Okay - this doesn’t appear to be an iTunes problem. He just tested running files off the external drive using VLC player and it too paused for 30 seconds. K
> On Feb 22, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m hoping someone has some suggestions. > > A friend of mine, a professor at a major university, unfortunately is > relegated to using a Dell laptop with 3 GB of RAM running Windows 7 > Enterprise 2009 Service Pack 1. 32-bit. > > Due to storage constraints, he has been running his iTunes library off an > external LaCie D2 Quadra V3C (1.16 TB free out of 1.8.1 TB). His control > panel says there is 0% fragmentation. > > Most of the files he ripped from his CDs are in Apple Lossless format. Some > of the videos in his library are from YouTube (H.264?). > > Playback of both music and video will often pause for 30 - 90 seconds, then > resume from where it was paused. It can happen several times in one file. > It is random, but happens enough that it’s impossible to listen to music or > watch a video. He is running the latest version of iTunes (12.1) which he > installed last Friday, but the problem existed prior to the update. > > He did some searching online and found posts from 2010-2013 talking bout this > very playback issue happening on both Windows and Mac - and it seems related > to running the library off an external drive. However, I haven’t been able > to find any recents posts concerning this problem. > > I run my music and photo libraries on external drives on 3 machines and am > not having this problem running Yosemite. > > I realize there could be many factors causing the pauses in his case. > > I asked him to try a different media player using content from the external > drive. > > I know this is a talk list for Mac OS X! But I’m hoping there are some > cross-platform experts here who may have run into this problem or have > suggestions. > > Thanks, > Kevin > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
