Windows XBMC crashes when XBOX-controller disconnects

(2012-04-27 14:18)evil-B Wrote:  I tried the build the latest SDL version but XBMC would not take it and I am not in the mood to investigate this matter.

We use 1.2.14 and latest is .15. Unfortunately only Linux got some joystick fixes
http://www.libsdl.org/release/changes-1.2.html

(2012-04-27 15:19)evil-B Wrote:  if you can't play video probably that your installation is not up to date. Do you have a dll load error in the log ?

I'll have to look. I installed Eden about 2 weeks ago using the installer. Isn't that the most updated version?

Controller Crash Debug Log
http://pastebin.com/HjGzviLJ

Video Won't Play Debug Log
http://pastebin.com/MjvupSvP

ERROR: Win32DllLoader::Load: Failed to load C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\system\players\dvdplayer\avutil-51.dll with error 126:The specified module could not be found.

missing DLL when starting video.

As I said even the latest patched version doesn't solve the problem so I a little more explaining what you did would be welcome. Also specify which version you're talking about (latest or not).

Regarding the versions: I'm uncertain what version you are referring too. The only version I know that I have is Eden 11.0 (stable). Is that the version you're looking for? Or is there another version, like the version of the video player? If so, where can I check that version.

As for what I did: Opened XBMC navigated to the "movies" section and selected a movie. It waited for a while and then said it couldn't play it. I then tried to controller. I turned on the controller, played an emulator (F-Zero on Snes9x) shut down the emulator and XBMC was in focus. I pulled the battery on the controller and it crashed.

Let me know if you need more detail, sorry I don't have the video error verbatim (I'll check when I get home if you need the precise language).

regarding XBMC. I'm working with the latest version in the git repository. That would be the nightly builds for you, I'm sure they are available somewhere.
also please make sure you use the latest patched xbmc. this is quick and dirty work, I don't really keep track of what I did in the earlier versions.

I'm sure the video problem is xbmc version related.

I'll look into downloading that. I won't be able to test it until Sunday because I'm leaving town in a few hours. Unless someone else steps up to the plate.

I will be periodically checking in.

I downloaded the most recent nightly build. Video played fine but it still crashed with the remote.

Here's the debug log: http://pastebin.com/J4ymL3E8

Sorry I cut out for a while, had worky stuff the last couple of nights.

After updating to the latest nightly I was able to play videos but I'm still having crash issues with your new build. The problem seems to have become less predictable--it will always crash on controller disconnect but Windows seems to react differently each time. It might throw up a warning beforehand (in a window behind XBMC) and XBMC will only crash after I click on the windows warning window. On another occasion, I was able to disconnect the control and wait about 10 seconds before it froze. Overall, the behavior seems to have become less consistent.

Here's my debug log (this crash is the crash with the Windows warning window behind XBMC):
http://pastebin.com/M6dajE5y

Also, I wrote up a ticket on the issue here:
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/12964

I'm out of my league on the programming/SDL stuff, so please feel free to add any information you think I missed.

Last night I was able to use the latest patched version all evening on my HTPC with controller disconnections and all without any crash...
But again this bug is not systematic, sometimes I can't reproduce it on my dev PC, sometimes I can...

I am very close to ditching all this and use xpadder as the sole controller handler on my HTPC. The only patch needed then would be to remove the call to CJoystick::Reinitialize() to prevent the crash.

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By the way, does anyone know what is this 'Peripherals' section in XBMC ? It is always greyed in my configuration and the documentation is... sparse to say the least.