[fixed] MP2 Client fails to initialize skin engine > crash to desktop (1 Viewer)

[chefkoch]

When starting MP2-Client it crashed to desktop.

[2012-05-19 02:29:38,576] [3866  ] [Main    ] [FATAL] - Error executing application
System.IO.FileLoadException: Die Datei oder Assembly "SlimDX, Version=2.0.10.43, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b1b0c32fd1ffe4f9" oder eine Abhängigkeit davon wurde nicht gefunden. Ausnahme von HRESULT: 0xC000001D
Dateiname: "SlimDX, Version=2.0.10.43, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b1b0c32fd1ffe4f9" ---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0xC000001D): Ausnahme von HRESULT: 0xC000001D
  bei MediaPortal.UI.SkinEngine.SkinEnginePlugin.Initialize()
  bei MediaPortal.Client.ApplicationLauncher.Main(String[] args) in D:\MediaPortal\MP2\MediaPortal-2\MediaPortal\Source\Main\MediaPortal.Client\ApplicationLauncher.cs:Zeile 152.

Cheers,
Tommy

There is yet another error which is not related to the one above.

[2012-05-19 02:29:37,521] [2811  ] [AMQ 'PlayerManager'] [INFO ] - PluginManager: Plugin 'DefaultVideoPlayers' (id 'a965afe5-44f9-46e0-980e-40bbe17f25ca') activated.
[2012-05-19 02:29:37,549] [2839  ] [AMQ 'PlayerManager'] [ERROR] - PluginManager: Error building plugin item 'wmv' at location '/VideoPlayers/MimeTypeRegistrations'
System.TypeLoadException: Die Methode "get_Surface" im Typ "MediaPortal.UI.Players.Video.VideoPlayer" der Assembly "VideoPlayers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" hat keine Implementierung.
  bei System.Reflection.Assembly._GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
  bei System.Reflection.Assembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError)
  bei MediaPortal.Common.PluginManager.PluginRuntime.GetPluginType(String typeName) in D:\MediaPortal\MP2\MediaPortal-2\MediaPortal\Source\Core\MediaPortal.Common\PluginManager\PluginRuntime.cs:Zeile 203.
  bei MediaPortal.UI.Players.Video.VideoPlayerMimeTypeMappingBuilder.BuildItem(PluginItemMetadata itemData, PluginRuntime plugin)
  bei MediaPortal.Common.Services.PluginManager.PluginManager.RequestItem(PluginItemRegistration itemRegistration, Type type, IPluginItemStateTracker stateTracker) in D:\MediaPortal\MP2\MediaPortal-2\MediaPortal\Source\Core\MediaPortal.Common\Services\PluginManager\PluginManager.cs:Zeile 395.
[2012-05-19 02:29:37,555] [2845  ] [AMQ 'PlayerManager'] [WARN ] - Could not instantiate VideoPlayerMimeTypeMapping with id 'wmv'
[2012-05-19 02:29:37,573] [2863  ] [AMQ 'PlayerManager'] [ERROR] - PluginManager: Error building plugin item 'ts' at location '/VideoPlayers/MimeTypeRegistrations'
System.TypeLoadException: Die Methode "get_Surface" im Typ "MediaPortal.UI.Players.Video.VideoPlayer" der Assembly "VideoPlayers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" hat keine Implementierung.
  bei System.Reflection.Assembly._GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
  bei System.Reflection.Assembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError)
  bei MediaPortal.Common.PluginManager.PluginRuntime.GetPluginType(String typeName) in D:\MediaPortal\MP2\MediaPortal-2\MediaPortal\Source\Core\MediaPortal.Common\PluginManager\PluginRuntime.cs:Zeile 203.
  bei MediaPortal.UI.Players.Video.VideoPlayerMimeTypeMappingBuilder.BuildItem(PluginItemMetadata itemData, PluginRuntime plugin)
  bei MediaPortal.Common.Services.PluginManager.PluginManager.RequestItem(PluginItemRegistration itemRegistration, Type type, IPluginItemStateTracker stateTracker) in D:\MediaPortal\MP2\MediaPortal-2\MediaPortal\Source\Core\MediaPortal.Common\Services\PluginManager\PluginManager.cs:Zeile 395.
[2012-05-19 02:29:37,576] [2866  ] [AMQ 'PlayerManager'] [WARN ] - Could not instantiate VideoPlayerMimeTypeMapping with id 'ts'
[2012-05-19 02:29:37,598] [2888  ] [AMQ 'PlayerManager'] [ERROR] - PluginManager: Error building plugin item 'dvd' at location '/VideoPlayers/MimeTypeRegistrations'
System.TypeLoadException: Die Methode "get_Surface" im Typ "MediaPortal.UI.Players.Video.VideoPlayer" der Assembly "VideoPlayers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" hat keine Implementierung.
  bei System.Reflection.Assembly._GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
  bei System.Reflection.Assembly.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError)
  bei MediaPortal.Common.PluginManager.PluginRuntime.GetPluginType(String typeName) in D:\MediaPortal\MP2\MediaPortal-2\MediaPortal\Source\Core\MediaPortal.Common\PluginManager\PluginRuntime.cs:Zeile 203.
  bei MediaPortal.UI.Players.Video.VideoPlayerMimeTypeMappingBuilder.BuildItem(PluginItemMetadata itemData, PluginRuntime plugin)
  bei MediaPortal.Common.Services.PluginManager.PluginManager.RequestItem(PluginItemRegistration itemRegistration, Type type, IPluginItemStateTracker stateTracker) in D:\MediaPortal\MP2\MediaPortal-2\MediaPortal\Source\Core\MediaPortal.Common\Services\PluginManager\PluginManager.cs:Zeile 395.
[2012-05-19 02:29:37,600] [2890  ] [AMQ 'PlayerManager'] [WARN ] - Could not instantiate VideoPlayerMimeTypeMapping with id 'dvd'

 

[morpheus_xx]

Both issue are IMO caused by a version mix, please try with clean builds ;-)

 

[chefkoch]

I rebuilt the sources of FanartTest and dev multiple times already
I also attached my system specs. Will remove them later, as soon as you've downloaded them.

 

[chefkoch]

Clean build of latest SeriesMoviesBranch and still the same issue on htpc.
Latest DirectX is installed. .Net 4 full installed.

Any idea?

 

[morpheus_xx]

1st thought: .Net 4 is not useful, as MP2 still uses 3.5.
Is the SlimDX dll available in Client folder?
Are VC Redists installed?

We can have a TeamViewer session this evening if you like

 

[chefkoch]

I build MP2 without any changes, so the slimdx.dll is within the skinengine folder,
I also tried to copy it to mp2-client root, same error.

Looks like other users in our forums had the same issue.
Not sure if http://code.google.com/p/slimdx/issues/detail?id=642 is related to this issue.

 

[chefkoch]

I downloaded latest SlimDx SDK (January 2012) and copied the .net20 DLL file to the source code, recompiled and now at least the skin engine is being loaded. Still not starting but skin engine does not crash because of a slimdx dependency.

I added an issue at Mantis to update SlimDx to January 2012.
Are there any benefits to switch to SlimDx .Net 4.0 as well?

EDIT: Yet another rebuild with the updated dll and MP2 is starting nicely also on the 10years old machine

 

[morpheus_xx]

we already have an old branch to switch MP2 completly to .NET 4. We need to take care of any of our used plugins to be .NET4 or to work at least without issues. So a .NET4 switch is not only related to SlimDX.

In the RenderStats branch I already updated SlimDX, it worked well (.NET2 based): https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-2/commit/03e672ef5219948454941a2274d76f6e255f57de

 

[chefkoch]

For information and documentation:

We have a Mantis issues for updating SlimDX binary: http://mantis.team-mediaportal.com/view.php?id=3880
The issue will be fixed in next version.