Need help fixing wierd ftp problem
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Hi Smile
I recently used XMBC to set up a computer as a media center for my dad... My NAS is running FTP so with XMBC he can stream directly from it which is really great.. I found XMBC to be only program that could do this without much hassle.. However, there is one problem... Some of the movies I just cant play.. They work fine on my computer ofc but when trying to play them from the ftp with XMBC they dont.. and its allways the same movies..

I included a complete log which shows me starting the hunger games (this runs with no problems).. i quickly stop the movie and try to play the losers which fails...
Link to log

Heres what I know for certain:
It happens to some movies and the movies that doesnt work NEVER works...
Changing names around doesnt help (folder nor movie)
Permissions are the same on all movies/folders
I thought it might be a codec problem but if I download the movie first XMBC can play it no problem..
If I move the hunger games movie into the losers folder it can still play the hunger games
Removing subtitles doesnt help
It has nothing to do with the file extension

So it must be the movie file itself right.. but wth is wrong with it ? and does anyone have an idea how to fix it ? Sad
Heres some additional info about the movies if it helps

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Hunger games:
Quote:Video: Xvid 640x272 23.98fps [Stream 00]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 115kbps [Stream 01]

General
Complete name : A:\Videos\The Hunger Games[2012] + DK subs\The.Hunger.Games.2012.DVDRip.XviD-ViP3R.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 899 MiB
Duration : 2h 22mn
Overall bit rate : 882 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 2h 22mn
Bit rate : 753 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 272 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.180
Stream size : 768 MiB (85%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 2h 22mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 116 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 118 MiB (13%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 159 ms
Writing library : LAME3.98r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 17 --abr 128
Language : English

Losers:
Quote:Video: DivX 5 672x272 23.98fps [Stream 00]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 128kbps [Stream 01]

General
Complete name : A:\Videos\The Losers[2010] + DK subs\The Losers[2010]DvDrip[Eng]-FXG.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 707 MiB
Duration : 1h 36mn
Overall bit rate : 1 020 Kbps

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : DX50
Codec ID/Hint : DivX 5
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate : 879 Kbps
Width : 672 pixels
Height : 272 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.471
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.201
Stream size : 610 MiB (86%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)

Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Mode extension : MS Stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 1h 36mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 88.8 MiB (13%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 42 ms (1.00 video frame)

edit: the settings are read by playing the files from my pc with media player classic
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#2
It seems that VLC cant play the losers from a http stream either.. but hunger games works fine..
So is it because the losers is somehow un-streamable ? :S
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#3
Today I found out that if I stream via webDAV http I can play the losers
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#5
*shrug*
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#6
Ok so my conclusion Smile
Must be a wierd problem not many ppl experience (probably because not many stream via ftp :p)... Probably something with the way the movies are compressed..
Ill just use webDAV from now on Smile Thnx for the views I appreciate people trying to help.. XMBC is an awesome program and I actually just bought a raspberry pi to make a mediacenter with XMBC Smile
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