Linux/XBMC Live - Frame Pauses

[Noobsack]

about 3 or 4 times a movie, the video will pause, sound continues for about 5 seconds, then pauses, then another 5 seconds later everything will do a "fast forward" bit and catch up to where it was. I was thinking this was a video card problem since I'm running a BIOSTAR 9400GT 1024MB DDR-2 DX10.0 GRAPHICS CARD CSVN9402THG1 Link to nvidia video card post where i was suggested to post here

Anyways, I'm running XBMC Live off a 8gig thumb drive.

It's difficult to get specs since My buddy built it and i don't exactly know what is in it, I suppose I could tear it open and write down all the numbers on the stickers. wasn't sure if this is common and someone had a simple answer.

 

[Noobsack]

EVGA 132-YW-E178-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
Brand EVGA
Model 132-YW-E178-A1
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type LGA 775
CPU Type Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo
FSB 1333/1066MHz
Chipsets
North Bridge NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
Memory
Number of Memory Slots 4×240pin
Memory Standard DDR2 1066 Up to 1200MHz SLI-Ready Memory with EPP
Maximum Memory Supported 8GB
Channel Supported Dual Channel

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80580Q9300
Brand Intel
Series Core 2 Quad
Model BX80580Q9300
CPU Socket Type LGA 775
Core Yorkfield
Multi-Core Quad-Core
Name Core 2 Quad Q9300
Operating Frequency 2.5GHz
FSB 1333MHz
L2 Cache 6MB
Manufacturing Tech 45 nm
Voltage 0.85V – 1.3625V
Thermal Design Power 95W

RAM
Mushkin 2x2GB 5-4-4-12
OCZ 2x1GB Dual CH 5-5-5-10

BIOSTAR 9400GT 1024MB 550Eclk 667Mhz DX10.0 DDR-2 DVI HDTV SLI PCI-E x 16X (HDMI ONBOARD)

Product Features
- NVIDIA GF9400GT GPU
- 1024MB DDR2
- Native HDMI output support
- PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface
- Support NVIDIA PuroVideo HD Technology
- Complete DirectX support, including DirectX 10 and lower

Product Specifications
ENGINE CLOCK 550MHz
MEMORY CLOCK 667MHz
MEMORY SIZE 512MB
MEMORY TYPE DDR2
MEMORY BUS 128-bit
STREAM PROCESSORS 16
INTERFACE Support PCI-E 2.0 x16
RAMDACs 400MHz
MAX RESOLUTION 2560 X 1600

 

[Easy Rhino]

specs are more than enough. you are running xbmc off an 8 gig thumb drive. start there.

 

[Noobsack]

specs are more than enough. you are running xbmc off an 8 gig thumb drive. start there.

Really... hrmm I was told the flash drive would work fine. Damn. Lol.

Hrmmm, well i'm using all the sataports. Hrmm IDE for the lose! Lol

 

[Noobsack]

Would the flash drive really be what is effecting the system? And if so why?

 

[crazy pyro]

Flash drives have a lower transfer rate and higher read times than hard disks due to the lower bandwidth offered by USB, I believe it's something like that anyway. IDE shouldn't have an issue running this though.