SVT Play plugin (Swedish TV)

[phunqe]

Ok I'm having a really weird issue. I've done a reinstall of my whole system, using latest final release of MP (no SVN versions) and latest of SVT Play plugin as well.
I noticed this problem before reinstalling, but my installation was screwed up in general so I didn't think much of it then. However, now after a fresh Vista and MP install the issue still remains.

When I select something to play in the SVT plugin, all I get is audio. If I press stop, the audio stops, but MP becomes unresponsive and I have to do Alt-F4 to exit it.

I've attached my MP log and it's clear that something is really wrong, but I don't understand why. Let me know if you need more logs/information.

Thanks.

[phunqe]

It boils down to the PureAudio plugin somehow http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/as...ight=pureaudio
The logs shows that MP goes through the list of external players and activates the PureAudio plugin. The question is, should it be activated here in the first place and if yes is it PureAudio that handles the rest incorrectly or is it something else.

I'll point the author of PureAudio to this post as well.

[MrMad]

Did you check "Use VMR9 for streams" in general settings in MP?
Otherwise MP will try to play internet streams as audio, which will normally work in Windows Media Player but perhaps not in your case with PureAudio.

[phunqe]

I got an answer from the PureAudio author, it's going to be fixed
VMR9 for streams dind't work, it refused to play the stream in that case and popped up a notice about that i have to disable it.

[Symphy]

MrMad,

You may consider using g_Player.PlayAudioStream() (with second parameter set to true) instead of g_Player.Play(). Looks like it will ignore external players and not use VMR9.

In PureAudio i can easily check for and skip .wmv url's, but not all streams are that easy to verify.

Regards,
Symphy

[phunqe]

If you can specify what type of stream to play in the SVT plugin, then that seems the way to go (to me at least )

[Symphy]

Originally Posted by phunqe

If you can specify what type of stream to play in the SVT plugin, then that seems the way to go (to me at least )

@phunqe:
What version of SVT are you using?

Just downloaded SvtPlay_071021.zip to try and it already uses g_Player.PlayVideoStream()...

Symphy

Originally Posted by Symphy

Just downloaded SvtPlay_071021.zip to try and it already uses g_Player.PlayVideoStream()...

Never mind, it does so only when having "Use VMR9 for webstreams" enabled which apparently doesn't work for you...

[phunqe]

Well I can try getting WMR9 to work, but I don't know where to start really.

The GUI tells me "Failed to play video stream. Try disabling VMR9 for web in General Configuration".

The log shows:

2007-11-23 23:26:21.654739 [Info.][MPMain]: SvtPlay: Clicked Plus 20 november
2007-11-23 23:26:21.655739 [Info.][MPMain]: SvtPlay: Opening http://svt.se/svt/road/Classic/share...72587&a=973696
2007-11-23 23:26:21.706739 [Info.][MPMain]: SvtPlayPlaying mms://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/00928/nord/plus/071120plus.wmv
2007-11-23 23:26:21.707739 [Info.][MPMain]: SvtPlay Playing video stream (using VMR9)
2007-11-23 23:26:21.709739 [Info.][MPMain]: g_Player.PlayVideoStream(mms://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/00928/nord/plus/071120plus.wmv)
2007-11-23 23:26:21.754739 [Info.][6]: Command:Stop radio
2007-11-23 23:26:21.754739 [Info.][6]: Commandprocessor: MediaPortal.TV.Recording.StopRadioCommand failed reason: time: 45 msec
2007-11-23 23:26:21.756739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer:play mms://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/00928/nord/plus/071120plus.wmv
2007-11-23 23:26:21.765739 [Info.][6]: Commandprocessor: Card:FireDTV DVB-C idle
2007-11-23 23:26:21.810739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:ctor()
2007-11-23 23:26:21.811739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:ctor() done:True
2007-11-23 23:26:21.811739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Enabling DX9 exclusive mode
2007-11-23 23:26:21.811739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: DX exclusive mode: True
2007-11-23 23:26:21.811739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: Goto fullscreen: True
2007-11-23 23:26:21.813739 [Info.][MPMain]: fonts.SetDevice()
2007-11-23 23:26:21.821739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:addvmr9
2007-11-23 23:26:21.821739 [Info.][MPMain]: EVR-Flag is set to True
2007-11-23 23:26:22.153739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: now active
2007-11-23 23:26:22.153739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9Helper:Vmr9 Added
2007-11-23 23:26:22.887739 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:WMVideo Decoder DMO to graph
2007-11-23 23:26:23.848739 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:WMAudio Decoder DMO to graph
2007-11-23 23:26:23.855739 [Info.][MPMain]: add filter:Default DirectSound Device to graph clock:False
2007-11-23 23:26:23.856739 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: found renderer - Default DirectSound Device
2007-11-23 23:26:25.274739 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: Passed removing audio renderer
2007-11-23 23:26:25.274739 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: Passed finding Audio Renderer
2007-11-23 23:26:25.274739 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:Default DirectSound Device to graph
2007-11-23 23:26:25.275739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Found WMAudio Decoder DMO
2007-11-23 23:26:25.275739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: WMAudio Decoder now set for > 2 audio channels
2007-11-23 23:26:25.520739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9: Failed to render file -> vmr9
2007-11-23 23:26:25.521739 [Info.][MPMain]: player:ended
2007-11-23 23:26:25.522739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9:cleanup DShow graph
2007-11-23 23:26:25.524739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:Dispose
2007-11-23 23:26:25.534739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: not active
2007-11-23 23:26:25.534739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9:ReleaseComObject():0
2007-11-23 23:26:25.536739 [Info.][MPMain]: planescene: PresentImage()
2007-11-23 23:26:25.536739 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaneScene: PresentImage() dispose surfaces
2007-11-23 23:26:25.540739 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaneScene: PresentSurface() dispose surfaces
2007-11-23 23:26:26.058739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Disabling DX9 exclusive mode
2007-11-23 23:26:26.059739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: DX exclusive mode: False
2007-11-23 23:26:26.059739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: Goto windowed mode: True
2007-11-23 23:26:26.059739 [Info.][MPMain]: fonts.SetDevice()
2007-11-23 23:26:26.093739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer:play mms://qstream-wm.qbrick.com/00928/nord/plus/071120plus.wmv
2007-11-23 23:26:26.115739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:ctor()
2007-11-23 23:26:26.115739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:ctor() done:True
2007-11-23 23:26:26.115739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Enabling DX9 exclusive mode
2007-11-23 23:26:26.115739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: DX exclusive mode: True
2007-11-23 23:26:26.116739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: Goto fullscreen: True
2007-11-23 23:26:26.116739 [Info.][MPMain]: fonts.SetDevice()
2007-11-23 23:26:26.128739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:addvmr9
2007-11-23 23:26:26.128739 [Info.][MPMain]: EVR-Flag is set to True
2007-11-23 23:26:26.211739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: now active
2007-11-23 23:26:26.211739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9Helper:Vmr9 Added
2007-11-23 23:26:26.588739 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:WMVideo Decoder DMO to graph
2007-11-23 23:26:26.681739 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:WMAudio Decoder DMO to graph
2007-11-23 23:26:26.681739 [Info.][MPMain]: add filter:Default DirectSound Device to graph clock:False
2007-11-23 23:26:26.682739 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: found renderer - Default DirectSound Device
2007-11-23 23:26:27.064739 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: Passed removing audio renderer
2007-11-23 23:26:27.065739 [Info.][MPMain]: DirectShowUtils: Passed finding Audio Renderer
2007-11-23 23:26:27.065739 [Info.][MPMain]: added filter:Default DirectSound Device to graph
2007-11-23 23:26:27.066739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Found WMAudio Decoder DMO
2007-11-23 23:26:27.066739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: WMAudio Decoder now set for > 2 audio channels
2007-11-23 23:26:27.066739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9: Failed to render file -> vmr9
2007-11-23 23:26:27.067739 [Info.][MPMain]: player2:ended
2007-11-23 23:26:27.067739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayer9:cleanup DShow graph
2007-11-23 23:26:27.067739 [Info.][MPMain]: vmr9:Dispose
2007-11-23 23:26:27.067739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9: not active
2007-11-23 23:26:27.068739 [Info.][MPMain]: VMR9:ReleaseComObject():0
2007-11-23 23:26:27.068739 [Info.][MPMain]: planescene: PresentImage()
2007-11-23 23:26:27.068739 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaneScene: PresentImage() dispose surfaces
2007-11-23 23:26:27.068739 [Info.][MPMain]: PlaneScene: PresentSurface() dispose surfaces
2007-11-23 23:26:27.151739 [Info.][MPMain]: VideoPlayerVMR9: Disabling DX9 exclusive mode
2007-11-23 23:26:27.151739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: DX exclusive mode: False
2007-11-23 23:26:27.151739 [Info.][MPMain]: Main: Goto windowed mode: True
2007-11-23 23:26:27.151739 [Info.][MPMain]: fonts.SetDevice()
2007-11-23 23:26:27.183739 [Info.][MPMain]: SvtPlayShowing error: Failed to play video stream. Try disabling VMR9 for web in General Configuration

Any ideas on what could be the problem?

[Symphy]

It works on my dev machine, but loads very slow and gives bad quality image... don't know whats wrong with it.

I have the combination PureAudio/STV working now though without VMR9 Will release it this weekend.

Symphy

[phunqe]

I kiss you.