Play video - no video windows (1 Viewer)

[kevin939]

MediaPortal Version: 1.2
MediaPortal Skin: blue3 wide
Windows Version: vista SP2
CPU Type: Intel E4500
HDD: samsung 2TB
Memory: 2G ddr2 PC-6400
Motherboard: Dell inspiron 530
Video Card: ati 5450
Video Card Driver: 11.7
Sound Card: ati 5450
Sound Card AC3: ATI 5450
Sound Card Driver: 11.4
1. TV Card: TBS 6891
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S2
1. TV Card Driver: 2.0.0.21
2. TV Card: Peak
2. TV Card Type: DVB-T
2. TV Card Driver: latest
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: ffdshow
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ffdshow
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra
HTPC Case: Fujitsu Scaleo (suitably dremelled)
Cooling: silent fans
Power Supply: 250W
Remote: generic MCE compatible
TV: panasonic 1080p plasma
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

I upgraded to 1.2 without any issues and everything appeared as expected i.e. it just worked. Unfortunately a problem has appeared I cannot really understand. I try and play a video and the the sound starts but the screen continues to show the video select window. If I go back (or green button to the home screen) the little window is playing the video and if I put the mouse over it and select its great - but that's a real faff. I really would appreciate knowing what's going on and why the video just doesn't show.

Logs attached.

 

[kevin939]

just installed 1.2.1 and the problem has gone away........hmmmmm

 

[mm1352000]

Hi kevin939

This was probably the issue:

[COLLAPSE]2011-09-25 18:26:01.410600 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: OnMessage exceptionystem.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at TvPlugin.TVHome.OnPlayBackStarted(MediaType type, String filename)

at MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.StartedHandler.Invoke(MediaType type, String filename)

at MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.OnStarted()

at MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.Play(String strFile, MediaType type, TextReader chapters)

at MediaPortal.Playlists.PlayListPlayer.FakePlayer.MediaPortal.Playlists.PlayListPlayer.IPlayer.Play(String strFile)

at MediaPortal.Playlists.PlayListPlayer.Play(Int32 iSong, Boolean setFullScreenVideo)

at MediaPortal.Playlists.PlayListPlayer.PlayNext(Boolean setFullScreenVideo)

at MediaPortal.Playlists.PlayListPlayer.PlayNext()

at MediaPortal.GUI.Video.GUIVideoFiles.PlayMovieFromPlayList(Boolean askForResumeMovie, Int32 iMovieIndex, Boolean requestPin)

at MediaPortal.GUI.Video.GUIVideoFiles.OnClick(Int32 iItem)

at WindowPlugins.WindowPluginBase.OnClicked(Int32 controlId, GUIControl control, ActionType actionType)

at MediaPortal.GUI.Video.GUIVideoBaseWindow.OnClicked(Int32 controlId, GUIControl control, ActionType actionType)

at MediaPortal.GUI.Video.GUIVideoFiles.OnClicked(Int32 controlId, GUIControl control, ActionType actionType)

at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindow.OnMessage(GUIMessage message)[/COLLAPSE]

Happened when you attempted to play the recording. It could be related to the earlier error:

2011-09-25 18:25:35.022600 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: TVHome: Error occured in Init(): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:31456, st at System.Environment.GetStackTrace(Exception e, Boolean needFileInfo)

at System.Environment.get_StackTrace()

at TvPlugin.TVHome.OnAdded()

at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.GUIWindowManager.Add(GUIWindow& Window)

at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.PluginManager.LoadWindowPlugin(String strFile)

at MediaPortal.GUI.Library.PluginManager.LoadWindowPlugins()

at MediaPortalApp.InitializeDeviceObjects()

at MediaPortal.D3DApp.InitializeEnvironment()

at MediaPortal.D3DApp.CreateGraphicsSample()

at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)

<section name="tvservice">

<entry name="hostname">127.0.0.1</entry>

<entry name="preferac3">yes</entry>

<entry name="preferAudioTypeOverLang">yes</entry>

<entry name="dvbbitmapsubtitles">no</entry>

<entry name="dvbttxtsubtitles">no</entry>

<entry name="audiodualmono">no</entry>

<entry name="isWakeOnLanEnabled">no</entry>

<entry name="isAutoMacAddressEnabled">yes</entry>

<entry name="macAddress">00:00:00:00:00:00</entry>

<entry name="preferredaudiolanguages">

</entry>

<entry name="preferredsublanguages">

</entry>

<entry name="lastsubtitleindex">0</entry>

<entry name="WOLTimeOut">10</entry>

</section>

That one is one you should pay attention to. It is *not* a good idea to use localhost or 127.0.0.1 as the IP address for the TV Server. Better to use the hostname, or set up a fixed IP address.

mm