[jpf]

stilger/jpf: i used to get the unable to exit a screen problem occasionally with older versions of xbmc but with the latest builds things seem to be much more stable. if i could reproduce the problem on my side, i might be able to track it down... but i haven't had the problem in a while now. as for exceptions or error dialogs (e.g. the int[] error you mentioned), grab the relevant xbmc log file and post it so i can have a look. i need a good stack trace to debug stuff remotely... and even then it can be hard unless it is an obvious bug in the code. it could be weird race conditions with threaded events or a bug in the code that only happens in certain conditions.

if you are going to post a problem, it helps if you tell me which build of xbmc you are using (e.g. cvs checkout date), which version of xbmcmythtv, which myth tv backend version, and any steps you went through before hitting the problem. also, it is important to let me know if the problem occurs if you immediately run the xbmcmythtv scripts after a reboot or if you ran other stuff before you ran the xbmcmythtv scripts. i'm sure xbmc has other bugs out there that can cause small memory corruptions that don't result in an immediate crash. sometimes something that you ran before can impact stuff that you run much later...

philled: i use the stock mplayer.dll so i can't help you out there. that was one of the reasons i got a pvr-250 card because it encodes to mpeg2 in hardware and xbmc has no problem playing the files back.

luigi: henk says your guide problem is fixed with my latest patches in the xbmcmythtv cvs repository. try the latest code.

as for your skin problem, make sure you don't have any skin files from an older version of xbmcmythtv on your xbox. there used to be a full copy of skin files for each xbmc skin a while back. i then changed the skin files to allow you to include files within skin files. however, the skin module looks in the skin specific directory before it looks in the shared skin directory... so if you have old skin files, it will pick those up instead and the behavior is undefined (i.e. i haven't tested that in a long time now).

just out of curiosity, which xbmc skin are you using? the reason i ask is that i haven't tested the pm and pm2 skins in a while. also, it looks like they are being phased out of xbmc as well...

ok, just got another crash.

this is cvs xbmcmythtv (very recent) and xbmc-2005-03-26 cvs.

21-04-2005 12:58:05 notice start led control
21-04-2005 12:58:05 notice dim lcd on playback
21-04-2005 12:58:07 info activating window id: 10000
21-04-2005 12:58:10 info activating window id: 13013
21-04-2005 12:58:12 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:13 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:13 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:13 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:14 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:14 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:15 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:15 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:15 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:16 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:17 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:17 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:17 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:18 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:18 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:19 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:20 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:20 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:20 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:38 info traceback (most recent call last):
21-04-2005 12:58:38 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 240, in oncontrol
21-04-2005 12:58:38 info self.playselected( control )
21-04-2005 12:58:38 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 228, in playselected
21-04-2005 12:58:38 info self.player.play( self.programs[pos].chanstr() )
21-04-2005 12:58:38 info attributeerror: 'window' object has no attribute 'player'
21-04-2005 12:58:39 info traceback (most recent call last):
21-04-2005 12:58:39 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 240, in oncontrol
21-04-2005 12:58:39 info self.playselected( control )
21-04-2005 12:58:39 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 228, in playselected
21-04-2005 12:58:39 info self.player.play( self.programs[pos].chanstr() )
21-04-2005 12:58:39 info attributeerror: 'window' object has no attribute 'player'
21-04-2005 12:58:41 info traceback (most recent call last):
21-04-2005 12:58:41 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 240, in oncontrol
21-04-2005 12:58:41 info self.playselected( control )
21-04-2005 12:58:41 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 228, in playselected
21-04-2005 12:58:41 info self.player.play( self.programs[pos].chanstr() )
21-04-2005 12:58:41 info attributeerror: 'window' object has no attribute 'player'
21-04-2005 12:58:42 info traceback (most recent call last):
21-04-2005 12:58:42 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 240, in oncontrol
21-04-2005 12:58:42 info self.playselected( control )
21-04-2005 12:58:42 info file "e:\apps\xbmc\scripts\xbmcmythtv\mythtvlivetv.py", line 228, in playselected
21-04-2005 12:58:42 info self.player.play( self.programs[pos].chanstr() )
21-04-2005 12:58:42 info attributeerror: 'window' object has no attribute 'player'
21-04-2005 12:58:42 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:43 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:46 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files
21-04-2005 12:58:47 error unable to locate window with id -10000. check skin files