1.38 MP 1.38.3 locks up on return to Basic Home from TV Series (1 Viewer)

[2BitSculptor]

MP1 Version

1.38

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Description: MP locks up randomly when redrawing Basic Home Screen, just as the "Latest Media" panel begins to appear, and does not fully display (requires stop in Task Manager). This has happened occasionally in previous versions. Using a MS Remote.

I've got several events logged; the first 3 from v1.38.1 (I believe) and the last from v1.38.3 (today)





Describe as detailed as possible the steps that are required to encounter the issue. This info is critical for the team to understand the problem.
Steps to Reproduce: Exit TV Series after viewing episodes (return to Basic Home) ... random, with no unusual user activity.





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[ajs]

I didn't find anything critical, I looked through all the logs, everything is quite normal, once the DShow graph couldn't build properly, but I don't think it would get used to such a problem.

[2025-09-06 13:44:31,240] [Error  ] [MPMain   ] [ERROR] - VideoPlayer9: Exception while creating DShow graph Object reference not set to an instance of an object.    at DShowNET.Helper.DirectShowUtil.FindPin(IBaseFilter filter, PinDirection dir, String strPinName)
   at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.UpdateFilters(String selection)
   at MediaPortal.Player.VideoPlayerVMR9.GetInterfaces()

Well, there's an error in LMH, I'll look at it:

[2025-09-06 22:45:37,163] [Log    ] [MPMain   ] [DEBUG] - Windowmanager: Goto previous window
[2025-09-06 22:45:37,223] [Log    ] [111      ] [ERROR] - Exception: System.OverflowException: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.
   at LatestMediaHandler.LatestMediaHandlerSetup.GetReorgTimerInterval()
   at LatestMediaHandler.LatestMediaHandlerSetup.StartTimers()
   at LatestMediaHandler.LatestMediaHandlerSetup.<UpdateFacades>b__18()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()  Message: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow.  Site   : Int32 GetReorgTimerInterval()  Source : LatestMediaHandler  Stack Trace:     at LatestMediaHandler.LatestMediaHandlerSetup.GetReorgTimerInterval()
   at LatestMediaHandler.LatestMediaHandlerSetup.StartTimers()
   at LatestMediaHandler.LatestMediaHandlerSetup.<UpdateFacades>b__18()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx)
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

There's not even an error in the other logs.

 

[ajs]

I updated LMH, you can try to check.

 

[catavolt]

Just installed latest version 2.5.0.100.
Installation OK, BUT my current settings were not retained, so I had to reconfigure LMH to my needs. Not very user-friendly IMHO

 

[ajs]

BUT my current settings were not retained, so I had to reconfigure LMH to my needs.

It's very strange, I haven't touched this part for 10 years, and MPEI shouldn't have rewritten the configuration file because it hasn't changed for 10 years, and yours should be newer.

mediaportal-latest-media-handler/Installer/config at master · andrewjswan/mediaportal-latest-media-handler

Automatically exported from code.google.com/p/mediaportal-latest-media-handler - andrewjswan/mediaportal-latest-media-handler

github.com

 

[Lichloathe]

I have noticed this exact problem and couldn't see a single reference in the logs that I could post about. I removed the music and picture settings in the LMH config and noticed less or no crashes. I think the problem for me started at mp version 1.36 or 1.37 and later. (Change log didn't seem to reference anything that might have changed also).
I am using a version of the Apollo skin still so thought that might be the problem hench why I haven't messaged.

 

[Lichloathe]

I just recreated a crash with music and pics enabled in LMH plugin. Logs attached

 

[ajs]

Logs attached

Unfortunately, this log file does not contain any errors related to the Media Portal crash.

 

[2BitSculptor]

This is the place it froze today. Using the MP 1.38.3 with updated LMH 2.5.0.100, just returning to Basic Home from TV Series. OldEyes - Autumn theme in DWHD.

 

[ajs]

Change the skin, or fix the error in it. I don't see any other errors.

23-Sep-2025 11:50:40 Error [LatestMediaHandlerSe]: SetupWindowsUsingLatestMediaHandlerVisibility: Theme: C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Skin\DefaultWideHD\Themes\Old Eyes - autumn\ Filename:BasicHome.bearbeitet.xml
23-Sep-2025 11:50:40 Error [LatestMediaHandlerSe]: System.Xml.XmlException: The 'controls' start tag on line 9 position 4 does not match the end tag of 'control'. Line 1221, position 8.
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowTagMismatch(NodeData startTag)
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseEndElement()
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
   at System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument.LoadFromReader(XmlReader reader, XmlSpace space)
   at System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument..ctor(String uri, XmlSpace space)
   at LatestMediaHandler.LatestMediaHandlerSetup.SetupWindowsUsingLatestMediaHandlerVisibility(String SkinDir, String ThemeDir)