[ktoh]

Hi cmeng,

Sorry if I am repeating any previous question but I am a complete noob on xbmc and have been spinning empty cycles on trying to get PPStream to work for the past week (PPTV works now after a couple of re-installations to my current setup of Frodo on Windows 8 with the Chinese Add-Ons).

A couple of specific questions that I hope you can help:

(1) Do we still need to install PPStream software first in order for the ppstream plugin to work properly? I tried that last night but still didn't work so uninstalled it....My ppstream plugin is version 2.2.7 but I noticed that the notes in version 2.0.8 stated that the software must be installed first.

(2) Is there anything in the log attached that indicates why the PPStream is not working? And how do I troubleshoot the installation pls? But bearing in mind that this log was taken without the PPStream software installed so if that is required, I need to recapture the log extracted below.

13:19:15 T:2028 DEBUG: Python thread: start processing
13:19:15 T:2028 NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
13:19:15 T:2028 DEBUG: XBPyThread:rocess - The source file to load is C:\Users\KhaiHwa\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.ppstream\default.py
13:19:15 T:2028 DEBUG: XBPyThread:rocess - Setting the Python path to C:\Users\KhaiHwa\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.ppstream;C:\Program Files\XBMC\addons\weather.wunderground\resources\lib\wunderground;C:\Program Files\XBMC\addons\script.module.simplejson\lib;C:\Program Files\XBMC\addons\script.module.pil\lib;C:\Users\KhaiHwa\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\script.module.keyboard.chinese\lib;C:\Program Files\XBMC\addons\script.module.pysqlite\lib;C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\python\DLLs;C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\python\Lib;C:\Program Files\XBMC\python26.zip;C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\python\lib\plat-win;C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\python\lib\lib-tk;C:\Program Files\XBMC;C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\python;C:\Program Files\XBMC\system\python\lib\site-packages;
13:19:15 T:2028 DEBUG: XBPyThread:rocess - Entering source directory C:\Users\KhaiHwa\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.ppstream
13:19:15 T:2028 DEBUG: Instantiating addon using automatically obtained id of "plugin.video.ppstream" dependent on version 1.0 of the xbmc.python api
13:19:15 T:2028 NOTICE: getHttpData: http://v.pps.tv/v_list/c_movie_p_1.html
13:19:16 T:3476 DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogBusy.xml) ------
13:19:19 T:3476 DEBUG: CApplication:rocessMouse: trying mouse action leftclick
13:19:19 T:2028 INFO: Scriptresult: Success
13:19:19 T:3728 DEBUG: XFILE::CPluginDirectory::WaitOnScriptResult- plugin returned successfully
13:19:19 T:3476 DEBUG: Saving fileitems [plugin://plugin.video.ppstream/?area=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&cat=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&id=c_movie&mode=1&name=%e7%94%b5%e5%bd%b1&order=%e6%92%ad%e6%94%be%e6%9c%80%e5%a4%9a&page=1&year=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8]
13:19:19 T:3476 DEBUG: -- items: 31, sort method: 0, ascending: false
13:19:19 T:2028 INFO: Python script stopped
13:19:19 T:2028 DEBUG: Thread XBPyThread 2028 terminating
13:19:19 T:2256 NOTICE: Thread Background Loader start, auto delete: false
13:19:19 T:3476 DEBUG: waiting for python thread 9 (C:\Users\KhaiHwa\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.ppstream\default.py) to stop
13:19:19 T:3476 DEBUG: python thread 9 (C:\Users\KhaiHwa\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\plugin.video.ppstream\default.py) destructed
13:19:19 T:3476 DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogBusy.xml) ------
13:19:20 T:2256 DEBUG: Thread Background Loader 2256 terminating
13:19:21 T:3476 DEBUG: CApplication:rocessMouse: trying mouse action leftclick
13:19:21 T:3476 DEBUG: ------ Window Deinit (DialogYesNo.xml) ------
13:19:21 T:3476 ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.ppstream/?mode=10&name=%e6%9c%80%e5%bc%ba%e5%96%9c%e4%ba%8b&thumb=http%3a%2f%2fimage1.webscache.com%2fbaike%2fhaibao%2fsmall%2f2010-12%2f202763456-61-2010-12-21%2009-40-49.jpg&url=http%3a%2f%2fv.pps.tv%2fplay_35CNOD.html
13:19:21 T:3476 ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.video.ppstream/?mode=10&name=%e6%9c%80%e5%bc%ba%e5%96%9c%e4%ba%8b&thumb=http%3a%2f%2fimage1.webscache.com%2fbaike%2fhaibao%2fsmall%2f2010-12%2f202763456-61-2010-12-21%2009-40-49.jpg&url=http%3a%2f%2fv.pps.tv%2fplay_35CNOD.html) failed
13:19:21 T:3476 DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (plugin://plugin.video.ppstream/?area=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&cat=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&id=c_movie&mode=1&name=%e7%94%b5%e5%bd%b1&order=%e6%92%ad%e6%94%be%e6%9c%80%e5%a4%9a&page=1&year=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8)
13:19:21 T:3476 DEBUG: ParentPath = [plugin://plugin.video.ppstream/]
13:19:21 T:3476 DEBUG: Loading fileitems [plugin://plugin.video.ppstream/?area=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&cat=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&id=c_movie&mode=1&name=%e7%94%b5%e5%bd%b1&order=%e6%92%ad%e6%94%be%e6%9c%80%e5%a4%9a&page=1&year=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8]
13:19:21 T:3476 DEBUG: -- items: 31, directory: plugin://plugin.video.ppstream/?area=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&cat=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8&id=c_movie&mode=1&name=%e7%94%b5%e5%bd%b1&order=%e6%92%ad%e6%94%be%e6%9c%80%e5%a4%9a&page=1&year=%e5%85%a8%e9%83%a8 sort method: 0, ascending: false
13:19:21 T:1476 NOTICE: Thread Background Loader start, auto delete: false
13:19:21 T:1476 DEBUG: Thread Background Loader 1476 terminating