Completed external server + strm files: files with umlauts don't work

[horstepipe 377]

hey

Emby server is being accessed from the internet, movies are stored as .strm-files which point to google drive. Everything works fine, but movies with umlauts (Ä, Ö, Ü) in their name don't work:

20:34:00 T:2372   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <type 'exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError'>
                                            Error Contents: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xfc' in position 127: ordinal not in range(128)
                                            Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "C:\Users\horstepipe\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby.movies\default.py", line 50, in <module>
                                                entrypoint.doPlayback(itemid, dbid)
                                              File "C:\Users\horstepipe\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\entrypoint.py", line 43, in doPlayback
                                                pbutils.PlaybackUtils(item).play(itemId, dbId)
                                              File "C:\Users\horstepipe\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\playbackutils.py", line 57, in play
                                                playurl = playutils.getPlayUrl()
                                              File "C:\Users\horstepipe\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\playutils.py", line 96, in getPlayUrl
                                                window('emby_%s.playmethod' % playurl, value="DirectStream")
                                              File "C:\Users\horstepipe\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.emby\resources\lib\utils.py", line 38, in window
                                                WINDOW.setProperty(property_, value)
                                            UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xfc' in position 127: ordinal not in range(128)
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--

Kodi v16.1

Emby for Kodi v2.2.41

Emby Server 3.0.7300

 

 

Best regards

Edited October 9, 2016 by horstepipe

[Angelblue05 4131]

I am confused by this. Where is the special character? In the strm filename or the url inside?

[horstepipe 377]

I am confused by this. Where is the special character? In the strm filename or the url inside?

Both :-)

Filename:

Armageddon - Das jüngste Gericht.1080p.bluray.dca.mkv

url:

plugin://plugin.video.gdrive/?mode=video&username=usernamexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&title=Armageddon+-+Das+jüngste+Gericht.1080p.bluray.dca.mkv

[Angelblue05 4131]

I've just posted the latest beta 2.2.42. Give it a try and let me know if it resolves the issue.

[horstepipe 377]

I've just posted the latest beta 2.2.42. Give it a try and let me know if it resolves the issue.

thanks, I will as soon it's available here.

[horstepipe 377]

It should be available in the Emby for Kodi beta repo within the next minutes, shouldn't it?

[Angelblue05 4131]

Yes, that is correct. Otherwise, you can download it via the no sideloading method in the public testing folder (it's there instantly)

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/plugin.video.emby/wiki/Emby-Repository

[horstepipe 377]

Yes, that is correct. Otherwise, you can download it via the no sideloading method in the public testing folder (it's there instantly)

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/plugin.video.emby/wiki/Emby-Repository

perfect, works.

Thank you very much!!

[horstepipe 377]

just to make sure this is not Emby related.

Playing .strm-files containing an apostrophe results in this error:

21:31:54 T:3808 ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
- NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
Error Type: <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>
Error Contents: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\horstepipe\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\addons\plugin.video.gdrive\default.py", line 1458, in <module>
(mediaURLs,package) = service.getPlaybackCall(None,title=title)
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
-->End of Python script error report<-- 

But this is only a gdrive plugin issue, isn't it?

[horstepipe 377]

@@Angelblue05

not sure if you see it because the thread is already marked as solved, so I better link you :-)

[Angelblue05 4131]

Yes it's not an emby issue. Seems the gdrive addon is at fault here.

 

 

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[horstepipe 377]

Sorry @@Angelblue05 but I need to warm it up, again.

The error only occurs when using Emby for Kodi.

Adding those strm-files to "normal" Kodi database playback works fine.

 

Do you have any idea what the problem could be?

I also asked @@ddurdle , the author of the gdrive plugin.

 

Best regards

Edited November 17, 2016 by horstepipe

[Angelblue05 4131]

Then post the full kodi log, thanks.

 

 

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[horstepipe 377]

Then post the full kodi log, thanks.

 

 

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I'll pm it to you