SoonerLater
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- Mar 7, 2013
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I'm 99.99999999% that this problem has nothing to do with TrueNAS (or even my network), but here goes.
Since I deployed my new TrueNAS (11.3-U5) Mini-XL+ server as the SMBserver for all of my media, I have been getting pixelated video so bad that sometimes it freezes and even causes the app playing it to crash. Weird, huh? For 8 years prior I used a FreeNAS / TrueNAS server (running on an HP N40L Microserver that had less than 5% of the CPU power and half the RAM of my new Mini-XL+) and the old system never, ever had a hiccup. I don't run Plex (or any jails) on my TrueNAS server. It's just a SMB server and nothing else. Until this morning, I used an Apple TV 4K (using the MrMC app) to play video files on the SMB share on my TrueNAS. Just to see if it was the Apple TV, I got an nVidia Shield Pro for testing. I connected the Shield using the same ethernet and HDMI cables as the Apple TV had used for years (with 0% problems) until I deployed the new Mini-XL+). Although the Shield did a better job (less pixelation and fewer freezes, but still very noticeable). Next I tried moving the Mini-XL+ to a new location in the house where it would be farther from any nearby electrical equipment. Nothing improved. Oh... and all of my video content is 1080p or less.
So... how can I rule out the Mini-XL+ as a source of the problem? More importantly, how can I find the problem?
I realize that this isn't a video help problem, but I'm really struggling to isolate the problem. Again, I never had any problems whatsoever before I moved my video library from old TrueNAS (11.3-U5) to new TrueNAS (11.3-U5).
Since I deployed my new TrueNAS (11.3-U5) Mini-XL+ server as the SMBserver for all of my media, I have been getting pixelated video so bad that sometimes it freezes and even causes the app playing it to crash. Weird, huh? For 8 years prior I used a FreeNAS / TrueNAS server (running on an HP N40L Microserver that had less than 5% of the CPU power and half the RAM of my new Mini-XL+) and the old system never, ever had a hiccup. I don't run Plex (or any jails) on my TrueNAS server. It's just a SMB server and nothing else. Until this morning, I used an Apple TV 4K (using the MrMC app) to play video files on the SMB share on my TrueNAS. Just to see if it was the Apple TV, I got an nVidia Shield Pro for testing. I connected the Shield using the same ethernet and HDMI cables as the Apple TV had used for years (with 0% problems) until I deployed the new Mini-XL+). Although the Shield did a better job (less pixelation and fewer freezes, but still very noticeable). Next I tried moving the Mini-XL+ to a new location in the house where it would be farther from any nearby electrical equipment. Nothing improved. Oh... and all of my video content is 1080p or less.
So... how can I rule out the Mini-XL+ as a source of the problem? More importantly, how can I find the problem?
I realize that this isn't a video help problem, but I'm really struggling to isolate the problem. Again, I never had any problems whatsoever before I moved my video library from old TrueNAS (11.3-U5) to new TrueNAS (11.3-U5).
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