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[XanTium]

XboxMediaCenter CVS build of September 27th 2005 compiled by T3CH.
Here is the FULL changelog since the September 21th 2005 build (last one posted on xbins/xbox-scene):

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- 26-09-2005 fixed: when adding a music folder to playlist, extensions are removed if hide media extensions is enabled (atleast until the background loader renames the item)
 - 26-09-2005 fixed: DVDPlayer playback failed on DreamX 1480. (Also more early/late using mplayer on those boxes) (updated)
 - 26-09-2005 fixed: GYM should play now and not crash xbox.
 - 25-09-2005 added: GYM (Genesis music file) codec to paplayer. Based on gens' apu.
 - 25-09-2005 fixed: Minor big/little-endian issue in AC3Codec. (PAPlayer)
 - 25-09-2005 fixed: ac3/dts stopped decoding if a bad frame was found, bad frames are now ignored. (PAPlayer)
 - 25-09-2005 added: rar files can now be extracted using filemanager.
 - 25-09-2005 updated: German language file
 - 25-09-2005 updated: Italian language file (Thnx to kotix)
 - 25-09-2005 updated: Norwegian language file (Thnx to vnm)
 - 25-09-2005 updated: French language file (Thnx to lacrevette)
 - 25-09-2005 changed: removed load of libdvdcss-2.dll from InputStreamNavigator
 - 25-09-2005 changed: cdripper now uses original vorbis dlls ( dlls in \system\cdrip got updated)
 - 25-09-2005 fixed: my music files not filtering files by extension
 - 25-09-2005 fixed: problems using window ID 5
 - 25-09-2005 added: dlls load referenced dlls when a dll is loaded
 - 25-09-2005 updated: Xboxmediacenter.xml, added .SPC to music extensions
 - 24-09-2005 fixed: Visualization NONE resulted in 1 logentry / frame
 - 24-09-2005 updated: kai-vectors.xml
 - 24-09-2005 changed: added more default paths for MyPrograms bookmarks (emulators/apps).
 - 24-09-2005 fixed: Potential crash in NSF codec.
 - 24-09-2005 added: SPC (Super NES sound file) codec for paplayer. Based on snes9x's APU.
 - 24-09-2005 added: New Screensaver: "Slideshow"! You can define the folder, where your pictures are.  Recursive Slideshow! [GeminiServer]
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: AlarmClock command parser.
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: Release build wouldn't compile due to missing file
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: very short wavs (< 1 second) could not be played (PAPlayer)
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: mono mp3's could not be played (PAPlayer, MadCodec.dll)
 - 23-09-2005 changed: [ 1286764 ] slightly modified, added E:\Games\ & G:\Games\ to Myprograms Games bookmark.
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: site help or any xbmc.* command without parameters had to be called as site() to work. alarmclock's parameters still has this "bug"
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: playback from daap bookmarks, mplayer is used as workaround
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: "skipnext" on the last item of a video playlist returns back to gui
 - 23-09-2005 fixed: queuing of stacked items in my video files view
 - 22-09-2005 added: support for prefix and suffix in regexp matching. (specific matches without removing what was matched from displayed name)
 - 22-09-2005 added: parameter validation for logpath

From T3CH readme/nfo:

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New Dashboard install method
Thanks to a new app called 'Team UIX's Xbe Shortcut Maker v1.0' by JbOnE, it's now extremely easy...
Edit XBMC\xboxmediacenter.xml to your liking & transfer contents of XBMC folder TO (this is VERY important) "E:\APPS\XBMC\". Rename <<RENAME_ME.xbe>> to something your bios can boot  (see http://manual.xboxmediacenter.de/wakka.php...BMCAsDash#h44-2 or read your BIOS README)  and transfer to your C partition. No need to fiddle with HOME tag anymore, and future upgrades you won't  need to worry about this file on C.

You can add more scripts and skins yourself if desired. You can download them from http://allxboxskins.com, http://www.xbox-skins.net and http://www.xbmcscripts.com.
Keep in mind this is a CVS snapshot of the current development tree. It's not a official (stable) point release. Use only if you know what you are doing.

[xanataus]

T3CH I think you guys forgot to package "RENAME_ME.xbe" in this release.

For the benefit of other users ...

You can create your own shortcuts using Team UIX's Xbe Shortcut Maker v1.0 which you can download here

Cheers
Xan

PS Thanks for the new package.

[DarkCloud12X]

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- 25-09-2005 added: GYM (Genesis music file) codec to paplayer. Based on gens' apu.

 - 24-09-2005 added: SPC (Super NES sound file) codec for paplayer. Based on snes9x's APU.

 

This is so great...after the NSF additions I'd hoped you guys would start supporting other emulation rip codecs.  Just never expected to see more so soon.  Here's to hoping you can get a PSF/2 and GSF codec worked up in the future as I suppose hoping for XA and ADX support would be a bit much.  

This post has been edited by DarkCloud12X: Sep 28 2005, 06:49 AM

[niccuc]

So no fix for subs when on a dvd there are more then 1 divx?

[DjSnake86]

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25-09-2005 added: rar files can now be extracted using filemanager.

wow, that's great.
I hope that the password function for extracting RARs is already implemented.

[enderandrew]

Neither MPlayer nor Python Scripts have worked at all for me in the past 4 releases.

I'm erasing all files, erasing the game save, clearing the caches and FTPing the "official" CVS T3CH releases.

I can play video files by opening them with DVDPLAYER but MPLAYER doesn't work at all.  Steaming radio, MP3s, AVI files, MPGs, nothing.  And none of my scripts work where as they did previously.

I posted an official bug report, as well as posted on the XBMC forums and nothing.

I've seen other people post that they can't get video to work in newer releases, and I wonder how many people other than me are having this problem at all.

[DjSnake86]

Does the weather display in the home page in this release? In the last release it doesn't.

[JayDee]

No mplayer issue, that i am 99.9% sure of.

It plays all avi, vcd, svcd´s etc etc like it should on my end.

wmv´s have been a little buggy, but thats about it.

Saying that the files wont play is of no use, it´s like saying my car wont start.

There is way to much room for speculation: Is it the battery, the wireing, is there gas in the tank etc etc etc etc.

Be specific, post debug logs etc so we can start somewhere instead of going on a wild guessing rampage...

[WarriorSan]

Thanks again!

[jigab00]

Hello all,
Seems to work well, but craps out on py scripts.

Observations:
1) rename_me.xbe missing (as was mentioned), grabbed it from the t3ch's 21st CVS build, and hexchanged it to point to f:\apps\xbmc (where I have it). No problem.

2) The last XBMC ver I was using was from May 13thCVS by ekb. Dissapointed to see that the option to not allow picture caching is now gone. I have folders with MANY pictures, and it's a bit of a pain to wait for them all to cache before viewing them. Any chance this can be turned off somewhere? I guess I'll have to dig through the prefs...

3) Had a problem with changing the default RSS feed (was getting 10061 errors in the log - ie connection refused). Strangely, changing the DNS server to something else fixed it (I was pointing it to my router - which works fine for my main computer).

4) Problem with the XBMC script installer. Any time I try to install a script, it'll download properly but will crash upon the "Installation" step. Happens no matter what script I try. Have to powercycle. Here's the relevant log:

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28-09-2005 18:03:57 NOTICE initialize done
28-09-2005 18:03:57 NOTICE Running the application...
28-09-2005 18:03:57 WARNING kernel32.dll fake function DisableThreadLibraryCalls called
28-09-2005 18:07:06 WARNING kernel32.dll fake function DisableThreadLibraryCalls called
28-09-2005 18:07:06 WARNING kernel32.dll fake function DisableThreadLibraryCalls called
28-09-2005 18:07:07 WARNING kernel32.dll fake function DisableThreadLibraryCalls called
28-09-2005 18:07:10 WARNING kernel32.dll fake function DisableThreadLibraryCalls called
28-09-2005 18:07:42 WARNING kernel32.dll fake function DisableThreadLibraryCalls called
28-09-2005 18:07:51 FATAL EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005)
 at 0x003e723f
28-09-2005 18:07:51 FATAL EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005)
 at 0x003e723f

Everything before that is "normal". Manually installed scripts don't seem to run either. Tried running Ooba (which is the only one I bothered installing manually), but it wouldn't run at all.

Hmm. Considering moving back to the 21st CVS to see if things are broken this time around.

Anyone else getting this?
BTW, I never "upgrade" XBMC installs. I always delete everything and install from scratch.

Oh, and btw, all my media files play absolutely fine so far (xvid, divx, wmv, ogm, mpg, mp3, jpg, bmps, gifs). I'm grabbing 100% of them off an smb share. Picture media threw me off though, I thought they weren't working, but it was just that XBMC was busy caching thumbnails of everything first... (see above).


This post has been edited by jigab00: Sep 28 2005, 11:17 PM

[hassan]

What is the rename_me.xbe file for?

[jigab00]

The rename_me.xbe is a shortcut executable. You rename it to whatever xbe you boot off from (for me, that's evoxdash.xbe), and stick it in your C:\ drive. This will reroute the boot xbe to your E:\Apps\XBMC\default.xbe (unless you change it like how I mentioned above).

This way, you no longer have to copy over the xbmc executable and XboxMediaCenter.xml files to your C:\ drive every time you upgrade xbmc. It's all in the text files.

J

[binh25]

has the vobsub issues been resolved with this cvs?

There are a few vobsub files that up until 21-09-05 cvs I'm still having problem displaying them.

Binh

[jigab00]

Update:
Scripts _are_ working. However, some no longer seem to work properly.
I think the Fatal exception errors are happening when XBMC tries to unpack the zip files it downloads from xbmcscripts.com. Downloading seems to happen fine (the files are downloaded in q:\scripts\httpcache along with the log file - I can post it up, but it doesn't have any errors in it), but it crashes upon trying to unzip/install the file.

However, scripts ARE working. PIL (Python Imaging Library - www.xbmcscripts.com/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&func=display&Itemid=40&catid=26&page=1#FAQ6) is NOT installed on this build, which is why Ooba and many other scripts won't run.
Also, the BBC_News script points to some bizzaro Top40 music chart (instead of BBC) instead of BBC News (!). Classic case of XBMC being blamed for script problems...

Either way though, there is still a problem with the crashing, but at the very least the scripts running problem is "solved".

J

[the0ry]

I'm having trouble playing a certain avi file with this build.  Other avi's play fine and this certain avi file plays on my pc but not on my xbox.  He is some of the log:

02-10-2005 10:07:20 INFO mplayer play:smb://blank:[email protected]/videos/alias/alias.501.hdtv-lol.avi cachesize:8192
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg: set audio functions called
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg: done
02-10-2005 10:07:20 INFO Flipping bi-directional subtitles disabled
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:mplayer_init()
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:enable mplayer osd
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:MPlayer dev-CVS-050906-20:54 © 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:(Family: 6, Stepping: 10)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions:
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg: MMX
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg: MMX2
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg: SSE
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:Creating config file: Q:\system\players\mplayer\config
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:88 audio & 199 video codecs
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:mplayer_open_file(smb://blank:[email protected]/videos/alias/alias.501.hdtv-lol.avi)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 INFO Stating file smb://blank:[email protected]/videos/alias/alias.501.hdtv-lol.avi.conf
02-10-2005 10:07:20 INFO Stating file Q:\system\players\mplayer\alias.501.hdtv-lol.avi.conf
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:Playing smb://blank:[email protected]/videos/alias/alias.501.hdtv-lol.avi.
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:find subtitles
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:auto open Z:\subtitle
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:protocol:smb
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:use standard file for protocol:smb
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:Option stream url: This URL doesn't have a username part.
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:Option stream url: This URL doesn't have a hostname part.
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  0.78% (65536 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  1.56% (131072 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  2.34% (196608 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  3.13% (262144 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  4.69% (393216 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  6.25% (524288 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  7.03% (589824 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill:  8.59% (720896 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 10.16% (851968 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 10.16% (851968 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 11.72% (983040 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 13.28% (1114112 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 14.84% (1245184 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:20 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 15.63% (1310720 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 17.19% (1441792 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 18.75% (1572864 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:
Cache fill: 19.53% (1638400 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:AVI file format detected.
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:VIDEO:  [XVID]  624x352  12bpp  23.976 fps  1041.3 kbps (127.1 kbyte/s)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Clip info:
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg: Software: VirtualDub
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Starting lookup for subs
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Global Subsize: 0 - VOBSUB: -1, DEMUX: -1, SUBS: -1
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Global Subpos : -1
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:==========================================================================
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 14000->176400 (112.0 kbit)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:==========================================================================
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Opening video filter: [pp=default]
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:==========================================================================
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:==========================================================================
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/6ch/16bit...
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:AO: [win32] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Starting playback...
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:mplayer_open_file(smb://blank:[email protected]/videos/alias/alias.501.hdtv-lol.avi) done 1.0000
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG Playback has started
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO Activating Window ID: 12005
02-10-2005 10:07:21 NOTICE Start LED Control
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO Loading skin file: VideoFullscreen.xml
02-10-2005 10:07:21 NOTICE Dim LCD On Playback
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO Loading skin file: VideoOSD.xml
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO Loading skin file: VideoOSDSettings.xml
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO   msg:[mpeg4 @ 00E01FC8]
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO   msg:header damaged
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Error while decoding frame!
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:FFRW:normal play
02-10-2005 10:07:21 ERROR mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
02-10-2005 10:07:21 ERROR mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO   msg:[mpeg4 @ 00E01FC8]
02-10-2005 10:07:21 INFO   msg:header damaged
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG   msg:Error while decoding frame!
02-10-2005 10:07:21 DEBUG CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentMovie(smb://blank:[email protected]/videos/alias/alias.501.hdtv-lol.avi)
02-10-2005 10:07:26 INFO   msg:[mpeg4 @ 00E01FC8]
02-10-2005 10:07:26 INFO   msg:header damaged
02-10-2005 10:07:26 DEBUG   msg:Error while decoding frame!
02-10-2005 10:07:26 ERROR mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
02-10-2005 10:07:26 ERROR mplayer generated exception in ffmpeg_decode_decode
02-10-2005 10:07:26 INFO   msg:[mpeg4 @ 00E01FC8]
02-10-2005 10:07:26 INFO   msg:header damaged
02-10-2005 10:07:26 DEBUG   msg:Error while decoding frame!
02-10-2005 10:07:43 DEBUG Setting resolution 0
02-10-2005 10:07:43 DEBUG We set resolution 0
02-10-2005 10:07:43 INFO Loading skin file: MyVideo.xml
02-10-2005 10:07:52 INFO Activating Window ID: 10000
02-10-2005 10:07:52 INFO Loading skin file: Home.xml
02-10-2005 10:07:52 ERROR Out of memory loading texture: home_buttons.png (need 4194432 bytes, have 3469312 bytes)
02-10-2005 10:07:52 ERROR Texture manager unable to load bundled file: home_buttons.png
02-10-2005 10:08:00 DEBUG FreeVisualisation() started
02-10-2005 10:08:00 DEBUG FreeVisualisation() done
02-10-2005 10:08:00 INFO Activating Window ID: 10006
02-10-2005 10:08:00 INFO Loading skin file: MyVideo.xml
02-10-2005 10:08:08 DEBUG   msg: mplayer_close_file()
02-10-2005 10:08:08 DEBUG   msg:
02-10-2005 10:08:08 DEBUG   msg: uninit_player
02-10-2005 10:08:08 DEBUG   msg: uninit_player - done
02-10-2005 10:08:08 DEBUG Freeing FS segment @ 0x787a20