I just noticed a strange problem that appears to be affecting my ide drives. I copied some recorded shows from my htpc so I could cut out the commericals. I went to edit the first one and it showed a lot of blocks and tiles. I checked the mpg file with WM9 and it would stutter, stop, and fail to play.
I didn't think much of it until I noticed that several other files had this problem. Thinking it was a problem with my pc I copied the files back over to the htpc. Some of them were now playing fine - even when I played them from my pc (they play over the network).
I'm thinking WM9 is fine since the mpg can play over the network. The files are fine since I can play them from the htpc. I don't think it has anything to do with a specific drive because I tried copying from one local drive to another and the mpg still didn't play. Also, some of the other mpg files that I have on the drive appear to play fine.
I replaced the ide cable on the drive I use to edit files. I also switched to a different ide connection. Nothing else appears to be giving me a problem since the pc boots fine and applications run. I did a quick disk check on the drive an no errors were reported. I've copied several files to and from the drives and haven't seen any errors so I think the disk is physically fine.
At this point I don't know what to look at. The only thing to change recently is the new WD200 and it's actually been there for about a month. It's like there is something wrong with my ide controller or something. The strangest thing is that I can copy an mpg file to my pc and it's appears corrupted, I copy the same file to the htpc and play it over the network and it plays just fine.
Can anyone suggest some more debugging ideas?
I didn't think much of it until I noticed that several other files had this problem. Thinking it was a problem with my pc I copied the files back over to the htpc. Some of them were now playing fine - even when I played them from my pc (they play over the network).
I'm thinking WM9 is fine since the mpg can play over the network. The files are fine since I can play them from the htpc. I don't think it has anything to do with a specific drive because I tried copying from one local drive to another and the mpg still didn't play. Also, some of the other mpg files that I have on the drive appear to play fine.
I replaced the ide cable on the drive I use to edit files. I also switched to a different ide connection. Nothing else appears to be giving me a problem since the pc boots fine and applications run. I did a quick disk check on the drive an no errors were reported. I've copied several files to and from the drives and haven't seen any errors so I think the disk is physically fine.
At this point I don't know what to look at. The only thing to change recently is the new WD200 and it's actually been there for about a month. It's like there is something wrong with my ide controller or something. The strangest thing is that I can copy an mpg file to my pc and it's appears corrupted, I copy the same file to the htpc and play it over the network and it plays just fine.
Can anyone suggest some more debugging ideas?