USB Problems? Read This!

[sickpuppy]

@rodries wrote:

@Btc wrote:

This one does the same thing the last one you gave me does… Works perfectly with large videos in USB (NTFS) but in SMB it keeps showing the wrong length 😕

I think this is going to works fine, also improved performance
http://www.mediafire.com/?0kojpv83wice9eb

Success 😛
Now working with very large files on any method that I use, thanks a lot! 😆

[Shnazzyone]

Harddrive:
Seagate 500GB FreeAgent Go Media
2,5 Zoll
PN: 9TA2AH-500

Tested again with Test 1.12 – Log added to my first post : http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1033&p=4497#p4497

[cadbusca]

Thanks for posting this Atlanx. This 500GB Seagate GO is the drive I have purchased to replace my old failed USB HDD. Since my SD card slot is broken, I am unable to run the test, and I boot from a FAT32 partition on this drive, and read videos from the NTFS partition.

At first I found the FAT partition being overwritten by WIIMC, requiring a reformat and restore each time, but since I turned the “SLEEP TIME” from “3 minutes” to “Never” this has not reoccured. I also believe I have seen the same problem after a long video pause but I will test that further. It also takes 40-45 seconds to boot from the USB drive but this apparently is not a WIIMC fixable problem. Other than that the drive seems to work fine.

I am concerned about the failure of method 5 in the latest test:

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__usbstorage_IsInserted
USB_GetDeviceList. device_count: 0
USB Device NOT Compatible!!!
USB2 device test method: 5

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Can someone expain what this means? I need to decide if I am going to keep this drive or return it so I would appreciate knowing what the problem is. Thanks.

[rodries]

I would be concerned too, since method 5 is the one we’re going with.

[Skanksta]

@jhb50 wrote:

I am concerned about the failure of method 5 in the latest test:

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__usbstorage_IsInserted
USB_GetDeviceList. device_count: 0
USB Device NOT Compatible!!!
USB2 device test method: 5

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Can someone expain what this means? I need to decide if I am going to keep this drive or return it so I would appreciate knowing what the problem is. Thanks.

I think that’s test 4 actually…test 5 should be the next one under that.

[rodries]

I think he’s right! That was test 4.

[cadbusca]

OK, I see that now. Sorry for the confusion.

[aka107]

@jhb50 wrote:

Thanks for posting this Atlanx. This 500GB Seagate GO is the drive I have purchased to replace my old failed USB HDD. Since my SD card slot is broken, I am unable to run the test, and I boot from a FAT32 partition on this drive, and read videos from the NTFS partition.

At first I found the FAT partition being overwritten by WIIMC, requiring a reformat and restore each time, but since I turned the “SLEEP TIME” from “3 minutes” to “Never” this has not reoccured. I also believe I have seen the same problem after a long video pause but I will test that further. It also takes 40-45 seconds to boot from the USB drive but this apparently is not a WIIMC fixable problem. Other than that the drive seems to work fine.

I am concerned about the failure of method 5 in the latest test:

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__usbstorage_IsInserted
USB_GetDeviceList. device_count: 0
USB Device NOT Compatible!!!
USB2 device test method: 5

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Can someone expain what this means? I need to decide if I am going to keep this drive or return it so I would appreciate knowing what the problem is. Thanks.

Means that the device has not been detected when you have unplug & plugged.
In test 6 we do an iosreload then the usb hardware is resetted that’s the reason it has been detected.
Maybe tuejdi need more work on plug detection or IOS can’t detect it in the rigth way.
Some devices need to be swicth off when unplugged to be detected on plugging

[fantux]

Looks like mine passed. Thanks for the great work.
I have a SimpleTech SimpleDrive 500 Gb. Model Number 96300-40001-001.

[Shnazzyone]

@Tantric wrote:

I would be concerned too, since method 5 is the one we’re going with.

Oh ~~ ok. Then i will better re-run the test – for checking if i get the same results again.

will paste later today when done…

Postby Tantric » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:36 pm
I think he’s right! That was test 4.

Nevertheless – will do a test again.

[Anonymous]

@clava wrote:

@rodries wrote:

@clava wrote:

I run a quick and dirty test (I didn’t call the IsDvdUSB() function):
– I patched usbstorage.c as suggested, replacing the one in libogc
– I patched the get_interface() function in iso9960.c , returning &__io_usbstorage;
– I patched fileop.cpp, setting: static const DISC_INTERFACE* dvd = &__io_usbstorage;
With the above modification, WiiMC shows a DataDVD icon and tries to read the disk. Unfortunately, I got an “Invalid DVD” error message and sporadic segfault… I must have missed something…

You have to patch mplayer, check libdvdread4 (maybe libdvdcss & libdvdnav) search for gekko defines

Thanks for the hints! I’ll see what I can do (or what I’m able to do…)
clava

I finally succeeded in reading the DVD structure from my external USB DVD drive 😀 !!!
I patched usbstorage.c as suggested by Rodries and I changed the get_interface() function in iso9960.c , returning &__io_usbstorage;
The only oddity is that I had to call USBStorage_Deinitialize() to read correctly the DVD actually inserted. Without calling it, readSectors() and the following ISO9660_Mount failed (even if isInserted returns true).
Attached the code I used for the test. Now I’m trying to patch wiimc and mplayer accordingly.
Any further suggestions are welcome!

[Anonymous]

@clava wrote:

@clava wrote:

@rodries wrote:

You have to patch mplayer, check libdvdread4 (maybe libdvdcss & libdvdnav) search for gekko defines

Thanks for the hints! I’ll see what I can do (or what I’m able to do…)
clava

I finally succeeded in reading the DVD structure from my external USB DVD drive 😀 !!!
I patched usbstorage.c as suggested by Rodries and I changed the get_interface() function in iso9960.c , returning &__io_usbstorage;
The only oddity is that I had to call USBStorage_Deinitialize() to read correctly the DVD actually inserted. Without calling it, readSectors() and the following ISO9660_Mount failed (even if isInserted returns true).
Attached the code I used for the test. Now I’m trying to patch wiimc and mplayer accordingly.
Any further suggestions are welcome!

Now I’m able to read DVD in WiiMC as data disk and playing .vob files. Still not able to directly play DVD or VIDEO_TS folder (device=dvd:/VIDEO_TS, file=dvd://).
I tried to patch libdvdcss/device.c, redirecting disk I/O through libc_open, libc_seek, … functions (in place of di_* functions). Unfortunately, it does not seem to work. Any advice?

[mats158]

Hi
I just bought a My Book Essential 3TB external drive today, formatted to NTFS and plugged to my Wii. No matter what application I launch (WiiMC, WiiXplorer, WiiMC tester app) it crashes right away and I have to restart the Wii.

Wii is unusable with that drive attached to it.
No problem with my other external drive that I’ve been using since day 1. And, It passes the test.
Tried my new drive in both USB ports, with and without the other drive attached.
Any idea what can be causing this?

[rodries]

Sure. It’s not compatible. You can hope someone alters the code to make it compatible (if it’s even possible) but I wouldn’t hold your breath…

[aka107]

@theG wrote:

Hi
I just bought a My Book Essential 3TB external drive today, formatted to NTFS and plugged to my Wii. No matter what application I launch (WiiMC, WiiXplorer, WiiMC tester app) it crashes right away and I have to restart the Wii.

Wii is unusable with that drive attached to it.
No problem with my other external drive that I’ve been using since day 1. And, It passes the test.
Tried my new drive in both USB ports, with and without the other drive attached.
Any idea what can be causing this?

have you tried to use the usb test app?

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