"Playback Failed" error

weedo · 2012-06-06 14:32

I'm running a Mac Mini OSX 10.7 and having trouble with XBMC/Apple TV/Eden 5.0 connecting to my movies out of the blue.

I'm getting "Playback Failed: One or more items failed to play. Check the log file for details."

I'm connected through SMB and my IP address (how i browse to the movies on my Mac). It's been fine for months but now this.?.? I can still see my folders that house the movies; one is on my Mac, and one is on a backup drive. I can see all of the movies in the folders, but when i click on the movie and hit play, that's the error message i get. I checked my "shares" and they're all still correct. I've even tried connecting with MediaMaster Server (after browsing a dozen websites trying to figure this out). No luck there.

It seems i'm missing one SMALL element here as to why the movies simply won't play, even though i can see them on my share. Ideas? Thanks in advance for any help!

itek975 · 2012-06-10 03:12

weedo, i am having the same exact problem! it has worked fine for months without any problems whatsoever - now I get "Playback Failed: One or more items failed to play. Check the log file for details."

Please Help.
I will also be thankful for any direction in how to solve this.

thanks for posting weedo.

weedo · 2012-06-10 03:27

Glad to see I'm not the only one! Among about 10 other things I've tired.... I've redone the shares on the Mac completely; same goes for pointing to the shares in XMBC to the Mac. It worked one day, the next day I can't view the "folders" (pictures of what each movie look like as you scroll through), yet I can see the names of all the movies.

**Ned Scott** · 2012-06-10 04:55

"Check the log file for details" is the hint.

we need a debug log.

kingman · 2012-08-16 17:32

Any Ideas with this problem yet? this just recently happened to me. No updates, nothings changed just all of a sudden. I've upgraded to Mountain Lion since then and a new unstable version of Eden. I'm stuck unless I wipe out my entire mac mini and start all over.

Sorry btw here is the URL to my Log file. http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=6692

kingman · 2012-08-16 17:57

Line 6833 is one of the errors

itek975 Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-06-10 03:12 Post: #2 weedo, i am having the same exact problem! it has worked fine for months without any problems whatsoever - now I get "Playback Failed: One or more items failed to play. Check the log file for details." Please Help. I will also be thankful for any direction in how to solve this. thanks for posting weedo.
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weedo Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: Jun 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-06-10 03:27 Post: #3 Glad to see I'm not the only one! Among about 10 other things I've tired.... I've redone the shares on the Mac completely; same goes for pointing to the shares in XMBC to the Mac. It worked one day, the next day I can't view the "folders" (pictures of what each movie look like as you scroll through), yet I can see the names of all the movies.
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Ned Scott Team-XBMC Wiki Guy Posts: 12,001 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 132 Location: Arizona, USA	2012-06-10 04:55 Post: #4 "Check the log file for details" is the hint. we need a debug log. You can make easy links to the XBMC wiki using double brackets around words: [[debug log]] = debug log, [[Add-on:YouTube]] = Add-on:YouTube, [[Adding videos to the library]] = Adding videos to the library, [[userdata]] = userdata, etc
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kingman Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-08-16 17:57 Post: #6 Line 6833 is one of the errors
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