2012-10-07, 21:48
Hello,
I've begun messing around XBMC recently and have two boxes running it (Windows and OPENELEC), both exhibiting the same problems:
Randomly, but usually within 20-40 minutes of playing a file the playback stops. When trying to resume play I get a "media offline" message. Typically if I wait a few minutes or restart XBMC I can playback again, but it will randomly drop off again at some point.
Here is a sample of my log where it seems it is trying to connect:
15:40:17 T:2416 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
15:40:17 T:2416 DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\192.168.1.4\TV with username(htpc) and password(XXXX)
15:40:17 T:2416 ERROR: File::Open - unknown exception when opening smb://192.168.1.4/TV/TV/How_I_Met_Your_Mother/Season.1/How I Met Your Mother - 1x06 - Slutty Pumpkin.avi
15:40:17 T:2416 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [smb://192.168.1.4/TV/TV/How_I_Met_Your_Mother/Season.1/How I Met Your Mother - 1x06 - Slutty Pumpkin.avi]
Im wondering if it someonething in my network that is causing this. I have the two XBMC PC's connecting to a Windows 7 box with the files on two seperate external USB HDD's. I have the two folders shared (SMB) out with full-control permissions for my HTPC user. I have disabled the firewall on the Windows 7 'media-host' box.
Is there something that I could be missing in my router? Mind you one XBMC box (Windows XP) is hardwired with a MAC address reservation and the other is connected wirelessly, but they are both experienceing the same issue.
Would it be possible to have better success with a local FTP setup?
Thanks for any help!
I've begun messing around XBMC recently and have two boxes running it (Windows and OPENELEC), both exhibiting the same problems:
Randomly, but usually within 20-40 minutes of playing a file the playback stops. When trying to resume play I get a "media offline" message. Typically if I wait a few minutes or restart XBMC I can playback again, but it will randomly drop off again at some point.
Here is a sample of my log where it seems it is trying to connect:
15:40:17 T:2416 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
15:40:17 T:2416 DEBUG: Trying to connect to \\192.168.1.4\TV with username(htpc) and password(XXXX)
15:40:17 T:2416 ERROR: File::Open - unknown exception when opening smb://192.168.1.4/TV/TV/How_I_Met_Your_Mother/Season.1/How I Met Your Mother - 1x06 - Slutty Pumpkin.avi
15:40:17 T:2416 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [smb://192.168.1.4/TV/TV/How_I_Met_Your_Mother/Season.1/How I Met Your Mother - 1x06 - Slutty Pumpkin.avi]
Im wondering if it someonething in my network that is causing this. I have the two XBMC PC's connecting to a Windows 7 box with the files on two seperate external USB HDD's. I have the two folders shared (SMB) out with full-control permissions for my HTPC user. I have disabled the firewall on the Windows 7 'media-host' box.
Is there something that I could be missing in my router? Mind you one XBMC box (Windows XP) is hardwired with a MAC address reservation and the other is connected wirelessly, but they are both experienceing the same issue.
Would it be possible to have better success with a local FTP setup?
Thanks for any help!