Could Not play Msg for Movies on a PC Share

[dysan911]

I for the life of me cannot figure out why I'm having this issue. I thought for sure this is setup correctly.

I have an XP Network share that has movies in it. I have setup my my_library.xml a few various ways and it will correctly index the file but when you click on them from The Popcornhour.. It just says.. BUffering and then.. Could not play

Here's what I have for the Share Entry

file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/htpc/h_highdef

I can't put all the other stuff because this msg board thinks I'm trying to post with some sort of code. [/code][/quote]

So far I've tried it with a trailing slash and without.

Would appreciate any help!

[Omertron]

Always worth reading the wiki: http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/w/list
and specifically this page: http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/wi...eoWontPlay

[dysan911]

Thank you Omertron for the response..

I read the 2nd link on your reply and think I might have an idea what it could be so let me run this by you.

Okay, first and foremost.. I went to the PCH and created a share that points back to the shared folder on my XP Box..

The name of my XP Share is: HTPC\H_HIGHDEF

It is drive letter H: on my PC.

I used GUI Config 0.3 to create the entry in my "My_library.xml"

It looks like this: file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/HTPC:H_HIGHDEF/

What I failed to do and I don't know if this is the issue or not.. When I created the share on my PCH.. I used the Browse button to locate the HTPC:H_HIGHDEF folder and selected it. When it brought me back to where you can specify the Sharename I did NOT name it.

Would that be the problem right there? I left the PCH SHare name blank? It shows up on the PCH as "HTPC:H_HIGHDEF"

I can select sources and see the XP Share and play movies from it.. However when I click play from the INDEX file on the PCH it just says.. "Buffering".. COULD NOT PLAY

THanks so much for your assistance.

Brian.

[Omertron]

I believe that "HTPC:H_HIGHDEF" is a valid name for a share on the PCH and in links. I say believe because I've not tested it.

I assume that HTPC is the machine/server and H_HIGHDEF is the sharename? So H: => \\HTPC\H_HIGHDEF\

In which case, make sure that H:\Directory\video.avi looks like this in the xml file:
file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/HTPC:H_HIGHDEF/Directory/video.avi
Including case.
If you change the nmtpath in the library, you MUST delete the xml files from the jukebox and re-run for it to take effect.

[dysan911]

O,

Your assumption is correct. The machine name is : HTPC
and the shared folder is H_HIGHDEF

One of the movies is "40 year old Virgin".. Here is the line from it's XML file. I fail to see the problem..

file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/HTPC:H_HIGHDEF/40%20year%20old%20Virgin/40%20Year%20Old%20Virgin.wmv

I assume that %20 stuff is XML code for spaces, caps, etc..

(01-12-2009 04:16 PM)Omertron Wrote:  I believe that "HTPC:H_HIGHDEF" is a valid name for a share on the PCH and in links. I say believe because I've not tested it.

I assume that HTPC is the machine/server and H_HIGHDEF is the sharename? So H: => \\HTPC\H_HIGHDEF\

In which case, make sure that H:\Directory\video.avi looks like this in the xml file:
file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/HTPC:H_HIGHDEF/Directory/video.avi
Including case.
If you change the nmtpath in the library, you MUST delete the xml files from the jukebox and re-run for it to take effect.

[Omertron]

Ok I assume the following:
1) You've browsed to the share at least once since a reboot and you are NOT browsing to any other shares.
2) You've played the video file in question directly from the PCH interface and it works correctly
3) From a PC the path is \\HTPC\H_HIGHDEF\40 year old Virgin\40 year old Virgin.wmv with that capitalisation with no variations

If so, I'm at a loss. The only other thing I can suggest is to re-do your share and give it a simple name, e.g. "dysan" and re-run the GUI, delete the jukebox (you could try just deleting the 40yov files if you want a quick test) and re-run it so it changes the path in the xml.

[dysan911]

(01-12-2009 05:05 PM)Omertron Wrote:  Ok I assume the following:
1) You've browsed to the share at least once since a reboot and you are NOT browsing to any other shares.

If you mean from the PCH. I have 2 Shares that I created.. One is simply called DOWNLOADS and the other is the already discussed "H_HIGHDEF"

Omertron Wrote:2) You've played the video file in question directly from the PCH interface and it works correctly

Exactly. I can select "Sources". then scroll down to "H_HIGHDEF" and browse the "40 year old virgin" folder and play the movie with no problem.

Omertron Wrote:3) From a PC the path is \\HTPC\H_HIGHDEF\40 year old Virgin\40 year old Virgin.wmv with that capitalisation with no variations

When I go to that path from a local PC on my home network. I don't know if it's just an XP thing or not.. but I type in \\HTPC\H_HIGHDEF\40 year old Virgin (hit enter). It opens the folder but I notice that everything prior to the name of the movie is lower case..

Omertron Wrote:If so, I'm at a loss. The only other thing I can suggest is to re-do your share and give it a simple name, e.g. "dysan" and re-run the GUI, delete the jukebox (you could try just deleting the 40yov files if you want a quick test) and re-run it so it changes the path in the xml.

You think I should try using all lowercase?

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FYI.. I checked the XP SHare name and its all UPPERCASE.

[Omertron]

You can edit the HTML directly and try changing the case to match what is presented in the address bar on XP.
So if the link is all in lowercase, i.e. something like this:

\\htpc\h_highdef\40 year old Virgin

then try that case exactly and I think it'll work, so your path would be:

file:///opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/NETWORK_SHARE/htpc:h_highdef/

[dysan911]

Hey O..

I don't know if this is a possible factor or not but I noticed that my Server name is not: HTPC

instead it's: Htpc

the "tpc" part is lowercase.

WHen I get home today I will test both of those theories..

Thanks!
B.

[dysan911]

Got it!

Thanks "O" for the help man!

I went home and as you recall, the 2 theories we were talking about last were

1. Try making the NMT Path for the share in all lowercase to match what Windows explorer shows.

or

2. The Computer Server name was "Htpc" instead of "HTPC".

First thing I did was edit the 40yov's XML file and change the NMT Path to "Htpc:H_HIGHDEF"
tested playback from the index and it said BUFFERING.. COULD NOT PLAY..

Next I tried to browse to that PC share from the PCH using the SHARE I added the day before. "HTPC:H_HIGHDEF"
It opens.. I decided to edit the Share name and changed it to "Htpc:H_HIGHDEF" making the tpc in lowercase.
Went back to the Index and lauched the 40yov and it BUFFERS and PLAYS FINE!

I don't understand why it didn't play when I had everything in upper case.. "HTPC:H_HIGHDEF" The share was in caps and the NMT Path as well. Weird, maybe it truly wasn't valid because my Computer name is truly "Htpc". Anyhow, I updated the Yamj My_library.xml file and deleted the Jukebox and index and re ran it. Everything plays great now..

THanks again!

[Omertron]

The NMT is case sensitive to paths, which confuses us poor windows users
That's why I suggested creating a name for the share that you could guarantee what the case was.

Glad you got it sorted!