XBMC as receiver

[Spaceboy 2493]

Not quite. Install xbmbc3 and then it appears as a separate remote device similar to dlna but it just works.

[steve1977 67]

If that's the case, I hope it would be easy also to fix your XBMC DLNA profile? Would be great to see your efforts being finalized.

 

@@Luke

@@xnappo

[Luke 37068]

It would be great to see this finalized, however there's plenty of other capable people here aside from xnappo and I that can figure it out. That will help keep us working on the things that we're really needed for.

[steve1977 67]

Fair point and generally agree. From above, it looks that xnappo had figured the same thing out already (just with xbmb3c rather than xbmc as receiver). So, him taking a look at what spaceboy created may be helpful and may not take too much of his time.

[Happy2Play 8282]

@@steve1977 what issues are you having?  Did you create a custom profile?  If not can you look at your server log for the same information spaceboy posted in #17.  Might need to enable dlna debug logging.

[xnappo 1593]

The XBMB3C remote control stuff was written by @ - doesn't have much to do with DLNA though, just install XBMB3C and it will work like other MediaBrowser clients.

 

xnappo

Edited September 30, 2014 by xnappo

[steve1977 67]

Thanks for offering help, very much appreciated. I am running of a default profile. Most movies play, but I believe that they transcode, which should not be the case as XBMC is capable to play without transcoding. Also, some movies do not play, while they play inside MBS and also when selected from the XBMC library directly. Please see log of a movie that does not play.

 

http://pastebin.com/RNKs08hz

 

Thanks in advance!!!

[Spaceboy 2493]

well this is the profile as it stands and it works for play to, but no progress is reported back to mb3 so you get no control.

 

i'm happy to keep looking at this but its obvious from the cryptic responses we keep getting that this help isn't wanted for some reason. so i'll leave it here for these capable people

 

cheers and sorry i couldn't complete the job

 

 

Edited September 30, 2014 by Spaceboy

[steve1977 67]

Thanks for sharing. Besides that it cannot be controlled, the movie mentioned above will still not play and I believe it still attempts to transcode. I am not sure whether it is using the profile. How can I find out? See new log below after copying your profile into the folder with all other profiles. Thanks!

 

http://pastebin.com/U5DjH9Xx

[Happy2Play 8282]

Need server log not the transcode log.

[steve1977 67]

No prob, here we go with the server log:

 

http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=306973

[Spaceboy 2493]

Yeah meant to add we need mediainfo for the file you are trying to play, I've only set the profile up for my media

[steve1977 67]

Thanks. What info are you looking for? Below what MBS tells me about the file.

 

Video

CodecH264
ProfileHigh
Level41
Resolution1920x1016
Aspect Ratio240:127
AnamorphicNo
InterlacedNo
Framerate23.97602
Bitrate9251 kbps
Bit Depth8 bit
Pixel Formatyuv420p

Audio

Languageeng
CodecAC3
Layout5.1
Bitrate625 kbps
Sample Rate48000 khz
DefaultYes

Subtitle

Languageeng
CodecSUBRIP
DefaultYes
ForcedYes
ExternalNo

Containermkv

[Happy2Play 8282]

You need to modify the codecs in the directplay section. Add h264 to videocodec

 

      <DirectPlayProfile type="Video" videoCodec="mpeg2,mpeg4,vc1" audioCodec="mp3,mp2,ac3,dts,pcm" container="avi,mp4,mkv"/>

 

and you probably need to modify this to higher than 8mbps

 

        <MaxStreamingBitrate>8000000</MaxStreamingBitrate>

        <MaxStreamingBitrate>8000000</MaxStreamingBitrate> 

 

edit - I believe dts should be dca

Edited September 30, 2014 by Happy2Play

[steve1977 67]

Thanks. I have added h264 to directply, changed dts to dca, and changed maxstreaming from 8mn to 100mn. Unfortunately, the movie still does not play. Any more ideas?

[steve1977 67]

Btw, are you sure from my logs that it is actually using the profile? I did not find any reference in my logs and don't find any setting to link them.

 

Also, I can actually not change the profile in the MBS GUI, but need to do it manually opening the XML file. I assume this is a MBS bug?

[Happy2Play 8282]

Btw, are you sure from my logs that it is actually using the profile? I did not find any reference in my logs and don't find any setting to link them.

 

Also, I can actually not change the profile in the MBS GUI, but need to do it manually opening the XML file. I assume this is a MBS bug?

 

2014-09-30 23:11:42.0004 Debug - Dlna: Found matching device profile: Raspberry Pi     -line 525

I was able to modify the custom xml via the web client, where did you put the custom profile?.  Can you post the new transcode log

[steve1977 67]

That's weird. I had copied it into: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\config\dlna\system as this is where the other profiles are. I can edit it, but it does not "stick". It says "file saved", but when I re-enter, it goes back to the original profile, which I took from this post. I have successfully made edits though directly opening the xml file.

Please see below the new transcode log:

 

http://pastebin.com/YPcQAaKw

[Happy2Play 8282]

Move it to dlna\user.

 

edit - Is it just that movie you are having issues with?

Edited September 30, 2014 by Happy2Play

[steve1977 67]

Thanks, that did the trick. The movie is playing now. No idea whether it transcodes the file, but assume it does given directplay?

 

Now I am down to the "issue" though that I cannot stop the movie remotely. Not a huge deal, but technically should also be a way to make this work?

Edited September 30, 2014 by steve1977

[Happy2Play 8282]

Thanks, that did the trick. The movie is playing now. No idea whether it transcodes the file, but assume it does not given directplay?

 

Now I am down to the "issue" though that I cannot stop the movie remotely. Not a huge deal, but technically should also be a way to make this work?

 Easiest way to see if it is to check for a new transcode log or check for files in MediaBrowser-Server\transcoding-temp unless you relocated the transcode directory.

 

Spaceboy has the same issue with no controls.

[steve1977 67]

Thanks, sounds good. It looks like video is not being trannscoded, unclear about the audio stream?

 

Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (dts (dca) -> aac (native))

 

Any idea how to take the "control issue" forward? Any log I can provide or other troubleshooting?

Edited September 30, 2014 by steve1977

[steve1977 67]

Just kept looking through the logs. I am still not clear whether I directplay ("Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (dts (dca) -> aac (native))") and also struggle to get the "remote control" working when playing. Getting the same error message as posted by Spaceboy.

 

2014-10-01 07:12:59.0741 Debug - Dlna: M-SEARCH message received from 127.0.0.1:59101 on 0.0.0.0:1900. Headers: Host=239.255.255.250:1900,ST=urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1,Man="ssdp:discover",MX=3

2014-10-01 07:12:59.0741 Debug - Dlna: Delaying search response by 3 seconds
2014-10-01 07:12:59.8391 Info - App: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.100:1159/AVTransport/fe9c1a33-3873-218f-abab-824d88b5bbea/control.xml
2014-10-01 07:12:59.8821 Info - App: HttpClientManager POST: http://192.168.1.100:1159/AVTransport/fe9c1a33-3873-218f-abab-824d88b5bbea/control.xml
2014-10-01 07:12:59.9291 Error - Dlna: Error reporting progress
    Guid should contain 32 digits with 4 dashes (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx).
    System.FormatException
     at System.Guid.GuidResult.SetFailure(ParseFailureKind failure, String failureMessageID, Object failureMessageFormatArgument, String failureArgumentName, Exception innerException)
     at System.Guid.TryParseGuidWithDashes(String guidString, GuidResult& result)
     at System.Guid.TryParseGuid(String g, GuidStyles flags, GuidResult& result)
     at System.Guid..ctor(String g)
     at MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.Session.SessionManager.<OnPlaybackProgress>d__37.MoveNext()
    --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
     at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
     at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
     at MediaBrowser.Dlna.PlayTo.PlayToController.<_device_PlaybackProgress>d__16.MoveNext()

 

 

Any other idea what we can try? Any idea what this Guid is? Thanks!

[Happy2Play 8282]

(h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))

("Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (dts (dca) -> aac (native))

The audio stream is being transcoded from dts to aac.

 

From what Luke stated the error is

we query the device to find out what it's doing, and the media Id it's giving us isn't matching what we've sent it. why still needs to be determined.

[steve1977 67]

Thanks. Why is this transcoding happening? I have included dca into my directplay audio settings? And XBMC should be able to play it without transcoding?

 

I assume you also would not know how to determine why the id matching does not work. Anything I can try or log I can provide?