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Hi all,

I was embarrassed earlier in front of the xbmc sceptic wife when I couldn't play an avi file from the xbmc interface.

I got an error message I've never seen before which was that it couldn't play the file, more details are in the log file.

log file (on top of quite a few other things) says the following. Can anyone gleam anything from the below to tell me why it couldn't be played please? I'm running Dharma Beta 2:


20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: new file set audiostream:0
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(/mnt/sdb1/Videos/Movies/film.avi)
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: system rules
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: system rules
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtv
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: hdhomerun/myth/rtmp/mms/udp
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: lastfm/shout
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtsp
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: streams
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvd
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvdfile
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvdimage
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: sdp/asf
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: nsv
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: matched 0 rules with players
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding videodefaultplayer (1)
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=0
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=1
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: DVDPlayer (1)
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1290280960 DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: added 1 players
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1289646080 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: /mnt/sdb1/Videos/Movies/film.avi
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1289646080 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):ut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
20:35:08 T:2144869232 M:1289646080 DEBUG: thread start, auto delete: 0
20:35:08 T:2144869232 M:1289646080 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
20:35:08 T:2144869232 M:1289646080 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [/mnt/sdb1/Videos/Movies/film.avi]
20:35:08 T:2144869232 M:1289646080 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
20:35:08 T:2144869232 M:1289646080 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit() deleting input stream
20:35:08 T:2144869232 M:1289646080 DEBUG: Thread 2144869232 terminating
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1289646080 DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: PlaybackStopped from xbmc
20:35:08 T:3055114112 M:1289646080 ERROR: Playlist Player: skipping unplayable item: 0, path [/mnt/sdb1/Videos/Movies/film.avi]

It means it can't open the file, you should check the permissions.

thanks for that, I didn't know exactly how to check so I looked at the directory in FileZilla and that film was -rwxrwxrwx just the same as all the other films, owner/group is root/root just like the other films also, does this help? I'm confused.

Can you run other movies from the same place as the one messing with you?
Are you running the Live version (Linux) or is it something else?
Can you open the movie messing with you with another player (so it is not the file itself that is corrupt)?

Finally, why run Dharma beta 2 when the final one is out?
Why not install the latest version and then try?!

Hi, I am running Live. I plan to upgrade my Dharma but am scared to just yet!

Yes I can play the file on a windoze 7 box woithout issie running media player classic