2014-05-16, 12:40
Hello All,
I have a newly built AMD HTPC running Ubuntu and XBMC. I'm very new to Ubuntu and this is my first foray into XBMC on a troubleshooting level. Using the new AEON skin, I was able to play some mp4 files that I have saved to an internal ext4 hard drive that I have mounted. Unfortunately, I am unable to play an MKV file on the same drive that I had created via MakeMKV. I have the same problem that I see others are have had in this forum: the movie title shows up in the Movies list, but when you click it to play, nothing happens. Here's a snippet from the log for when I was trying to get an MKV file (Body of Lies) to play:
21:22:11 T:140084368103168 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /media/jeremy/2d54ee7d-2539-4a65-b5b9-0f805d49511c/Movies/Body_of_Lies (2008)/Body_of_Lies_t04.mkv
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: Thread CDVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [/media/jeremy/2d54ee7d-2539-4a65-b5b9-0f805d49511c/Movies/Body_of_Lies (2008)/Body_of_Lies_t04.mkv]
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
21:22:35 T:140084368103168 NOTICE: Thread XBPyThread start, auto delete: false
I read in other posts that the MSGQ error is due to permissions. However, the file plays just fine outside of XBMC and I can even get it to play within XBMC when I go to the Files menu under Movies. I checked the permissions for the file by right clicking and I have nothing restricted. Any help someone could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I have a newly built AMD HTPC running Ubuntu and XBMC. I'm very new to Ubuntu and this is my first foray into XBMC on a troubleshooting level. Using the new AEON skin, I was able to play some mp4 files that I have saved to an internal ext4 hard drive that I have mounted. Unfortunately, I am unable to play an MKV file on the same drive that I had created via MakeMKV. I have the same problem that I see others are have had in this forum: the movie title shows up in the Movies list, but when you click it to play, nothing happens. Here's a snippet from the log for when I was trying to get an MKV file (Body of Lies) to play:
21:22:11 T:140084368103168 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /media/jeremy/2d54ee7d-2539-4a65-b5b9-0f805d49511c/Movies/Body_of_Lies (2008)/Body_of_Lies_t04.mkv
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: Thread CDVDPlayer start, auto delete: false
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [/media/jeremy/2d54ee7d-2539-4a65-b5b9-0f805d49511c/Movies/Body_of_Lies (2008)/Body_of_Lies_t04.mkv]
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
21:22:11 T:140084921759488 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
21:22:11 T:140086032844736 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
21:22:35 T:140084368103168 NOTICE: Thread XBPyThread start, auto delete: false
I read in other posts that the MSGQ error is due to permissions. However, the file plays just fine outside of XBMC and I can even get it to play within XBMC when I go to the Files menu under Movies. I checked the permissions for the file by right clicking and I have nothing restricted. Any help someone could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!