Videos quit

[iatemyxbox]

hello all,

please forgive me as i am a little new to these forums.
i have recently added xbmc to my xbox and it appears to run fine. but after loading a few movies to the hard drive and trying to view them in my videos they stop after a few seconds of playing. one stops after 3 seconds, one stops after 4 minutes and still has 20 minutes to go. one stops after 1 minute and 4 seconds with 90 minutes to go. some are .mpg and some are .avi. is there a setting i am missing? any help is greatly appreciated. i apologize if this topic is already posted, i looked around a little but maybe i missed it.


thor

[iatemyxbox]

oh yeah,
if it helps i am using a version 1.0 xbox, xecuter bios and evox dashboard. not sure what versions of each or what version xbmc i have but i will research and find out if it is needed.


thor :bump:

[kraqh3d]

without more info, you wont get any help... enable debugging by holding down x+y while loading xbmc, play some of these files to get them to stop, and then post your xbmc.log file.

[Gamester17]

also make sure that you test a build of the very latest cvs of xbmc

[iatemyxbox]

thanks kraqh3d and gamester17,

i can hit x+y when loading and see what that does. i'll have to look and see if i can find that log file. i will read the manual a little more and see what i can find. i barely looked at the .xml file before loading. i had to put in the directory location. maybe there is more in there i need to look at.
kraqh3d, what information more do i need to give?
any help is greatly appreciated. this program is one of the coolest things i have ever seen. i would reccomend people buy an xbox just to run this. incredible.


thor

[lyricis]

kraqh3d-
with the 08.23.2005 build of xbmc, you're videos aren't stopping. mine is doing the same thing. i can watch one, maybe 2 small videos, i can probably watch one larger movie the first time i load xbmc. where is this .log file located and why is it so important in fixing the problem?

[chrislee149]

this happens with me too, using 8.23.2005 build. this problem only happens on my large widescreen hdtv, and the videos play fine on a regular tv. for this reason, i can't get a .log without attaching the xbox to my hdtv again. :/

[lyricis]

what's the .log?

[iatemyxbox]

good day all,

okay, i have found the .log file and when i hit y+x as i am loading xbox media center i see text at the top of the screen. so now i need to try and repeat my problem, exit out of xbox media player. then i download my .log file, which i see in the main directory. i then open it with a text editor and then...i should cut and paste it to these forums? i think i can handle that. just out of curiosity what am i looking for? i would guess some kind of error about something. again any help or guidance is appreciated. what is the best reference material to read on xbox media player?

thor

[iatemyxbox]

hello all,

well it looks like my problem went away. i forgot to mention that i had not upgraded my hard drive yet. i did that yesterday and now the movies all seem to play all the way through. thanks for all the help.

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