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2011-02-25, 19:26
(This post was last modified: 2011-02-25, 19:28 by Italo Disco.)
Using XBMC 10.0-7 on ATV2.
I have a PC with a shared folder that contains some TV series. Some episodes can be seen when using the ATV to play an episode, whilst others simply don't show up at all !? These episodes all have the same technical aspects (all H264 1280x720 with AC3 sound in an MKV container). There are no 'strange' characters in the file names.
I've tried all kinds of things, and looked at the debug logs. I cannot find anything that would point me in the right direction. It simply looks as if the ATV does not see all files in a folder that is being accessed via SMB.
I've tried accessing the episodes using XBMC v10 installed on that same PC, and that goes well. I've created a video library on the PC and unloaded it into a file. I then manually updated the links from a drive:\folder to smb://sharename in the xml file and transferred it to the ATV2. In XBMC I then imported the library. I now do see all episodes, but only the ones I already had in the library before can be played. The others don't play at all.
Is anyone else experiencing the same?
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Italo Disco,
You're having the problem in library mode right? For troubleshooting, can those files be seen and accessed via the "Video" menu? That would be my first test.
See if you can see the file, and secondly, play those file. Then we can narrow down whether it's a library issue of smb issue. Or possibly, something else entirely. But those are the troubleshooting steps I would employ.
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Check to make sure you're not reaching a path+filename character limitation in the smb protocol.
On the file that you're having trouble playing, try shortening the filename to see if it works. If it does, then you've narrow down where the problem is.
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Is it just me or do the links for the latest versions not work right now?
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Keep in mind that the two devices uses different compiled SMB protocol. So you're not comparing apples to apples because XBMC works on your laptop but not on the ATV2. Also, ATV2 is running older copy...and that's why the developers are in the process of merging to the main branch. This will get us up to whatever version of XBMC the main branch is running.
Also, when you're counting character, keep in mind that certain characters looks like a single character to you, but it may be translated to %234 behind the scene, therefore increasing the actual character count for that filename/path combo. Just make sure you take these factors in while debugging.
Good luck.