Quicktime + Real Media and RAID

Blacklash · 02-11-07, 06:04 PM

Anyone have massive pausing with Real Media and Quicktime using RAID 0? I am on VISTA as well. They worked great when I had my drives set up the old way with the paging file on the secondary drive. Smooth as butter. With RAID 0 they pause every 3 to 4 seconds for 5 to 6 seconds. Widows Media Player files are fine in RAID 0 for me.

Q · 02-12-07, 01:15 AM

Weird. Are you using this Raid as the location for your Windows installation or just as extra storage? (It sounds like Windows installation but I just want to be sure).

Blacklash · 02-12-07, 03:43 AM

Yes as windows installation. I wanted to try Vista and RAID 0. I currently just use the two raptors. It did well besides that odd behavior I outlined. It had almost zero impact in real gaming though. It made loading levels and maps hella fast and actually moving about afterwards was the same. I was hoping it would help Vanguard's city areas like Hathor Zhi and if it did I couldn't tell. I went back to my old way of doing things; OS and programs on my main drive and paging file isolated to my secondary drive. Real media and Quicktime run fluid now.

I may try again down the line if I buy another drive. I will use the new larger drive for the OS and storage and twin raptors in RAID 0 for the paging file.

nekrosoft13 · 02-12-07, 09:36 AM

this probably has nothing to do with raid, i would uninstall all codec packs, and try one at a time, so see which is actually causing the problem

itink · 03-02-07, 12:04 AM

I have the same issue and it has everything to do with raid. If you look in the Vista event viewer you will find event id 9 errors with a source of iastor, which is the intel raid driver. This is the source of the quicktime slowdown. If you leave quicktime running long enough it will fail both drives of a raid 1 array and Vista will crash. You will not be able to reboot unless you enter the raid bios at startup and recover the array. I have seen some other posts about this behavour being produced by the slingbox media player. I suspect we will see a raid driver update from intel soon. Well at least I hope so.

SLippe · 03-02-07, 11:45 PM

Realplayer is pure sh!t.

crainger · 10-30-08, 04:32 AM

How are things in Old Vizima?

einstein_314 · 10-30-08, 06:55 PM

I would say it's not a RAID problem...more likely a codec problem. Have you tried using other programs to play your files? like VLC media player, or media player classic.

I have a RAID 0 array here on the onboard Intel RAID controller. No problems like you say. Oh and i'm running Vista x64.

I would uninstall all your media programs/codec packs and start adding them one at a time.

DOH! Just noticed this thread was from a while ago....

02-11-07, 06:04 PM	#1
Blacklash 8^9^3 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 3,814	Quicktime + Real Media and RAID Anyone have massive pausing with Real Media and Quicktime using RAID 0? I am on VISTA as well. They worked great when I had my drives set up the old way with the paging file on the secondary drive. Smooth as butter. With RAID 0 they pause every 3 to 4 seconds for 5 to 6 seconds. Widows Media Player files are fine in RAID 0 for me. __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.96GHz (1.36v)\|Mushkin 998681 XP3-12800 (3x2GB) Intel BOXDX58SO (X58)\|Evga GeForce GTX 260 (711\|2300)\|DoubleSight DS-263N WD VRaptor 150GB HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Thermalright U-120 Extreme\|VISTA HP x64 SP-2

02-12-07, 03:43 AM	#3
Blacklash 8^9^3 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 3,814	Re: Quicktime + Real Media and RAID Yes as windows installation. I wanted to try Vista and RAID 0. I currently just use the two raptors. It did well besides that odd behavior I outlined. It had almost zero impact in real gaming though. It made loading levels and maps hella fast and actually moving about afterwards was the same. I was hoping it would help Vanguard's city areas like Hathor Zhi and if it did I couldn't tell. I went back to my old way of doing things; OS and programs on my main drive and paging file isolated to my secondary drive. Real media and Quicktime run fluid now. I may try again down the line if I buy another drive. I will use the new larger drive for the OS and storage and twin raptors in RAID 0 for the paging file. __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.96GHz (1.36v)\|Mushkin 998681 XP3-12800 (3x2GB) Intel BOXDX58SO (X58)\|Evga GeForce GTX 260 (711\|2300)\|DoubleSight DS-263N WD VRaptor 150GB HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Thermalright U-120 Extreme\|VISTA HP x64 SP-2

02-12-07, 09:36 AM	#4
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 22,334	Re: Quicktime + Real Media and RAID this probably has nothing to do with raid, i would uninstall all codec packs, and try one at a time, so see which is actually causing the problem __________________ Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum 195.62 = NeKro Certified driver, thats better than WHQL System Specs Say no to ketchup, use mustard

03-02-07, 12:04 AM	#5
itink Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	Re: Quicktime + Real Media and RAID I have the same issue and it has everything to do with raid. If you look in the Vista event viewer you will find event id 9 errors with a source of iastor, which is the intel raid driver. This is the source of the quicktime slowdown. If you leave quicktime running long enough it will fail both drives of a raid 1 array and Vista will crash. You will not be able to reboot unless you enter the raid bios at startup and recover the array. I have seen some other posts about this behavour being produced by the slingbox media player. I suspect we will see a raid driver update from intel soon. Well at least I hope so.

03-02-07, 11:45 PM	#6
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10-30-08, 04:32 AM	#7
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10-30-08, 06:55 PM	#8
einstein_314 w00t!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 4,686	Re: Quicktime + Real Media and RAID I would say it's not a RAID problem...more likely a codec problem. Have you tried using other programs to play your files? like VLC media player, or media player classic. I have a RAID 0 array here on the onboard Intel RAID controller. No problems like you say. Oh and i'm running Vista x64. I would uninstall all your media programs/codec packs and start adding them one at a time. DOH! Just noticed this thread was from a while ago.... __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2GHz (9 x 355) w/ Swiftec APOGEE GTX Waterblock\|\| Asus P5B-Deluxe WiFi Edition eVGA 8800 GTX Superclocked Edition @ 675/1150 w/ DangerDen 8800GTX Waterblock\|\| 4x1GB Mushkin XP2 PC2-8500 X-Fi Fatal1ty 64MB \|\| PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W \|\| Seagate 7200.10 320 GB \|\| Dell 2407WFP Logitech Z-5300 Speakers \|\| Sennheiser HD555's \|\| Logitech G7 \|\| Logitech G15 \|\| Windows Vista Ultimate x64

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