I don't think the server is waiting for USB drives to be ready on Windows Start

[darbid 1]

I am on a Windows 7 x64 and my media is attached to my PC via USB 2.0.  Recently after a new start of windows when I start a client I can see the names of my media but no images and if I start to play something it says the file is offline.

 

A restart to the server fixes it.

 

I am pretty sure that last month this was not happening so is there something in the Settings that has changed or I have changed?

 

In my opinion it seems that the server is trying to access the drive and folder before they are ready and then gives up instead of trying again.

Edited March 8, 2014 by darbid

[Latchmor 584]

Hi, I'm guessing a restart to the MB Server starts the Scan Media Library task which then sees that your USB drives are there and scans them. I'm not sure what has changed but next time you restart the PC and get the same issue, instead of restarting MBS can you go the the Dashboard > Scheduled Tasks and start the Scan Media Library task.

 

If your media goes back to online then that confirms MBS is running its 'On Application Startup' scan before your USB drives are available. The devs would have to take it from there to let you know what could have changed this recently.

 

Cheers

[FrostByte 5392]

One option may be to delay the start of MB on your server to give it enough time to scan and find your USB drives first.  I run MB as a service on my Win8.1 machine and can go into services and tell it to start MB automatically (delayed)

[Xzener 729]

I have a script that waits for my FlexRAID drive to be available before launching MBS.... works great. I also added Sickbeard and Sabznzb to the delay. After Windows updates and reboots (for example), everything launches and is ready when needed.