Video stops playing at certain spots

Legacy 2nd gen Apple TV
#1

Hi there,

Ive been having problems with video playback since I first downloaded aTV flash for my second gen appletv. Some videos will stop playing at points during the video and return back to the menu in the media app (not a reset of appletv, just as if the video had completed playing). The blue dot on the side of the video disappears as if the video was watched entirely.

Interesting points:

  • It always happens at the same spots for the same video (ie. watching a particular tv show, the video stops playing at the exact same spot every time).

  • I can skip over the part where I know the video will stop playing, and then the video continues to play until the next time it decides to stop playing.

  • Using XBMC, everything works fine. No problems with playback so far.

I have a hard disk connected to my wireless router.

Have had this problem for a few weeks. I hoped the RC1 update would fix things but it has not at this point.

Thanks!

#2

I have the exact same problem, seems to hit large files the most.

 

Please, this is making me insane! 

#3

I have been having the same issue. 

After looking at the log files, it appears to be memory related issue.

A clean install does not seem to fix the issue, and memory is sitting at around 50%+ usage after reboot.

Lets hope the memory issue can be addressed in the next Maintenance update.

#4

Could you send in a bug report so we can track down what’s going on?

#5

Hi,

 

Any news on this? I have the same problem. 

 

Thanks

ATV 2 - iOS 5 - aTV Flash 1.6 Black

#6

After some testing, it looks like a router related problem. I connected the same USB drive to my computer and shared it vía SAMBA, it works. My router is a Sagem Livebox 2. I’ll be trying to figure it out…

#7

Thanks for following up. :)

#8

No problem :slight_smile: I ordered a small NAS. I’m planning on connecting my external HDD to the NAS and check if it works well with aTV. I’ll keep you guys posted.

 

Cheers!

#9

Shows abruptly stop

Movies stopping in the middle

 

http://www.xbmchub.com/forums/1channel-plugin/648-shows-abruptly-stop-2.html#post4098

 
#10

Thanks, but they are all related to XBMC. I can’t find a connection :-/

#11

Are you playing a video from your local network through XBMC or using an addon through XBMC? The claim is that the cache is full and emptying it solves the problem.

#12

I am playing video through “Media”, not through XBMC. As stated on the first post, using XBMC, everything works fine. 

Thanks

#13

Sorry I had quickly glanced at the post picking out key points. I would suggest filing out a support request with fireCore. Have you attempted to stream it from a different computer? I wonder if the video has an error that XBMC is handling but Media Player isn’t.

#14

No prob :wink: It happens with all kind of video (tried with different files). I’m waiting for my new NAS in order to check whether it’s a router related problem.

#15

Well, it looks like the new version of aTVFlash fixed the problem :slight_smile: Thank you!