this because I wanted to check whether the files had become corrupted or that Media Player or even the pc was faulty

Is the auxiliary drive maybe wearing out?

HW3 · 11-12-22, 09:40 AM

Could be the cable from the drive to the laptop, or possibly the laptop was doing a process in the background that was memory intensive.

Eichhörnchen · 11-12-22, 04:56 PM

Thanks, HW3 - gives me something to try (the cable) plus I have Bitdefender which is ALWAYS bloody updating or doing something in the background

Cyborg322 · 11-12-22, 05:27 PM

like most things its a process of elimination, a background process hogging resources is common, I would boot up your laptop in safe mode, is there anything showing up in the task manager ? and are there any start up programs which you don't need to be running ?

Eichhörnchen · 11-12-22, 05:53 PM

I'll look at this lot too - thanks, mate

Eichhörnchen · 11-16-22, 06:54 AM

HW3 got it with the cable, thanks. I'd forgotten that I'd removed the cable from its usual port in the laptop and plugged it into a USB hub recently - this hub can be temperamental (mouse suddenly stops working etc) so I've plugged the drive cable back into the laptop and it all works fine again - doh!

Thanks, guys

HW3 · 11-16-22, 07:49 AM

Glad you figured it out and got it running good again.

11-12-22, 05:29 AM	#1
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Camcorder Playback Anomaly I store my camcorder videos on an auxiliary hard drive attached to my laptop. Until yesterday they always played fine using Media Player, which I have on the laptop... now they keep jamming up and stopping. *But*... if I copy the video file onto an SD card and play from this instead, everything works fine as before - I tried this because I wanted to check whether the files had become corrupted or that Media Player or even the pc was faulty Is the auxiliary drive maybe wearing out? __________________

11-12-22, 09:40 AM	#2
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,510 Downloads: 453 Uploads: 0	Could be the cable from the drive to the laptop, or possibly the laptop was doing a process in the background that was memory intensive. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

11-12-22, 04:56 PM	#3
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks, HW3 - gives me something to try (the cable) plus I have Bitdefender which is ALWAYS bloody updating or doing something in the background __________________

11-12-22, 05:27 PM	#4
Cyborg322 Scurvy Dog of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Manchester England Posts: 1,124 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 0	like most things its a process of elimination, a background process hogging resources is common, I would boot up your laptop in safe mode, is there anything showing up in the task manager ? and are there any start up programs which you don't need to be running ? __________________

11-12-22, 05:53 PM	#5
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I'll look at this lot too - thanks, mate __________________

11-16-22, 06:54 AM	#6
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,966 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	HW3 got it with the cable, thanks. I'd forgotten that I'd removed the cable from its usual port in the laptop and plugged it into a USB hub recently - this hub can be temperamental (mouse suddenly stops working etc) so I've plugged the drive cable back into the laptop and it all works fine again - doh! Thanks, guys __________________

11-16-22, 07:49 AM	#7
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,510 Downloads: 453 Uploads: 0	Glad you figured it out and got it running good again. __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk