Asus media Server keeps Scanning

[twitchyzero]

so everything was running fine for months
suddenly Media server wasnt detected
i disable and reanble it
the media server status is stuck on searching...on my TV i can only see some files

is there any way to get around this without reseting the router?
I've unmounted the drive and replugged it.
I dont wish to reset until end of the month because I keep a tab of the bandwidth usage.

i dont see any errors or anything funky in the logs

USB3 drive on RT-AC56U on (Merlin fork) 374.43_2-06Ej9527

 

[john9527]

It sounds as if the Media Server may be spinning on a corrupt file or one it doesn't understand. If you recently added some new media files, you can try deleting them one-by-one until you find the one causing a problem. You could also disconnect the drive from the router and take it to a PC and run a chkdsk/fsck (you didn't specify the drive format) on the drive to verify it's integrity.

 

[Khoa Nguyen]

so everything was running fine for months
suddenly Media server wasnt detected
i disable and reanble it
the media server status is stuck on searching...on my TV i can only see some files

is there any way to get around this without reseting the router?
I've unmounted the drive and replugged it.
I dont wish to reset until end of the month because I keep a tab of the bandwidth usage.

i dont see any errors or anything funky in the logs

USB3 drive on RT-AC56U on (Merlin fork) 374.43_2-06Ej9527

I've seen this before. there is a catalog file that the media server creates while scanning. If interrupt the write, power cycle, the file may be corrupted. Unmounted the drive, delete the file and remount it. Unfortunately i don't remember the name of the file but its pretty obvious when you look through the drive.

 

[Khoa Nguyen]

I've seen this before. there is a catalog file that the media server creates while scanning. If interrupt the write, power cycle, the file may be corrupted. Unmounted the drive, delete the file and remount it. Unfortunately i don't remember the name of the file but its pretty obvious when you look through the drive.

system log will tell you which file fsck is stuck on.

 

[twitchyzero]

so rebooting didn't work
what did the trick for me was removing the default media share path and uncheck photos/videos/audio, click apply. Then reselect the drive and check all these again, then apply. Media server is no longer stuck on scanning and I can see all the files again on my TV

FYI if you ever get the same issue.