USB Problems? Read This!

[ASTUR2000]

@rodries

i tried your latest beta from here and can happily report that my DSI Exception i reported here is gone. 😀

[Skanksta]

@rodries wrote:

@Btc wrote:

Nice work rodries and team, It really played the MPEG2 video file of 7,82GB that has 02:15:00 of length. But it only showed the correct length via USB (NTFS), not via SMB.

Please don’t forget to do the same correction when loading from SMB and please do launch a new version soon 😉

Try this beta & report: http://www.mediafire.com/?ob2kbapidt3ff9m

This didn’t seem to help me. While the total movie length shows correct, through SMB I still only get about 8-10 minutes of playtime on my ISO’s over 4GB, before they stop playing and kick me back to the main WiiMC screen.

[sickpuppy]

@rodries wrote:

@Btc wrote:

@rodries wrote:

Try this compiled version & report: http://www.mediafire.com/?zp4oytj5ebdb1w5
Has been compiled with special flags to try to manage big files.

Nice work rodries and team, It really played the MPEG2 video file of 7,82GB that has 02:15:00 of length. But it only showed the correct length via USB (NTFS), not via SMB.

Please don’t forget to do the same correction when loading from SMB and please do launch a new version soon 😉

Try this beta & report: http://www.mediafire.com/?ob2kbapidt3ff9m

This one does the same thing the last one you gave me does… Works perfectly with large videos in USB (NTFS) but in SMB it keeps showing the wrong length 😕

[da-chosen-one]

Here is my Logfile

[bakeapples]

Here’s my logfile too! 😉
But I faced a problem while running the USB Test Tool… 🙁
Some of the times when I unplugged my HDD, it made a weird sound like when there’s a power failure and the HDD shuts down abruptly! 😯

I have the same problem in WiiMC… 🙄
If I am running it and I turn off the Wii, it makes that disturbing sound too… 😕
But If I wait at least around 15 seconds from the last HDD access (light blink), it shuts down quietly! 😛
I don’t think it’s an HDD issue, because from inside Windows, I can access the HDD, do that “Safely remove hardware” stuff and unplug the USB cable in less than 5 seconds, and it doesn’t make any sound at all! 🙄

Anyway, do you think these USB tests will help solve this problem, too? 😀
Keep up the great work! 😎

[finite]

usb log file , will post another one later today or tomorrow for my other hdd

[aka107]

@Btc wrote:

This one does the same thing the last one you gave me does… Works perfectly with large videos in USB (NTFS) but in SMB it keeps showing the wrong length 😕

I think this is going to works fine, also improved performance
http://www.mediafire.com/?0kojpv83wice9eb

[Anonymous]

@rodries wrote:

@Btc wrote:

This one does the same thing the last one you gave me does… Works perfectly with large videos in USB (NTFS) but in SMB it keeps showing the wrong length 😕

I think this is going to works fine, also improved performance
http://www.mediafire.com/?0kojpv83wice9eb

Hi rodries,
what kind of optimization did you add in your build?
I tested your wiimc version in two critical conditions, without having appreciable improvements:

– ISO DVD images, shared through WiFi SMB have frequent buffering (see http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1052#p4539)

– quick-time videos play choopy as also reported by _ponyo_ in Issue #296 http://www.wiimc.org/tracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=296

Do you have any idea about these issues (even if they have nothing to do with USB)?

@rodries wrote:

@clava wrote:

Hi Rodries,
here’s the log from an HP external USB Drive CD/DVD R/RW. I run the test with a UDF formatted DVD loaded.

The device is compatible with the usbstorage, but we have to make changes in wiimc to redirect dvd calls to usb device. I’m not sure if it’s an easy task and we haven’t an usb dvd drive, so you will have to be the tester.

Finally, any news about USB DVD drive support?

[aka107]

@clava wrote:

what kind of optimization did you add in your build?

Set L2 cache to 64byte
@clava wrote:

I tested your wiimc version in two critical conditions, without having appreciable improvements:

– ISO DVD images, shared through WiFi SMB have frequent buffering (see http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1052#p4539)

¿Have you disabled menu dvd?
dvdnav is very slow
I can watch dvd video over samba, but I’m using a modified wiimc. I have to check that code.
@clava wrote:

– quick-time videos play choopy as also reported by _ponyo_ in Issue #296 http://www.wiimc.org/tracker/index.php?do=details&task_id=296

Not studied yet

@clava wrote:

Finally, any news about USB DVD drive support?

Not enough time
Can you try to enable it?
use usbstorage.c from : http://code.google.com/p/wiimc/source/browse/trunk/libs/usb_test/usbstorage.c
comment #define DEBUG_USB and select method 5 instead 6
Must work fine if you replace the calls to dvd
Create a global var to select internal dvd or usb dvd, I’ll set that var in the rigth way later, but you can do it, if sector > 512 then dvd else usb.
make a function in usbstorage.c

bool IsDvdUSB()

{

u32 sectorsize,numSectors;

USBStorage_ReadCapacity(&__usbfd, __lun, &sectorsize, &numSectors);

if(sectorsize>512) return true;

return false;

}

[Anonymous]

@rodries wrote:

@clava wrote:

I tested your wiimc version in two critical conditions, without having appreciable improvements:

– ISO DVD images, shared through WiFi SMB have frequent buffering (see http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1052#p4539)

¿Have you disabled menu dvd?
dvdnav is very slow
I can watch dvd video over samba, but I’m using a modified wiimc. I have to check that code.

Yes, I disabled the menu dvd. My tests show a max WiFi speed around 6.7Mbps, measured with a small test application (see http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1052&start=10#p4641), probably not enough for playing uncompressed DVD without frequent buffering.

@rodries wrote:

@clava wrote:

Finally, any news about USB DVD drive support?

Not enough time
Can you try to enable it?
use usbstorage.c from : http://code.google.com/p/wiimc/source/browse/trunk/libs/usb_test/usbstorage.c
comment #define DEBUG_USB and select method 5 instead 6
Must work fine if you replace the calls to dvd
Create a global var to select internal dvd or usb dvd, I’ll set that var in the rigth way later, but you can do it, if sector > 512 then dvd else usb.
make a function in usbstorage.c

bool IsDvdUSB()

{

u32 sectorsize,numSectors;

USBStorage_ReadCapacity(&__usbfd, __lun, &sectorsize, &numSectors);

if(sectorsize>512) return true;

return false;

}

I run a quick and dirty test (I didn’t call the IsDvdUSB() function):
– I patched usbstorage.c as suggested, replacing the one in libogc
– I patched the get_interface() function in iso9960.c , returning &__io_usbstorage;
– I patched fileop.cpp, setting: static const DISC_INTERFACE* dvd = &__io_usbstorage;
With the above modification, WiiMC shows a DataDVD icon and tries to read the disk. Unfortunately, I got an “Invalid DVD” error message and sporadic segfault… I must have missed something…

[Skanksta]

@rodries wrote:

@Btc wrote:

This one does the same thing the last one you gave me does… Works perfectly with large videos in USB (NTFS) but in SMB it keeps showing the wrong length 😕

I think this is going to works fine, also improved performance
http://www.mediafire.com/?0kojpv83wice9eb

Awesome work rodries! Tested this out with my large ISO’s (over 4GB) and they play perfectly over SMB all the way through now. I seem to have no more problems with large files now (that I can see). Thank you!

[ponyo]

Here is my file! Hope this is somehow useful.

[aka107]

@clava wrote:

I run a quick and dirty test (I didn’t call the IsDvdUSB() function):
– I patched usbstorage.c as suggested, replacing the one in libogc
– I patched the get_interface() function in iso9960.c , returning &__io_usbstorage;
– I patched fileop.cpp, setting: static const DISC_INTERFACE* dvd = &__io_usbstorage;
With the above modification, WiiMC shows a DataDVD icon and tries to read the disk. Unfortunately, I got an “Invalid DVD” error message and sporadic segfault… I must have missed something…

You have to patch mplayer, check libdvdread4 (maybe libdvdcss & libdvdnav) search for gekko defines

[lowell]

Here’s my little contribution.

[Anonymous]

@rodries wrote:

@clava wrote:

I run a quick and dirty test (I didn’t call the IsDvdUSB() function):
– I patched usbstorage.c as suggested, replacing the one in libogc
– I patched the get_interface() function in iso9960.c , returning &__io_usbstorage;
– I patched fileop.cpp, setting: static const DISC_INTERFACE* dvd = &__io_usbstorage;
With the above modification, WiiMC shows a DataDVD icon and tries to read the disk. Unfortunately, I got an “Invalid DVD” error message and sporadic segfault… I must have missed something…

You have to patch mplayer, check libdvdread4 (maybe libdvdcss & libdvdnav) search for gekko defines

Thanks for the hints! I’ll see what I can do (or what I’m able to do…)
clava

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