Rar Mount 3 for MediaPortal (2 Viewers)
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Hi,
Has anyone had any problems with RarMount 3 (or earlier) when playing files through network? I can play the files for about 1-2 minutes, but after that MP just crashes.
It sort of would seem that the engine would try to unpack/transform (or whatnot) the files faster than the network connection can handle or something weird. I really don't know. Otherwise Media Portal plays video files from network share just fine.
Also I tried briefly the Movie plugin which was mentioned in the description, but when you are in the plugin settings and try to find/search for the movies on the hard drive, the plugin itself doesn't seem to be able to recognize the folders containing rars and not video. But I have to say though, I haven't yet played with it enough to say that it really wouldn't work. Will explore it further later and get back about it.
Regards,
Gabriel
Has anyone had any problems with RarMount 3 (or earlier) when playing files through network? I can play the files for about 1-2 minutes, but after that MP just crashes.
It sort of would seem that the engine would try to unpack/transform (or whatnot) the files faster than the network connection can handle or something weird. I really don't know. Otherwise Media Portal plays video files from network share just fine.
Also I tried briefly the Movie plugin which was mentioned in the description, but when you are in the plugin settings and try to find/search for the movies on the hard drive, the plugin itself doesn't seem to be able to recognize the folders containing rars and not video. But I have to say though, I haven't yet played with it enough to say that it really wouldn't work. Will explore it further later and get back about it.
Regards,
Gabriel
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I can not confirm this, but it should work if you download and install Dokan 64-bit drivers, and then install the lite version of RarMount3.
Dokan Download
RarMount3 for MediaPortal 3.0.0 (without Dokan drivers)
- October 11, 2007
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You never answered my question, does it work with subtitles or not or am I doing something wrong?
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Yes, it should work with subtitles (i assume you are talking about srt/sub files).
Try this:
1. Start the movie that should have subtitles
2. Alt+TAB out of MediaPortal while playing the movie
3. Try to locate the RarMount drive in Explorer
4. The RarMount drive should contain at least one folder (named after the rar archive you mounted), and the folder should contain an avi file and a subtitle file (srt/sub/etc.). Does it?
5. Compre the srt/sub file on the RarMount drive to the one you have in the folder of the rar archive. Do they match?
- March 27, 2008
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Yes, it should work with subtitles (i assume you are talking about srt/sub files).
Try this:
1. Start the movie that should have subtitles
2. Alt+TAB out of MediaPortal while playing the movie
3. Try to locate the RarMount drive in Explorer
4. The RarMount drive should contain at least one folder (named after the rar archive you mounted), and the folder should contain an avi file and a subtitle file (srt/sub/etc.). Does it?
5. Compre the srt/sub file on the RarMount drive to the one you have in the folder of the rar archive. Do they match?[/QUOTE]
I can answer that. Havde the same problem.
The srt/sub files are located on the RarMount drive and they match. But dont think that's the problem. If you try to play a .mkv file with the subs inside the file it dont work ether. It works fine when playing the files without RarMount.
For a really nice program...
Try this:
1. Start the movie that should have subtitles
2. Alt+TAB out of MediaPortal while playing the movie
3. Try to locate the RarMount drive in Explorer
4. The RarMount drive should contain at least one folder (named after the rar archive you mounted), and the folder should contain an avi file and a subtitle file (srt/sub/etc.). Does it?
5. Compre the srt/sub file on the RarMount drive to the one you have in the folder of the rar archive. Do they match?[/QUOTE]
I can answer that. Havde the same problem.
The srt/sub files are located on the RarMount drive and they match. But dont think that's the problem. If you try to play a .mkv file with the subs inside the file it dont work ether. It works fine when playing the files without RarMount.
For a really nice program...- Thread starter
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I can answer that. Havde the same problem.
The srt/sub files are located on the RarMount drive and they match. But dont think that's the problem. If you try to play a .mkv file with the subs inside the file it dont work ether. It works fine when playing the files without RarMount.
Hmm, then I guess the problem is related to the MP methods that RarMount use to initiate the playback.
Maybe I'll need some help from a more experienced MP hacker
- October 11, 2007
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Ok, thats too bad.
I also used MKV-Files when trying and it won't work.
I hope someone comes up with a solution.
I also used MKV-Files when trying and it won't work.
I hope someone comes up with a solution.
Hi again,
I earlier posted a message about not getting RarMount to work through network / Moving Pictures. I finally had the time to sit down and play with this a little bit more. I got it working fine with Moving Pictures, but still there is the same problem that when I try to play through my local network with my new setup on 1 gbs lan speeds, the mounted file almost every time just stops playing after around 1-2 minutes and quits the playback. It does'nt seem to crash Media Portal for the moment though. Other thing that happens with the rest of the times is that the video skips to almost to the end of the video, if it doesnt just quit the playing.
I tried this just now also with the standalone version and the same problem happens also without Media Portal - Windows Media Player just closes.
I was just wondering that could this have something to do with the transferrance between two different rar files? Is there some different kind of way the program should handle the mount if in fact the file is being played through a local network share or something?
I wish I had some programming skills in order to help, but I don't. Please do ask some more spesific questions if it would help to solve the problem.
I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded getting the files to play through network? I have no problems with local files, only ones which are played through network. Also I have tried different ways to mount the drive, like sftp mounts and others - but the problem always seems to be the same no matter what I try.
Please help me if you can or give ideas how to get around the problem?
In anycase, thanks for a great plugin!
Gabe
I earlier posted a message about not getting RarMount to work through network / Moving Pictures. I finally had the time to sit down and play with this a little bit more. I got it working fine with Moving Pictures, but still there is the same problem that when I try to play through my local network with my new setup on 1 gbs lan speeds, the mounted file almost every time just stops playing after around 1-2 minutes and quits the playback. It does'nt seem to crash Media Portal for the moment though. Other thing that happens with the rest of the times is that the video skips to almost to the end of the video, if it doesnt just quit the playing.
I tried this just now also with the standalone version and the same problem happens also without Media Portal - Windows Media Player just closes.
I was just wondering that could this have something to do with the transferrance between two different rar files? Is there some different kind of way the program should handle the mount if in fact the file is being played through a local network share or something?
I wish I had some programming skills in order to help, but I don't. Please do ask some more spesific questions if it would help to solve the problem.
I'd like to know if anyone has succeeded getting the files to play through network? I have no problems with local files, only ones which are played through network. Also I have tried different ways to mount the drive, like sftp mounts and others - but the problem always seems to be the same no matter what I try.
Please help me if you can or give ideas how to get around the problem?
In anycase, thanks for a great plugin!
Gabe