Hi,
I have an external usb disc SEAGATE FREEDESKTOP 0.5 tb partitioned 250 and 250.
When i want to transfer files from other discs everything works fine.
When i want to see a movie or hear some music freezes and works again after a few minutes.>:(
I also tried with different external drives and i have the same results.
Any help will be appreciated
john 
Open suse 11.0 kde 3.5
What files system is the format of the two external drive partitions?
Is this a USB-1.0 ? 1.1 ? 2.0 ?
Exactly what media player (exact version) are you using? Are these packman packaged players? videlan packaged players ? other packager?
How about trying more than one media player to play the file.
I assume this external hard drive is plugged directly into your PC, and not into another PC on the LAN ?
What is the precise codec of the media file(s) (audio/video) that you are trying to play?
1.The file systems are NTFS for half and Fat32 for the other half.
2.I’ve tried to play it with mplayer, xine, vlc latest versions all with the same result (freeze after a few minute and restarts).
3.It is directly connected to my Pc USB 2.0
4.How can i determine which precise codec of the media file(s) (audio/video) i have?
Thanks in advance:)
Install media info …
PackMan :: Informationen zum Paket MediaInfo
Still, its strange your external USB hard drive would be so slow. What openSUSE version did you say you were using ?
Open suse 11.0
How are you mounting these external drives? Are they hot plug auto mounted? I assume no entry in your /etc/fstab?
amd sempron 2600+
1.83ghz 1gb mem
Auto mounted but when the system starts i 'm waiting a little for the disc to wake up (probbing edd) then i press spacebar and it starts
/etc/fstab: static file system information.
<file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD400BB-32CWD-WMAC51113777-part5 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD400BB-32CWD-WMAC51113777-part6 /home ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/sdc1 /media/New_Volume ntfs-3g defaults,locale=el_GR.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt_ ntfs-3g defaults,locale=el_GR.UTF-8,force 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_FUJITSU_MPC3064_01312627-part1 /windows/C ntfs-3g defaults,users,locale=el_GR.UTF-8,force 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD400BB-32CWD-WMAC51113777-part1 /windows/D vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/sdd1 /media/New\040Volume ntfs-3g defaults,nosuid,nodev,locale=el_GR.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD400BB-32CWD-WMAC51113777-part2 swap swap defaults 0 0
debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
and type with your external drive plugged in (with root permissions):
fdisk -l
and post here the output
Disk /dev/sda: 6488 MB, 6488294400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 788 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x30c730c6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 787 6321546 7 HPFS/NTFS
Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd4d7d4d7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 2 3028 24314377+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 3029 3157 1036192+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb3 3158 4865 13719510 f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 3158 3841 5494198+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 3842 4865 8225248+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa4b57300
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 29800 239368468+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 29801 60801 249015532+ f W95 Ext’d (LBA)
/dev/sdc5 29801 60117 243521271 b W95 FAT32
This is puzzling. It does not 100% match your fstab.
It appears to me you had external drives plugged in and powered when you installed openSUSE ? If so, that is not something I would do , and it is something that I would recommend against.
Is sdc1 your Segate NTFS in the “fdisk -l” ?
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa4b57300
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 29800 239368468+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdc2 29801 60801 249015532+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdc5 29801 60117 243521271 b W95 FAT32
Is that the same as sdc1 in your fstab?
/dev/sdc1 /media/New_Volume ntfs-3g defaults,locale=el_GR.UTF-8 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /mnt_ ntfs-3g defaults,locale=el_GR.UTF-8,force 0 0
I also do not see how having two identical mount points for sdc1 (which may be your external drive) is a good idea. Just the opposite. I believe it to be bad.
Anyway, if my guess about sdc1 being your external drive is correct, and if I am correct about it having an entry in the fstab, then I recommend you backup your fstab, and then remove the line for sdc1 in your fstab and reboot and test.
As an added note, the general policy that I am familiar with adopting is if one wishes to be able to hot plug automount an external drive, then it should NOT have an entry in the fstab.
Well i probably had my external drives plugged in when i have made the installation of suse 11.00.
I remove the lines from fstab and reboot it
the result was that i couldn’t see the contents from the NTFS drive (sdc1) only the drive with fat32 (sdc5)
Is there any other solution (except the reinstallation :))
for not freezing the movie or the music?
Thanks in advance