PC Client (streaming) can't play recordings

[BerkA]

I've just set up a computer as a PC client for GBPVR. (I'm using PVRX2.exe, configured for streaming.) I have not been able to play any recorded programs. Every time I select a recording and press the play dialog button, I get a black screen; about 2 seconds later, I get back to the recordings menu. This is accompanied by the following bunch of messages in GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log file on the server.

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2007-10-19 01:28:00.750 WARNING [19] not all bytes sent...
2007-10-19 01:28:00.750 ERROR [20] Unexpected exception in OOB Streaming Handler thread: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x84645f84ebe04256.xa214808a50743496()
2007-10-19 01:28:00.796 ERROR [18] Unexpected exception in OOB Streaming Handler thread: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Receive(Byte[] buffer, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x84645f84ebe04256.xa214808a50743496()
2007-10-19 01:28:00.968 ERROR [16] Unexpected exception in Streaming Handler thread: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x84645f84ebe04256.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
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I dug a little deeper by looking at the client/server communications using Wireshark. I see several TCP sessions opened. I see a suspiciously high number of TCP RESETs. There isn't a firewall, by the way. The TCP sessions are opened completely first (SYN, SYN-ACK, ACK), then they're RESET. When I look at the payloads of the packets, I see the contents of my ComSkip file, but I don't see the beginning of the MPG file. I don't think anything should be timing out -- from first SYN to last ACK is 1.46 seconds.

I use WinXP with limited user accounts; I use administrator sparingly. I have had plenty of permissions problems with GBPVR, but I don't think any permissions problems are causing this behavior. Still, keep this in mind.

Any suggestions? Any requests for log/config files?

By the way, Sub, nice use of the 0xdead_beef protocol... :-)

[BerkA]

OK, I guess I should just post logs anyway.
BTW, I'm using GB-PVR v1.0.16 with a few of the patches that would have affected me.

[HtV]

OK, I guess I should just post logs anyway.
BTW, I'm using GB-PVR v1.0.16 with a few of the patches that would have affected me.

I spotted this one:

Code:

2007-10-19 03:13:58.029 VERBOSE FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: GB-PVR Parser

You might try running the "reregister filters" from the programs-gbpvr group.
You did install a video-decoder? You might want to choose a specifique one instead of 'default'.

[sub]

Yes, definitely worth running ReRegisterFilters.bat.

[BerkA]

Thanks Sub, HtV. I ran ReRegisterFilters.bat. Now my client plays recorded files from the server.

The error messages from the GBPVRRecordingService.exe.log on Server are still there. I'm starting to suspect they are related to the pauses I'm experiencing in the video. I will investigate later.

BTW, Sub, do you have interest in improving the non-administrator-user experience of GBPVR. I could try to come up with a list of snags that I had. (I've been using GBPVR for a long time, so I may not even remember many snags any more.)

[sub]

BTW, Sub, do you have interest in improving the non-administrator-user experience of GBPVR.

To be honest, no not really

There will be some improvements though as I do work for better Vista compatibility, which has a heavy dependence on non-administrator account etc.