[spynappels]

Hi,

Please be gentle with a newbie. I am trying to play a mms stream from my Windows Media Services server. I have created a TestPoint.strm file containing only mms://Testserver/TestPoint/ and when I try to open the .strm file nothing happens. Clicking on the file a number of times just gives me an error message saying Playlist Playback Aborted, Too many consecutive Failed Items.

Can anybody help me figure out what I've done wrong? I'm not even getting a Buffering message or anything.

Thanks for your help.

[spiff]

this obviously goes to /dev/null. you have provided zilch information. see my signature.

[spynappels]

OK, if there was simple instructions for adding a log file, I'd do that.

There are a lot of people saying they have this problem but there does not appear to be much help. I have searched and read the FAQs, but all I can find is that it SHOULD work.

Tell me where to find the log file and I'll paste the relevant section.....

[spiff]

i repeat, this time in big uppercase letter;

SEE MY SIGNATURE!!

[spynappels]

I'm not trying to piss you off, I did search the Wiki and the Forums etc.

Anyway, here is the Log section:

11:06:47 T:4148 M:2068459520 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(mms://Testserver/TestPoint/)
11:06:47 T:4148 M:2068459520 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers - Item is an internet stream, content-type=application/octet-stream
11:06:47 T:4148 M:2068406272 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: mms://Testserver/TestPoint/
11:06:47 T:4148 M:2068393984 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
11:06:47 T:6040 M:2068373504 DEBUG: thread start, auto delete: 1
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2068344832 DEBUG: thread start, auto delete: 0
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2068336640 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052558848 DEBUG: CFileCache::Open - opening <TestPoint/> using cache
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052431872 DEBUG: MMS: socket connected
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052329472 INFO: MMS: asf header packet detected, len=5379
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: header read successful
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 7840311756290316710x1283357180869879347
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 INFO: MMS guid: unknown object
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 7301214660030686350x1283430543591726241
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS guid: file object, packet length = 8000 (8000)
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 7301214660030686094x1283430435463824309
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 INFO: MMS guid: unknown object
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 5811999539187478679x1284338466495177792
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 INFO: MMS guid: unknown object
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 17746438496161146019x1283579896686268992
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 INFO: MMS guid: unknown object
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 7301214660030686862x1283431025352640401
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS guid: stream object, stream_id=1
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 7301214660030686862x1283431025352640401
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS guid: stream object, stream_id=2
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 12872072336966189709x1283884942261515726
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 INFO: MMS guid: unknown object
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS: guid found: 7840311756290316710x1283357180869879350
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052325376 DEBUG: MMS guid: data object
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052284416 DEBUG: File::Open - unknown exception when opening mms://Testserver/TestPoint/
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2052284416 ERROR: XFILE::CFileCache::Open - failed to open source <mms://Testserver/TestPoint/>
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2068058112 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [mms://Testserver/TestPoint/]
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2068054016 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2068058112 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
11:06:47 T:3460 M:2068054016 DEBUG: Thread 3460 terminating
11:06:47 T:6040 M:2068054016 DEBUG: Thread 6040 terminating (autodelete)
11:06:47 T:4148 M:2068054016 DEBUG: Playback was stopped

Also:

11:16:28 T:2924 M:2082656256 NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 build 2600. Built on Jun 2 2009 (SVN:20672, compiler 1500)
11:16:28 T:2924 M:2082656256 NOTICE: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU T5870 @ 2.00GHz
11:16:28 T:2924 M:2082656256 NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1280x800 32Bit at 60Hz

Does this help in working out what the problem is?

[jhsrennie]

A good way to test streams is using the good old command line version of mplayer (which is basically what XBMC uses behind the scenes). Download mplayer and from a command prompt type (in your case):

mplayer mms://Testserver/TestPoint/

As an example a stream that I know works (at least in the UK) is:

mplayer.exe mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio1/radio1_bb_live_eq1_sl0

and see what happens. If there's an error it's probably your URL or stream. If it works then it's probably a bug in XBMC. I assume this is your own server since the server name is obviously a local one.

JR

[tslayer]

You obviously still failed to read through the links properly.

As per the links:

" So what do I do with this thing?

Whatever you do, please DO NOT paste it directly into a forum post or ticket on the bug tracker. This not only clutters said text, but the log is nearly impossible to read like this. If your log file is too big for the following methods, please restart XBMC to truncate the file, recreate the problem in as few steps as possible, then stop XBMC and try again. If it is still too large, try disabling features such as "scan library on startup", which spams a lot of info to the log (unless of course this is where the problem is ). The last resort would be to break the file up across multiple posts.

In The Forums

Use a pastesite such as pastebin.com or pastebin.ca on when posting on the forums. Simply visit one of these sites, paste or upload your log and hit submit. After a few seconds you'll have a nice short URL to paste in your post. Be sure to select an appropriate time to keep your paste around when submitting! "


Please pastebin the FULL log, not just the portion that YOU think is relevant.

The full log contains way more information that WE can use to help YOU.

Thanks.