[Hitcher]

You need to edit both XML's fully not just rename the button.

[wcndave]

You need to edit both XML's fully not just rename the button.

The other changes were only labels for the buttons, or images.  However, I have fully merged it, and still get the same problem.  It's also happening on any other skin, eg Amber.

[Hitcher]

Looks to me like there's something wrong with your setup or files -

xml:
2019-08-25 18:02:10.641 T:1459188608 DEBUG: CNFSFile::Open - opened volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/Ally McBeal/

2019-08-25 18:02:10.643 T:1459188608 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer

2019-08-25 18:02:10.644 T:1459188608 ERROR: Read - Error( -14, read call failed with "" )

2019-08-25 18:02:10.644 T:1459188608 ERROR: Open - error probing input format, nfs://192.168.1.206/volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/Ally McBeal/

2019-08-25 18:02:10.644 T:1459188608 ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer

[wcndave]

Looks to me like there's something wrong with your setup or files -

xml:
2019-08-25 18:02:10.641 T:1459188608 DEBUG: CNFSFile::Open - opened volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/Ally McBeal/

2019-08-25 18:02:10.643 T:1459188608 NOTICE: Creating Demuxer

2019-08-25 18:02:10.644 T:1459188608 ERROR: Read - Error( -14, read call failed with "" )

2019-08-25 18:02:10.644 T:1459188608 ERROR: Open - error probing input format, nfs://192.168.1.206/volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/Ally McBeal/

2019-08-25 18:02:10.644 T:1459188608 ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer

I am fairly sure there's nothing wrong with them, as they work fine in all other cases.

I tried a few different things, and there is one common element, which is that from the info screen for shows, regardless of how you get there, there is an error when you press "browse".

My feeling is that you rarely go to the info screen for tv shows, in fact, the only reason it goes there for me, is that I have "go to info on play", which I want for movies.
I think the button is also doing "play" for shows, instead of browser.

If you look a few lines back in the log, you'll see that it's trying to start a player instance.  Why would it do that?
Also the address is the root of the directory.

So, I think it's a simple error, that it's doing play instead of browse.

xml:
2019-08-26 09:38:37.906 T:1937333680  NOTICE: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: nfs://192.168.1.206/volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/The Big Bang Theory/

2019-08-26 09:38:37.906 T:1937333680   DEBUG: CMMALRenderer::CMMALRenderer

2019-08-26 09:38:37.906 T:1937333680   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStarted: CApplication::OnPlayBackStarted

2019-08-26 09:38:37.906 T:1344856960   DEBUG: Thread MMALProcess start, auto delete: false

2019-08-26 09:38:37.906 T:1276830592   DEBUG: Thread VideoPlayer start, auto delete: false

2019-08-26 09:38:37.906 T:1344856960   DEBUG: CMMALRenderer::Run - starting

2019-08-26 09:38:37.907 T:1276830592  NOTICE: Creating InputStream

2019-08-26 09:38:37.911 T:1276830592   DEBUG: CNFSFile::Open - opened volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/The Big Bang Theory/

2019-08-26 09:38:37.914 T:1276830592  NOTICE: Creating Demuxer

2019-08-26 09:38:37.915 T:1276830592   ERROR: Read - Error( -14, read call failed with "" )

2019-08-26 09:38:37.915 T:1276830592   ERROR: Open - error probing input format, nfs://192.168.1.206/volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/The Big Bang Theory/

2019-08-26 09:38:37.915 T:1276830592   ERROR: OpenDemuxStream - Error creating demuxer

[Hitcher]

If it's trying to play then the Browse/Play button is still the problem. Revert to skin default and try again.

[wcndave]

If it's trying to play then the Browse/Play button is still the problem. Revert to skin default and try again.

I am on the default skin :-(

It still tries to play the folder, instead of browsing.

NOTICE: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: nfs://192.168.1.206/volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/Friends/

When looking in DialogVideoInfo.xml, I can see no "onclick" action for the play/browse button, so I am not really sure how it knows to do something different for tv shows and movies.

Forget about "in progress".  When you go to list shows, and then press "i" to enter the information screen, then the browse button attempts to play the directory, and fails.

Does this not happen for you?

I've checked in github and everything seems up to date...

[Hitcher]

I am on the default skin :-(

Without that mod?

Does this not happen for you?

Nope, it enters the show.

[wcndave]

I am on the default skin :-(

Without that mod?

Does this not happen for you?

Nope, it enters the show.  

Yes, on default skin without mods, as you can't make mods to the read only file system that it's sitting on.

I have tried to work through the config in a copy, and can't see where any of the onclick actions are, they are not in the includes, or in the files, so a bit of a mystery to me how it all fits together.  (I have 20 years experience in software and XML etc...)

For now I am using ember with the "next episode" plugin, which does the right thing, albeit playing instead of browsing.

just to be clear, when it loads the "player", and looks in the directory, it is of course empty, as it looks like this:

Code:

NAS0-Media> pwd
/volume2/tv2/TV/Episodal TV/Ally McBeal
NAS0-Media> ls -l
drwxrwxrwx    2 guest    users         8192 Aug 21 13:49 Ally McBeal Season 1
drwxrwxrwx    3 guest    users         8192 Feb 16  2018 Ally McBeal Season 2
drwxrwxrwx    3 guest    users         8192 Feb 16  2018 Ally McBeal Season 3
drwxrwxrwx    2 guest    users         8192 Feb 16  2018 Ally McBeal Season 4
drwxrwxrwx    2 guest    users         8192 Feb 16  2018 Ally McBeal Season 5
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       242054 Aug 21 13:49 fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       191862 Aug 21 13:49 poster.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       243769 Aug 21 13:49 season-all-fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       863911 Aug 21 13:49 season-all-poster.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       243769 Aug 21 13:49 season-specials-fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       243769 Aug 21 13:49 season01-fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       850157 Aug 21 13:49 season01-poster.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       243769 Aug 21 13:49 season02-fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users      1044968 Aug 21 13:49 season02-poster.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       243769 Aug 21 13:49 season03-fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users      1197033 Aug 21 13:49 season03-poster.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       243769 Aug 21 13:49 season04-fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users      1130236 Aug 21 13:49 season04-poster.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users       243769 Aug 21 13:49 season05-fanart.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users      1147475 Aug 21 13:49 season05-poster.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users         5621 Aug 21 13:49 tvshow.nfo
NAS0-Media> ls -l Ally\ McBeal\ Season\ 1/|more
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users        18332 Aug 21 13:49 Ally McBeal.S01E01.Ally McBeal-thumb.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 guest    users    1702566164 Nov 28  2014 Ally McBeal.S01E01.Ally McBeal.mkv
-rwxrwxrwx    1 guest    users         6011 Aug 21 13:41 Ally McBeal.S01E01.Ally McBeal.mymovies.xml
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users         6896 Aug 21 13:49 Ally McBeal.S01E01.Ally McBeal.nfo
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users        27958 Aug 21 13:49 Ally McBeal.S01E02.Compromising Positions-thumb.jpg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 guest    users    1700425563 Nov 28  2014 Ally McBeal.S01E02.Compromising Positions.mkv
-rwxrwxrwx    1 guest    users         4756 Aug 21 13:43 Ally McBeal.S01E02.Compromising Positions.mymovies.xml
-rwxrwxrwx    1 admin    users         5916 Aug 21 13:49 Ally McBeal.S01E02.Compromising Positions.nfo


[Hitcher]

So even if you browse to your TV shows and bring up the information dialog it says 'Browse' but doesn't open them?

[wcndave]

So even if you browse to your TV shows and bring up the information dialog it says 'Browse' but doesn't open them?

Correct.  However, if I go to extended information, and then choose open from there, it does work. So it's "possible" to open them, just that the browse button is trying to do play, which is what it does when there's a movie.

I couldn't find any code that says to do something different action-wise, only to change the label and icon, based on the data type.

[Hitcher]

Can you paste the DialogVideoInfo.xml just to be sure it's correct?

[wcndave]

Can you paste the DialogVideoInfo.xml just to be sure it's correct?

https://paste.kodi.tv/remidabega.kodi

[Hitcher]

Then I'm at a loss as to why it's not working for you, sorry.

[wcndave]

Then I'm at a loss as to why it's not working for you, sorry.

I can modify the skin to do something different if I knew what the command was for browse show, I can't see where the action command is....

[Hitcher]

It's handled internally by Kodi depending on whether the item is playable or a folder.