Could not play videos - iso, mp4 etc from hdd - Raspberry Pi Forums

hi folks,

posting think may others (posted on xbian formus well):

last week got hold of external hdd - plan being put dvds on , play them rpi2/kodi/xbian.

without going in detail, first batch of films when on hdd , played fine - dvd shrink coped majority...some had done using trail version of dvd fab.

going well, until yesterday, when file transfer hdd seemed slow down. having scanned hdd, found no problems - copy...not faster, got there in end.

today, connected hdd rpi2 - none of films had done day before ran.

after head-banging , file re-generation, resorted trying mp4 format, rather iso - still didn't work.

so, basics:
on windows 7, toshiba 1tb hdd.
run mp4 windows - runs ok
run mp4 hdd under rp12/xbian - error reading file (from log).
run mp4 hdd under windows - error reading file.
files appear same, but....

having trawled web, found 'similar' issues hdd/usb drives/sd cards etc., advising same kind of thing...e.g. corrupt file/corrupt disk - not real help.

ding! penny dropped...a few days ago when hdd connected win7, changed drive/folder optimization option general videos (seemed idea @ time).

so, have changed option 'general' , works fine.

hope helps others, spent while trying bottom of one.

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