xpTunes for MediaPortal 1.2.0 and higher (1 Viewer)

[Pog]

Very nice update.

I was not expecting so much to have been added. Great stuff.

 

[Pog]

When I use pause/play or next/previous buttons in the sidebar gadget MP will crash.

The way I use MP for music is to have MP play and control WinAmp as an external player. If I use the internal player then these buttons work as expected. (I need the external player as it handles many more filetypes)

Here is the error.log after pressing pause and then play through the gadget:

2011-11-23 18:07:34.656328 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: Exception   :System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.Process()
   at MediaPortalApp.OnProcess()
   at MediaPortal.D3DApp.Application_Idle(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponent.FDoIdle(Int32 grfidlef)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
   at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)
2011-11-23 18:07:34.656328 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: Exception   :Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2011-11-23 18:07:34.657328 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]:   site      :Void Process()
2011-11-23 18:07:34.657328 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]:   source    :Core
2011-11-23 18:07:34.658328 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]:   stacktrace:   at MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.Process()
   at MediaPortalApp.OnProcess()
   at MediaPortal.D3DApp.Application_Idle(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponent.FDoIdle(Int32 grfidlef)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
   at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)
2011-11-23 18:07:34.658328 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: MediaPortal stopped due to an exception Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Core    at MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.Process()
   at MediaPortalApp.OnProcess()
   at MediaPortal.D3DApp.Application_Idle(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponent.FDoIdle(Int32 grfidlef)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
   at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)

This may be a problem with the way MP deals with external players through the api. Perhaps just sending the play/pause/fwd/rew KEYS instead would be a workaround.

 

[Helios61]

AW: xpTunes for MediaPortal 1.2.0 and higher

Hi Messiahs!

First a big for this great plugin! Maybe i am doing something wrong, but unfortunately it isn't working here. Xadget message is "not connectetd"! Connection with browser @ "http://192.168.178.20:8081/start/index.html" is working fine!
Could you please help me, to solve the issue?

Best regards
Helios

 

[Messiahs]

Helios61
Thx.
Please check the ip & port in the xadget settings.
IP should be something like "192.168.178.20" (without "http://").
Your are using Win7 or Vista ?

Pog
yes, seems like a bug in external players api.
Not sure, if i can fix this... i will take a look.

 

[Helios61]

AW: Re: xpTunes for MediaPortal 1.2.0 and higher

Please check the ip & port in the xadget settings.
IP should be something like "192.168.178.20" (without "http://").

Already done, IP settings are ok!

Your are using Win7 or Vista ?

Win7/64 Home Premium

 

[Helios61]

AW: xpTunes for MediaPortal 1.2.0 and higher

After a rebbot, gadget was working for a short time and i think it is still working, although it displyays "not connected"! Could the reason for this issue be, that the musicdatabase is very lareg (~100mb) or that the music is stored on network shares?

 

[Messiahs]

normally not (my files are stored on a NAS too, but 100mb are really much)... please take a look in the error.log.
Perhaps one database query (genre, artist ?) is too slow.

 

[Helios61]

AW: Re: xpTunes for MediaPortal 1.2.0 and higher

normally not (my files are stored on a NAS too, but 100mb are really much)... please take a look in the error.log.
Perhaps one database query (genre, artist ?) is too slow.

No log entries unfortunately! I have attached a screenshot of my gadget settings! With these settings connection is working fine with browser (Chrome), but gatget isn't working ("not connected")

 

[Messiahs]

gadget settings are ok. Perhaps change default page to "seach"
I think the gadget has a problem with reconnection after an error/or timeout.

Workaround:
close the gadget and open it again... or for testing you can use the direct url:
http://192.168.178.20:8081/Xadget/flyout/index.html

 

[Helios61]

AW: Re: xpTunes for MediaPortal 1.2.0 and higher

close the gadget and open it again... or for testing you can use the direct url:
http://192.168.178.20:8081/Xadget/flyout/index.html

Direct URL is working as exspected! Big Thanks for helping!