Some files are not played over smb
#1
Hi all,
I've just installed the latest XBMC on my brand new APTV via Thumbstick and found a problem with my smb shares.
I set up a smb movies share from my iMac and added it as a source to the XBMC. The weird thing is that, in the same folder, some movies are thumbnailed and can be played while others don't.
If I ftp a movie that cannot be played over smb to my APTV local movies folders then it can be played without a problem. So it must be network problem affecting only some files. I've not been able to found any pattern for those unplayable files (size, name_size,...)

My XBMC.log shows the following error:

Code:
18:17:56 T:2684407808 M: 26230784  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: smb://username:[email protected]/Public/Downloads/Pelis/Crepusculo.Spanish.XviD.MP3.DVDRip.By.FreAk.TEAm.avi
18:17:56 T:2684407808 M: 26222592 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
18:17:56 T:52058624 M: 26226688  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
18:17:56 T:52058624 M: 26198016   ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [smb://username:[email protected]/Public/Downloads/Pelis/Crepusculo.Spanish.XviD.MP3.DVDRip.By.FreAk.TEAm.avi]
18:17:56 T:52058624 M: 26198016  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
18:17:56 T:52058624 M: 26198016  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
18:17:56 T:2684407808 M: 26202112   ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [smb://username:[email protected]/Public/Downloads/Pelis/Crepusculo.Spanish.XviD.MP3.DVDRip.By.FreAk.TEAm.avi]
18:17:57 T:2684407808 M: 26333184  NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
18:17:57 T:2684407808 M: 26333184 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player)::Put MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
18:17:57 T:2684407808 M: 26333184  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:17:57 T:2684407808 M: 26361856  NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting

Any ideas?
Cheers,
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#2
could be a permission thing maybe? do the user have read access to all files..

also are the files playable in another mediaplayer, like mplayer?

and please pastebin.com for full Debug Log (other stuff in the log might be useful aswell)
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#3
Here comes the full dump
http://pastebin.com/d5e6a405e
Errors are raised for the movies which I cannot play (about 50%) the rest did not show up in the log.

Yes the files are playable with other players (mplayer, vlc) on the mac. But as I said I I ftp any of the problematic files to the ATV HD, I can play them through xbmc without problems. Its only when I try to play them through smb.

Regarding user privileges, on the iMac share the username/pwd I use when accessing the smb share has rw permissions. Although in older XBMC.logs I happen to see a 'Permision denied' error (unix_err) for the same problematic movies.
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