SlavikZ Wrote:I have problems with MKV HD Video playing on Windows XP with the latest build. The video is not shown. There're a lot of "ERROR: m_pD3DDevice->BeginScene() failed" messages in log. Here is the full debug log:
http://pastebin.org/327803
On Windows 7 everything works fine.

blinkseb Wrote:The problem is here :

Code:

14:23:55 T:2120 M:979144704   ERROR: exception in CApplication::FrameMove()

There's an exception, so the DirectX device is never recreated; That explains the errors after.

Does this occur with all file or only one?

blinkseb Wrote:You can find a list of what setting you can tweak here : http://trac.xbmc.org/browser/branches/dsplayer/xbmc/cores/DSPlayer/Filters/RendererSettings.cpp, starting at line 103. You can see default values here : http://trac.xbmc.org/browser/branches/dsplayer/xbmc/cores/DSPlayer/Filters/RendererSettings.h (SetDefault methods).

Freddo Wrote:Hi Blinkseb,

I was trying to find a way to change the pixel format or output range of the renderer to match my tv, is this the correct syntax?

Code:

<renderersettings>
  <sharedsettings>
    <VSync>false</VSync>
  </sharedsettings>
  <evrsettings>
    <HighColorResolution>true</HighColorResolution>
    <Outputrange>1</outputrange>  
  </evrsettings>
  <vmr9settings>
  </vmr9settings>
</renderersettings>

I'm basing that on this from renderersettings.cpp

Code:

139          XMLUtils::GetInt(pElement, "OutputRange", (int &) pSettings->outputRange, 0, 1);

and this from renderersettings.h

Code:

59    enum EVR_OUTPUT_RANGE
60    {
61      OUTPUT_RANGE_0_255 = 0,
62      OUTPUT_RANGE_16_235
63    };

It doesn't seem to be working. you can see the output range in the renderer stats, mine is stuck at 0-255 and I need 16-235 for my tv. Is this setting "hooked up" so to speak? Or have I got my xml wrong?

Thanks either way, Freddo.

double edit: don't write xml tired. Here's how to do it and it works just perfect thanks Blinkseb:

Code:

<renderersettings>
  <sharedsettings>
    <VSync>false</VSync>
  </sharedsettings>
  <evrsettings>
    <HighColorResolution>true</HighColorResolution>
    <OutputRange>1</OutputRange>
  </evrsettings>
  <vmr9settings>

  </vmr9settings>
</renderersettings>

Case sensetivity tripped me up.

SlavikZ Wrote:I've try to investigate my problem more close - it is differ a little from the my first description. So, the problem arise from second after the OS boot DSPlayer usage. In other words - the first time you use DSPlayer everything OK, but after that you never get the video (even with the same file) until you reboot the OS. File format doesn't matter - I tried avi, mkv, wmv with the same result. DVDPlayer and the old april build of DSPlayer work OK.
There're another 2 debug logs:
http://pastebin.org/328563
http://pastebin.org/328568

Their scenario the same: just after the boot XBMC play file OK with DSPlayer, than I press stop button and try play the same file without success.

SlavikZ Wrote:I've try to investigate my problem more close - it is differ a little from the my first description. So, the problem arise from second after the OS boot DSPlayer usage. In other words - the first time you use DSPlayer everything OK, but after that you never get the video (even with the same file) until you reboot the OS. File format doesn't matter - I tried avi, mkv, wmv with the same result. DVDPlayer and the old april build of DSPlayer work OK.
There're another 2 debug logs:
http://pastebin.org/328563
http://pastebin.org/328568

Their scenario the same: just after the boot XBMC play file OK with DSPlayer, than I press stop button and try play the same file without success.

hsinchu308 Wrote:I am having a similar problem. I posted pastebin info a few days back, and Blinkseb have spent quite of a bit of time helping me in PM (Thanks Seb!) I've done more testing and basically my symptoms are the same: avi or mkv plays fine at first, but after 1 or 2 stop/starts, I get no video, only audio.

But my problem is more serious: when I get no video, the keyboard becomes non-responsive inside XBMC, and I have to kill it. After this, even rebooting does not help - the same file will not play with video anymore, until I remove the video database (removing userdata), or, play the file with dvdplayer, which always plays fine, then immediately followed by dsplayer.

I am still testing. But interestingly, I don't have this problem on my XP machine, only the Windows 7 machine, the opposite of your case :confused2:. The one thing I can see that we have in common is that we both have Intel Atom w/ Nvidia ION (the Windows 7 machine is a Acer Revo 3610, whereas my XP machine is a P4 w/ Nvidia 8400GS).

I'll let you know if I have more info after more testing. Maybe other people that have this problem can share some of their info?

PS. My Windows 7 machine is getting the video through smb from my XP machine. I don't know if this matters or not. It worked fine on all previous builds.

tiben20 Wrote:---->>>DEBUG: CRenderSystemDX:resentRenderImpl - Present failed with hr=...
that line is really the big problem there. Xbmc is basically a 3d game where you can play video in it. Games are simple when you consider its simply a loop doing in 3 steps 1. begin 2.presentation 3. end
But this line mean the loop just crashed and your screwed. :S

CDX9AllocatorPresenter:aint Detected screen size : 1920x1080

blinkseb Wrote:I try your two sample files, and I works really fine here. I can reproduce your issue.

PS: My keyboard just die five minutes ago I won't be able to code for the next few days, time to buy a new one

hsinchu308 Wrote:Actually, my debug log looks different from his. It's here:
http://pastebin.com/4r346HyE

Another:
http://pastebin.com/TKuFwJJc

As you can see, dsplayer did not even get to the screen size detection part:

CDX9AllocatorPresenter:aint Detected screen size : 1920x1080

that I get when the movie starts up properly. According to his log he could exit normally, whereas I have to kill XBMC because it does not respond to keyboard input at that point.

Anyway, it seems to me that the video playback starts before all of the settings/devices (screen did not even clear to black) finished initializing....However, for me, playing it with dvdplayer immediately following by dsplayer fixes the problem temporarily. :confused2: