hdd in optibay: problem with watching movies ?

[macchiato2009]

i've installed a HDD today in an optibay, replacing the SD of my mini

tried to watch some videos but about every 10 secondes, there is a micro "jump"

any idea what could cause that ?

the hdd seems to work properly


it occurs with VLC but not with QT, i just checked

pretty weird, because i never had this before installing the new hdd

 

[macchiato2009]

i have disabled spotlight, it seems to be the cause of it

 

[newuser2310]

since you put in a new hdd, spotlight needs to index it, this can take some time and use cpu/ram.

Re enable it and leave it to index overnight or something.

Thats if you ever use spotlight.

 

[macchiato2009]

well i have disabled it

but it still occurs during movies

not every 10 seconds but every 15-20 seconds now

 

[newuser2310]

well i have disabled it

but it still occurs during movies

not every 10 seconds but every 15-20 seconds now

I found VLC to be a bit rubbish, especially with the HD stuff.

try plex: http://www.plexapp.com/

Like front row but much better.

 

[macchiato2009]

yes i tried, it's working properly under plex, xbmc and QT

but sometimes videos are quite dark

the advantage of VLC is that i can set gamma, etc...

but still, even if i can read movies with other players i really want to identify the source of this problem