ts files with AC3 audio does not play

[Barsk]

Hi!

Firstly, credits to Martin who has made such an awesome plugin to PCH! A really great achievement which has come a long way since I tried it last.

I have a problem though with ts files recorded on my GBPVR server that contains AC3 audio. All ts files with "standard" audio work fine. And that ts file that does not play in mvpmcx2 does play fine in PCH using the standard player over SMB.

I can provide the ts file for download if someone needs it for troubleshooting. However I still hope that it is some sort of configuration issue...

Any ideas?

[mvallevand]

I have a couple of Swedish files with AC3 audio that play fine, do yours play with no audio or do they not play at all?

I will want your GBPVR logs and from telnet a screen capture /tmp/dumpts.txt you can get this with this command

cat /tmp/dumpts.txt

I probably will need a sample afterwards so if you want you can upload a 100MB sample to megaupload or rapidshare when you have time.

Martin

[Barsk]

I have a couple of Swedish files with AC3 audio that play fine, do yours play with no audio or do they not play at all?

They do not play at all. In fact it hangs there with a black screen. Sometimes I can get back with exit button or on/off toggle, but a few times I had to reboot.

The logs and dump I will provide, but how do I create a sample? Those programs with AC3 are quite rare... Can I somehow cut the original? It is 3.4 GB. Too large?

[mvallevand]

Sub has a utility that can do the cut, http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=3...ostcount=2 Incidently I found it in a thread on Swedish AC3 that is working in x2.

http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...ight=chunk

Martin

[Barsk]

Hello Martin!

Whilst preparing the chunk and logs I think I found why the file doesn't play. It seems the communication somehow does not handle swedish characters åäö correctly, i.e it is an encoding issue leading to a file not found exception inside the program.

This is the MVP-PVRX2.exe.log telling the tale. The path
C:\GBPVR\Här är ditt liv\Här är ditt liv_20090925_1430160.ts
should actually look like
C:\GBPVR\Här är ditt liv\Här är ditt liv_20090925_1430160.ts

This I think is the reason the file does not play. If renamed using non latin1 characters it works Ok. It happens from Recordings as well as from Videos. I guess you could test it by simply renaming a video file to have the file name as above and try. There is also a mention of a missing file "forcefailure" in the logs?

Also, after trying to play the file the screen hangs with the files selection still visible, and the only option to get out is to push power off to get back to PCH. From there one can restart gbpvr in PCH again. It would be nice if there was perhaps a better error handling to gracefully return to gbpvr without hanging...

2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] MVP playback requested: C:\GBPVR\Här är ditt liv\Här är ditt liv_20090925_1430160 (shortname)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] MVP playback requested: (longname)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] getValue cached value: /settings/MvpTranscodeFLAC : true
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] getValue cached value: /settings/MvpTranscodeOGG : true
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] Checking if transcode required
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] getValue cached value: /settings/MvpTranscodeAllVideo : false
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] getValue cached value: /settings/MvpTranscodeTS : true
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] Opening media file: forcefailure
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] U/V buffer: 1331 bytes (sent:6149)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] U/V buffer: 1331 bytes@2
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] U/V buffer: 1331 bytes@3 (sent:1331)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] incremental frame sent
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] OnKeyDown() complete
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP not sending frame
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 ERROR [7] Media stream thread caught exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Det gick inte att hitta filen E:\devnz\forcefailure.
Filnamn: E:\devnz\forcefailure
vid System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
vid System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
vid System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
vid GBPVRX2.MVP.x3ca133dee7547455.xf9d81bb81f7c2ff0()
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop()
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop()@2
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop()@3
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [7] MVPSendStopRequest()
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] Creating new render hash list
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] - adding render hash: show info:0,432,640,144:False
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] Not send update - screen hasnt changed
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (7)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] Got ACK
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (3)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (7)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] Got ACK
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (3)
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:22.906 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:22.953 VERBOSE [6] About to call MVPShowOSDWithTransparency()
2009-09-30 10:01:22.953 VERBOSE [6] Creating new render hash list
2009-09-30 10:01:22.953 VERBOSE [6] - adding render hash: show info:0,432,640,144:False
2009-09-30 10:01:22.953 VERBOSE [6] Not send update - screen hasnt changed
2009-09-30 10:01:23.031 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (3)
2009-09-30 10:01:23.031 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:23.031 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] About to call MVPShowOSDWithTransparency()
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] Creating new render hash list
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] - adding render hash: show info:0,432,640,144:False
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] Not send update - screen hasnt changed
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (7)
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] Got ACK
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (3)
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:23.265 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] EnableScreenSaver()
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] getValue cached value: /settings/ScreenSaverEnabled : true
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop()@4
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop()@5
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop()@6
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] ForceRepaint()
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] ...ForceRepaint() ignored from streaming thread
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop()@7
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] VideoPlayer.Stop() complete
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] MVP Streaming Thread shutting down...
2009-09-30 10:01:23.406 VERBOSE [7] MVP Streaming Thread shutdown finished
2009-09-30 10:01:28.312 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (8)
2009-09-30 10:01:28.312 VERBOSE [6] Responding to ping (before)
2009-09-30 10:01:28.312 VERBOSE [6] Responded to ping (after)
2009-09-30 10:01:28.312 VERBOSE [6] getValue cached value: /settings/DisableHauppaugeMVPScreenSaver : true
2009-09-30 10:01:28.312 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:28.312 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:28.343 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (3)
2009-09-30 10:01:28.343 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:28.343 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:38.312 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (8)
2009-09-30 10:01:38.312 VERBOSE [6] Responding to ping (before)
2009-09-30 10:01:38.312 VERBOSE [6] Responded to ping (after)
2009-09-30 10:01:38.312 VERBOSE [6] getValue cached value: /settings/DisableHauppaugeMVPScreenSaver : true
2009-09-30 10:01:38.312 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:38.312 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data
2009-09-30 10:01:38.343 VERBOSE [6] MVP data read: 1 (3)
2009-09-30 10:01:38.343 VERBOSE [6] MVP request processed
2009-09-30 10:01:38.343 VERBOSE [6] MVP waiting for data

[mvallevand]

This is a known problem with the MVP interface handling of utf characters that aren't in the iso 8859-1 family and here's the current partial solution http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=42000 I've tried to bump sub on this a couple of times but timing has never been good (he's away right now for few more weeks).

Crashing with an exception error is sub's choice, IMO it isn't really more than a minor aggravation and maybe it keeps people from hitting play over and over on a file that will never work.

More than anything your post shows the importance of attaching logs with support posts. It would have saved both of us time.

Martin

[Barsk]

This is a known problem with the MVP interface handling of utf characters that aren't in the iso 8859-1 family and here's the current partial solution http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?t=42000 I've tried to bump sub on this a couple of times but timing has never been good (he's away right now for few more weeks).

Crashing with an exception error is sub's choice, IMO it isn't really more than a minor aggravation and maybe it keeps people from hitting play over and over on a file that will never work.

More than anything your post shows the importance of attaching logs with support posts. It would have saved both of us time.

Martin

Sorry about the logs. Will never happen again!
About the swedish characters åäö,ÅÄÖ. They are indeed in iso_8859_1, so if that should work something is still odd...

Tried <MVPUseShortFilenamesOnNMT>true</MVPUseShortFilenamesOnNMT> and it solved the problem!

Thanx a lot!

[mvallevand]

It's true that those characters should work but my experience has been that the utf-8 extension isn't and that's why I bump sub. The shortname solution isn't good because it doesn't support the share based alternatives to http or DVD's

Martin

[Barsk]

I am a programmer myself in the Java world and we do a lot of web applications. I am well aware of the encoding issues that may arise.

Rant on!
The world would have been a much simpler place if programmers in the beginning had looked a little bit outside their english alfabet and taken proper action then already. ASCII is a a joke.
The problem is still that new programs are written for english, i.e ASCII first. Then international users start complaining and i18n is taken care of as a second priority.
Rant off!

[mvallevand]

I've been around a long time and actually started coding with EBCDIC not ASCII but then used ASCII 7bit, then 8bit, got into Microsoft code page madness, and after thirty years we have a mess in the latin1 world with Windows users with CP 437,850,1252 all conflicting to some extent with iso 8859-1 and Unicode/UTF. Canada is bilingual but I consider myself lucky that I've only had to deal with French and English character sets.

Just to add to the "fun" mvpcmx2 has to deal not only with the character sets, but Windows and linux file system differences, and also some custom html encoding which off course had to be different for PCH2 mode, and GBPVR's web server can't handle it all.

Martin