Fresh Install - Many Problems (1 Viewer)

[anotheruser]

MediaPortal Version: Latest (as of 12 March 2011)
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP-1.4.11.2543
Windows Version: Windows 7 Pro
CPU Type: Intel i530
HDD: WD 2Tb Green
Memory: 4Gb
Motherboard: Asus something or other
Video Card: None
Video Card Driver: ?
Sound Card: None
Sound Card AC3: ?
Sound Card Driver: ?
1. TV Card: No TV stuff attached
MPEG2 Video Codec: ?
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ?
h.264 Video Codec: ?

I have just installed Media Portal as XBMC wasn't doing what I wanted.
Seemed great from the screenshorts, fairly easy, lots of configurable options. However there seems to be something wrong already.

1) When navigating around the (StreamedMP) skin, pressing anything or moving my mouse makes the menu return to the "TV Series" option. Highly annoying, but a cure I guess would be to delete, then add the skin again.

2) When adding a lot of tracks to the database (Config > Videos > Video Database); I sometimes get that windows error box "it has caused an exception", either quit or continue is available. Not sure what is causing this or how to show a (useful) log here other than:

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown.
   at System.Threading.Thread.StartInternal(IPrincipal principal, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
   at System.Threading.Thread.Start()
   at MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDBFetcher.Fetch(String movieName)
   at MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDBFetcher.RefreshIMDB(IProgress progress, IMDBMovie& currentMovie, Boolean fuzzyMatching, Boolean getActors, Boolean addToDatabase)
   at MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDBFetcher.GetInfoFromIMDB(IProgress progress, IMDBMovie& movieDetails, Boolean isFuzzyMatching, Boolean getActors)
   at MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDBFetcher.ScanIMDB(IProgress progress, ArrayList paths, Boolean fuzzyMatching, Boolean skipExisting, Boolean getActors)
   at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.MovieDatabase.RebuildDatabase()
   at MediaPortal.Configuration.Sections.MovieDatabase.startButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


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and lots more like this

Seems especially prone to this when adding a large series such as Lost.

3) The look-up for **** info seems to be not great at best. Seems it can't find the movie A Walk to Remember though Amazon, even though the film is clearly there. Some other films are the same. There doesn't seem to be a way to show an IMDB ID or point it to the right film (the drop down box in the videos bit of the congif suggests films that aren't it).
I use Media Center Master to grab all the info which has worked without error since I started using it.

4) When actually getting into the software, it takes rather a long time to load. Less than 20 seconds, but more than 10.

5) Pretty much all the video files say they cannot play. Yet other software can play them. VLC is installed on the computer and can play all the files. Again, no cluses as to why, just that it can't.



Sorry for being a bit blunt and basic.
I spent a couple of days customizing XBMC to find adding files to it's database isn't simple (no simple dialog) and seems to be hidden, even in the default skin. So I move onto another one, but that is even worse. Then find this, to see it's seems great but again, has lots of seamingly unknown errors. Finally I try Media Browser, but that doesn't have the level of customization I requre.

The only customizing I want to do is change the "home menu" options to say: Documentry, TV Series, Entertainment and Movies and each one of those open the corresponding folder on the hard drive. Sounds simple, but from a computer savvy person, even I find it difficult. I also want to delete the "Music", "TV" and "Pictures" menu options as I will never need these (although this can be done in the home xml file, I can look at this later.

Can anyone help with the above?

 

[Tallone]

5) Pretty much all the video files say they cannot play. Yet other software can play them. VLC is installed on the computer and can play all the files. Again, no cluses as to why, just that it can't.

Don't use VLC to check what will play 'outside of MP' on your PC. VLC uses its own, built in, codecs that no other program can use, so yes it can play everything. Try opening the files in Windows Media Player, as this uses the same DirectShow filters as MP. If files aren't playing in WMP, you'll need to install some codecs. SAF 5.0 beta is a pretty good choice, and should cover most things --> https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/codecs-331/saf-v5-00-experimental-based-ffdshow-dxva-decoder-77591/.

Can't comment on the homescreen or basic homescreen modifications, because I've never had the need. I suspect you really just need two plugins - My TV Series for everything but movies (as long as they feature on www.thetvdb.org) and Moving Pictures for all the movies. Both are really easy to configure.

 

[ap90033]

Well first of all Steamed MP is AWESOME, now that we have that out of the way, to get menus setup you have to go into Basic Home Editor and the Tabs BasicHome Design and Default Background are the main ones you want to mess with.

As an Example, I added the plugin to show local Movies playing at a theater near me and wanted it to show on the home page. So I went to BasicHome Design and under items availalbe selected the SHOWTIMES from the dropdown, then selected from Items Available list the Show TimesGUI. Then I picked lable CHECK and put for Item Name SHOWTIMES, now for Background image you have several options, easiest is to select 3D Backgrounds and make sure Disable Background Sharing for this item is CHECKED. then under the Default Backgrounds Tab look for SHOWTIMES and select the background you like. then Select the BIG GENERATE MENU BUTTON at the top Left. and if you launch Media Portal it is now there!

You will have to play with it a little like I did , I set up a menu item, launched media portal then saw something i didnt like about it and exited MP and tweaked until i had it like i liked it....

Make sense?

 

[limpwhizkid]

well .. this is a clue... you cant miss ?

System.OutOfMemoryException: Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException'

whats eating your memory ?