Laptop keeps stopping.

[NoshowJones]

My Lenovo Yoga520 it's the one that folds back into the shape of a tent, cuts out every so often when watching anything on my external hard drive,

After it cuts out, I click on play and what I am watching goes back to the very beginning. It happens maybe about 4 times during 4hours viewing. Anyone one know what could be causing this?

[Crossy]

Which media player are you using??

 

All drivers up to date?

 

Have you tried with other external media a USB thumb drive for example?

 

[NoshowJones]

11 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Which media player are you using??

 

All drivers up to date?

 

Have you tried with other external media a USB thumb drive for example?

 

I use the VLC media player, I will try the other two things you mention. Thanks.

[Crossy]

4 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

I use the VLC media player, I will try the other two things you mention. Thanks.

 

VLC is usually pretty bomb-proof, I was going to suggest it ???? 

 

Also-

 

Do You Want VLC to Restart or Continue the Playback Where Left Off?

1. Go to Tools > Preferences [CTRL + P]
2. On the default Interface tab, there's an option called Continue playback?
3. Choose between Never, Ask, Always; the three options.
4. Hit Save to keep the setting.

 

 

Do You Want VLC to Restart or Continue the Playback Where ...

[RedBackman]

You'll have to do some troubleshooting. First step you could just to transfer files onto your device before playing them for awhile to determine if the external HDD is the problem or use a different media player (like mpv) and see if that fixes things. If it seems like VLC is the problem just uninstall and remove userdata before reinstalling and that might fix the problem. VLC also has a logger under tools that should help shed some light on what is happening under the hood.

[1FinickyOne]

6 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Anyone one know what could be causing this?

There's probably a sensor that activates when you have been dozing off -