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XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 12:12 am
by Badboy7357
I have a first model black Xbox running XBMC4XBOX 3.5. I use it to play videos from my computer onto my TV. I have some videos (AVI, WMV..) that will play as an audio file with no video. Other movies/videos in the same format will play fine. I have even converted the problem videos into a different format but they still play with no video.
Is there a fix for this?
I am new here, and only pulled the box out of the closet to use as a TV server after the kids were gone. I apologize if this has been asked and answered before.
Re: XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 5:01 pm
by Dom DXecutioner
Re: XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:01 pm
by Badboy7357
I apologize. Here is a debug log while trying to play a problem movie.
http://goo.gl/pbnNAZ
Re: XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 1:42 am
by Dom DXecutioner
it looks like you're trying to play a video that the xbox can't handle; i.e. resolution higher than 720p with a high bit rate, that's most likely the issue... by gathering the name of the file you're trying to play: Surrogates.2009.1080p.BrRip.x264.YIFY+HI.wmv ( 4151 kbps )...
Code: Select all
CDVDFactoryCodec - High video resolution detected 1920x800, trying half resolution decoding
14:51:26 M: 30277632 INFO: ffmpeg[17C]: Stream #0:1(eng): Video: wmv3 (WMV3 / 0x33564D57), yuv420p, 1920x800, 4151 kb/s, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
14:51:26 M: 29638656 DEBUG: ffmpeg[17C]: [asf] parser not found for codec wmapro, packets or times may be invalid.
14:51:26 M: 30269440 DEBUG: CDVDVideoCodecFFmpeg::Open() Unable to open codec
also, because wmv is not commonly used for movie or tv shows, you may need to enable
full codec support, which will decrease available memory thus hindering video playback - in the videos settings; however, i suspect you still may not get video play back due to the aforementioned... the xbox is just not capable of decoding high resolution video above 720p with moderate bitrate.
you could also try playing the video with mplayer as oppose to the default dvdplayer
Re: XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:49 pm
by Badboy7357
Thank you. The video WAS a MP4 than I converted just to see if it would work. Also have a few MKVs.
I'll try what you indicated, but I'll limit my searches to lower resolutions.
Re: XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 5:08 am
by Badboy7357
I found out that converting the movie to DVD folder only, and via the network playing the first video_ts.ifo file the movie plays fine...and if the movie is a keeper, it is ready to burn onto disk.
Re: XBMC4XBOX 3.5 no video on some movies
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 2:07 pm
by Dom DXecutioner
That makes sense, since a DVD is standard definition, it should handle it normally..