Within the media server there are 12 x 4TB hard disks running under RAID6, which stop after 10 minutes idling
But that shouldn't be the problem, until 26.0.48 it just displayed "spinning up disks" or similar and everything worked fine afterwards
sorry ... didnt read your full response ... just notice you spin down your HDD
this is a known issue atm ... the disussion i reference before had exactly same problem
unfortunately ... i dont know any solution to this other than (1) dont spin down HDD ... (2) dont pause just stop playback ... when you play again it should resume from last stop
spinning HDD has other similar problems depending on whats on it (it can cause unresponsiveness during library browsing if cover art is stored on them for exampke)
MC team say it has to do with the way Windows handle MC request in event of HDD not available. Without knowing how MC accesses HDD, i cannot really comment.
EDIT [its entirely possible it’s not MC fault ... AV can have on-access scan on ... so any file MC tried to access is scanned first before passing on to MC ... it’s possible AV is handling access files during spin-on badly causing MC to not get file properly]
My HDD in NAS (12x 12TB) never spin down unless server is off. I specifically buy enterprise grade HDD that are designed for this (price difference compared to consumer HDD is negligible).
Also ... keep in mind that spinning HDD up wears out your HDD pretty hard ... your 10min spin down is definetely too short ... definitely wears you HDD harder than running 24/7 (assuming your HDD are designed for it)
There is big debate on this spinning down thing ... but generally it is agreed that if you spin it down ... it should stay spin down long enough to warrent it (like you going to sleep) ... it is also generally agreed that cycling through spin on and off frequently during the day will wear out your HDD fast (any electricity you save will be surpass by you buying new HDD)