Games not showing.

[Magnus579]

okay, i'm a long time user of xbmc. *i just upgraded from my dec 2004 build to yesterday's build. *i am loving all the new features (dvd menus etc).

now to my problem. *my games are aranged in directories as follows:

f:\game1\default.xbe
f:\game2\default.xbe
f:\game3\default.xbe

all in their own directories. *according to the faq regarding the <depth> setting (that is used to scan directory depths when using flatten under program settings). *i should only need a depth of 1. *please correct me if i'm wrong.

at anyrate, i've tried up to a depth of 3 (including 1 and 2). *all my game folders show up fine if i do not flatten, however, using flatten, no games are displayed. *again, i can get to them all fine without flatten (and play them).

any suggestions? *i'd sure like to have it the old way with just alot of thumbs and names instead of having to navigate into the folder to run the game.

thanks ahead of time.

[tslayer]

did you properly modify the xml? what does your bookmark look like?

ts

[Magnus579]

<default>games</default>
<bookmark>
<name>games</name>
<path>f:\</path>
<depth>1</depth>
</bookmark>

[tslayer]

that should work.. but maybe it does not work properly if it is in the root.

can you try moving your games to f:\games

f:\games\game1\default.xbe

etc...

and then change your bookmark.

also, please make sure to clear out the xbmc\albumbs\myprogram#.db.

ts

[Magnus579]

hmmm still no dice. i moved a couple games into the f:\games folder...updated my xml to look like this:

<default>games</default>
<bookmark>
<name>games</name>
<path>f:\games\</path>
<depth>1</depth>
</bookmark>

then removed the .db files you suggested (one called myprograms6.db or something).

i can still see the games just fine, but as soon as i select "flatten directory hierarcy" in configuration settings, they all just disappear.

could this be a problem with the latest build? this feature worked well in my dec 2004 build...just wondering if others are having trouble with yesterdays build and this feature as well.

[tslayer]

works correctly for me in the latest builds. no problems at all.

any errors in xbmc.log?

also, if your hd is locked, you may have some database issues.

anyhow, check xbmc.log for errors.

ts

[Magnus579]

wow...lots of db errors:

28-09-2005 15:30:08 notice attempting to update the database myprograms6.db from version 0.00 to 0.50
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: some kind of disk i/o error occurred
query: create table version (idversion float)
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error error attempting to update the database version!
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error can't update the database myprograms6.db from version 0.00 to 0.50
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select * from bookmark where bookmarkname='default'
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::addbookmark(default) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select strpath from path,program where program.idbookmark=-1 and program.idpath=path.idpath
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::getpathsbybookmark(default) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select * from bookmark where bookmarkname='games'
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::addbookmark(games) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select strpath from path,program where program.idbookmark=-1 and program.idpath=path.idpath
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::getpathsbybookmark(games) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select * from bookmark where bookmarkname='games'
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::addbookmark(games) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select strpath from path,program where program.idbookmark=-1 and program.idpath=path.idpath
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::getpathsbybookmark(games) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select * from bookmark where bookmarkname='games'
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::addbookmark(games) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select strpath from path,program where program.idbookmark=-1 and program.idpath=path.idpath
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::getpathsbybookmark(games) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select * from path where strpath like 'f:/games/bond'
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::getpath(f:/games/bond) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database
query: select * from path where strpath like 'f:/games/bond'
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error cprogramdatabase::getpath(f:/games/bond) failed
28-09-2005 15:30:09 error sqlite: sql error or missing database

and yes, my hd is locked...is that an issue in newer builds? old one worked with it...should unlocking my hd fix this?

[tslayer]

yes, it should fix this.

search the forums and you'll find this has been reported already and the fix is to unlock. this happens in all sections that use database.. my programs, my music, my videos.


ts

[Magnus579]

that did it, unlocked the hd and all is well. thanks for helping out a newb (with the new version that is).