[mythtv] RE: New version of windows filters (was: Mythweb and Windows Media Player over Samba)

[bobnvic at everestkc.net]

Torbjörn Jansson wrote:
> bobnvic at everestkc.net <bobnvic at everestkc.net> wrote:
> > Torbjörn Jansson wrote:
> >> I have released a new version of the directshow filters, it's been
> >> updatedto myth protocol version 8 so you may have better luck with
> >> this release. 
> > 
> > I updated mythtv to today's cvs and installed dsmyth 0.6.2 on my
> > laptop after uninstalling 0.6.1 and rebooting.  My laptop is running
> > winxp sp1.  When clicking on a recording in mythweb with it 
> configured> to use myth:// links I get windows media player opened 
> but nothing
> > ever appears and it eventually times out with an error.

> That doesn't look right.
> Coud you run mythbackend with "-v all" and send the log from when 
> it fails?
> I don't understand why it fails, it shoudn't.

Here is the relevant part of my mythbackend log using -v all:
2004-05-17 21:55:29 12      ACCEPT[]:[]8
2004-05-17 21:55:29 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-05-17 21:55:29 adding: compaqlaptop as a client (events: 1)
2004-05-17 21:55:29 2       OK
2004-05-17 21:55:29 159678  337[]:[]M*A*S*H[]:[]The Late Captain Pierce[]:[...
2004-05-17 21:55:31 1       1
2004-05-17 21:55:31 1       0
2004-05-17 21:55:31 12      ACCEPT[]:[]8
2004-05-17 21:55:31 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-05-17 21:55:31 adding: compaqlaptop as a client (events: 0)
2004-05-17 21:55:31 2       OK
2004-05-17 21:55:31 12      ACCEPT[]:[]8
2004-05-17 21:55:31 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2004-05-17 21:55:31 adding: compaqlaptop as a remote file transfer
2004-05-17 21:55:31 29      OK[]:[]22[]:[]0[]:[]991282231
2004-05-17 21:55:35 WriteBlock(): Aborting WriteBlock, write to socket failed!
2004-05-17 21:55:35 2       -1
2004-05-17 21:55:38 WriteBlock(): Aborting WriteBlock, write to socket failed!
2004-05-17 21:55:38 2       -1
2004-05-17 21:55:41 WriteBlock(): Aborting WriteBlock, write to socket failed!
2004-05-17 21:55:41 2       -1
2004-05-17 21:55:44 WriteBlock(): Aborting WriteBlock, write to socket failed!
2004-05-17 21:55:44 2       -1

Note that I have 338 recordings, with the MASH episode shown being
the oldest and not the recording I was attempting to play.

I installed the 0.6.2 filters on my desktop and was able to connect
to the backend and watch the recording.  Here's the logfile:

2004-05-17 22:46:42 12      ACCEPT[]:[]8
2004-05-17 22:46:42 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-05-17 22:46:42 adding: bigkahuna as a client (events: 1)
2004-05-17 22:46:42 2       OK
2004-05-17 22:46:43 160149  338[]:[]M*A*S*H[]:[]The Late Captain Pierce[]:[...
2004-05-17 22:46:45 1       1
2004-05-17 22:46:45 1       0
2004-05-17 22:46:45 12      ACCEPT[]:[]8
2004-05-17 22:46:45 MainServer::HandleAnnounce Playback
2004-05-17 22:46:45 adding: bigkahuna as a client (events: 0)
2004-05-17 22:46:45 2       OK
2004-05-17 22:46:45 12      ACCEPT[]:[]8
2004-05-17 22:46:45 MainServer::HandleAnnounce FileTransfer
2004-05-17 22:46:45 adding: bigkahuna as a remote file transfer
2004-05-17 22:46:45 29      OK[]:[]24[]:[]0[]:[]991282231
2004-05-17 22:46:45 5       65536
2004-05-17 22:46:45 5       65536
2004-05-17 22:46:45 15      0[]:[]991238455
2004-05-17 22:46:45 5       43776
2004-05-17 22:46:46 1       0
2004-05-17 22:46:46 8       0[]:[]84
2004-05-17 22:46:46 5       65536
2004-05-17 22:46:46 5       65536
2004-05-17 22:46:46 5       65536  (repeated over and over as the file played)

However, the sound was slightly off and would become several
seconds delayed after seeking.  I use a PVR-250 to record,
then transcode to MPEG-4, and I had not edited the recording.
I watched an MPEG-2 recording that hadn't finished transcoding
and the sound was in sync both before and after seeking, however 
the player did crash on me a couple of times when seeking.

Any idea why one computer would get the writeblock error and not 
the other?  Is the audio snyc issue a known problem with
transcoded recordings?

Thanks,
Bob C