[mw90]

i just got a new(used) laptop with vista on it, i put xbmc on the it and added files to the library which went well but when i try and play the file it says too many consecutive failed attempts i dont no what the issue is so i have posted the log file here.....

http://pastebin.com/m36b071ca


please tell wat i can do to fix


BTW... my other 2 computers that are running xp, os x work perfect, so my guess is it is a vista issue


can someone please look at my log i have been going thru the forum and found nothing... i even downgraded my xbmc to an earlier one and still had same issue

[mw90]

Seriously is the that difficult of an issue to solve?
Vista cant play videos from within XBMC, but im able to play when i use windows explorer.

[StevenSeagull]

You can always try to map a network path to a letter (x: \\otherpc\movies). That should do the trick.

[vexation]

Did you have a look at the log yourself?
23:04:46 T:166752 M:1446383616 ERROR: Win32DllLoader::Load: Unable to load special://xbmc/system/players/dvdplayer/avutil-50.dll (126)

You're missing or unable to load a .dll - It might mean nothing, or it might mean everything. When in doubt, go back to a fresh 9.04.1 install with a basic skin and work your way up until you find an SVN you're sure works.

Update - you're on SVN 22424 and someone on 22463 had pretty much the same problem http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=57058 - you need to move to a known stable SVN - judging by http://xbmc.org/theuni/2009/08/31/follow-up-breakage/ you want something just before 22529 (i can't remember the exact build the dev's are recommending off the top of my head)

[natethomas]

Just go to the front page of the unofficial SVN release thread. The most recent unbroken builds are now listed there.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=35452

[TE5LA]

Seriously is the that difficult of an issue to solve?
Vista cant play videos from within XBMC, but im able to play when i use windows explorer.

I have Vista and it plays videos from my network. I don't even have a hard drive in my media PC. Problem is, XBMC doesn't play videos well at all because the CODECS are bad. This is why I switched to MediaPortal.

[StevenSeagull]

The codecs ain't bad. Actually they are quite good. Wants beefy cpu for 1080p but thats all.

[mw90]

hey i reinstalled xbmc, mapped a network drive and added a source, it now plays in file mode, but its is not scraping, also the settings dont save after i exit xbmc,

[StevenSeagull]

hey i reinstalled xbmc, mapped a network drive and added a source, it now plays in file mode, but its is not scraping, also the settings dont save after i exit xbmc,

Have you set the content of the folder to movies?

[mw90]

Have you set the content of the folder to movies?

yes i have done that

[TE5LA]

The codecs ain't bad. Actually they are quite good. Wants beefy cpu for 1080p but thats all.

An AMD Athlon X2 6000+ Dual-Core should be more than enough CPU. Vista Media Center and MediaPortal have no problems on same system and actually, MediaPortal isn't even designed to run on Vista.