Streaming problem

[pastro]

I was running the latest patch (I think) and the batch file downloads were working ok, but I just tried to stream and I get all sorts of errors.

The most troubling is that it causes IE to crash and that leaves VLC streaming. I have to use pskill to get rid of the process since for whatever reason, from taskmanager it says access denied.

Also, when I press the transcode or the player options, I get an error screen.
Here is the error when I select the player options


'streamVideoSizeOpt' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items.
Parameter name: value
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: 'streamVideoSizeOpt' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items.
Parameter name: value

Source Error:


Line 541: streamPriority.Text = VLC.getStrmPriority();
Line 542: streamBitRate.Text = VLC.getStrmBitRate().ToString();
Line 543: streamVideoSizeOpt.SelectedValue = VLC.getStrmVideoSizeOpt();
Line 544:
Line 545: if (streamVideoSizeOpt.SelectedValue == "preset")

[UncleJohnsBand]

I was running the latest patch (I think) and the batch file downloads were working ok, but I just tried to stream and I get all sorts of errors.

The most troubling is that it causes IE to crash and that leaves VLC streaming. I have to use pskill to get rid of the process since for whatever reason, from taskmanager it says access denied.

Also, when I press the transcode or the player options, I get an error screen.
Here is the error when I select the player options


'streamVideoSizeOpt' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items.
Parameter name: value
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: 'streamVideoSizeOpt' has a SelectedValue which is invalid because it does not exist in the list of items.
Parameter name: value

Source Error:


Line 541: streamPriority.Text = VLC.getStrmPriority();
Line 542: streamBitRate.Text = VLC.getStrmBitRate().ToString();
Line 543: streamVideoSizeOpt.SelectedValue = VLC.getStrmVideoSizeOpt();
Line 544:
Line 545: if (streamVideoSizeOpt.SelectedValue == "preset")

Trying to locate the bug....for some reason the video size option is loosing its setting and if you don't set it you get this error.....I will have a fix shortly but I am trying to figure out why it started happening in the first place.....I probably dropped a line of code somewhere in moving the code for managing the player from the Config tab to the player itself.

Also....if you get that crash and you are still worried about VLC running on the host just go back in to stream a file, make sure the size option is now set and click on stream......the first thing that occurs is that all VLC processes on the host machine are killed prior to starting the new stream.

[pastro]

It's a little more insidious than I thought.
I always have use external player selected. The first time up it uses the external player but it never starts streaming. I kill that and try it again, it uses the internal player that shows up in the popup dialog. It doesn't stream there either. Sometimes when VLC is selected I get WMP instead.
I tried audio streaming and that didn't work either. Not sure what besides patches I have changed but it is certainly possible I have an issue on my end. Can you still stream ok with the new patches?

[UncleJohnsBand]

It's a little more insidious than I thought.
I always have use external player selected. The first time up it uses the external player but it never starts streaming. I kill that and try it again, it uses the internal player that shows up in the popup dialog. It doesn't stream there either. Sometimes when VLC is selected I get WMP instead.
I tried audio streaming and that didn't work either. Not sure what besides patches I have changed but it is certainly possible I have an issue on my end. Can you still stream ok with the new patches?

Try the attached....it has several fixes that I have found since the last release.......

Make sure to stop the recording service prior to applying.....

Let me know....

[pastro]

Loaded the patch, still no luck streaming but at least it doesn't crash anymore.
I get the box to launch the external player. I press this and select open on the next dialog. VLC opens but never starts playing anything. I tried this on a remote machine as well as locally and got the same behavior. I can select play instead of stream and the file plays fine.
Firewall is off on my XP remote machine. The streamer is win2k and has no firewall.

Sometimes when I press stream I don't get the open, save, dialog and I get a video player in the popup dialog. The video doesn't work here either. If I select player options or trans opts before I press start stream, I get the launch external player as I should. Seems like something in the selection of the player is still a little strange.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Loaded the patch, still no luck streaming but at least it doesn't crash anymore.
I get the box to launch the external player. I press this and select open on the next dialog. VLC opens but never starts playing anything. I tried this on a remote machine as well as locally and got the same behavior. I can select play instead of stream and the file plays fine.
Firewall is off on my XP remote machine. The streamer is win2k and has no firewall.

Sometimes when I press stream I don't get the open, save, dialog and I get a video player in the popup dialog. The video doesn't work here either. If I select player options or trans opts before I press start stream, I get the launch external player as I should. Seems like something in the selection of the player is still a little strange.

One thing is if you change settings you must click the update button before clicking stream....otherwise it will use the old values.

For example....if the player window opens up and the external player box is not checked....and you check it....and the click stream.....it will use the plugin rather than the external player since you did not click update first. I can add an update call automatically when the external player box is checked.

I am thinking this may be what you are seeing.....does that sound correct?

[pastro]

One thing is if you change settings you must click the update button before clicking stream....otherwise it will use the old values.

For example....if the player window opens up and the external player box is not checked....and you check it....and the click stream.....it will use the plugin rather than the external player since you did not click update first. I can add an update call automatically when the external player box is checked.

I am thinking this may be what you are seeing.....does that sound correct?

That's probably what I am seeing. I will investigate further though and report back.

The streaming problem was operator error. The streaming port was set to 1234. VLC was listening on 7648. I have no idea how this changed.

[UncleJohnsBand]

The streaming problem was operator error. The streaming port was set to 1234. VLC was listening on 7648. I have no idea how this changed.

I do......it was one of the bugs that was fixed.......the default stream port was getting set to 1234.......:o