9.2.5 placeshifter errors out

[ASegredo]

At the present, I have one system actively recording. v 9.2.2

The 9.2.5 placeshifter connects. everything looks fine, but I get an exception when trying to play live TV. The 9.2.2 placeshifter works fine. Do server and client need the same version?

I'm thinking possibly it's the bundled ffmpeg?

Java is oracle 1.8.0 v202

[RobertRathbone]

I think it has to do with the included mplayer needing older library files that are no longer supplied in newer Linux distributions. I got on this track reading what Stuckless said in this thread:
https://forums.sagetv.com/forums/sho...05&postcount=7

I'm using Placeshifter 9.2.5 and I'm having the same problem. I don't think it has anything to do with the version, unless they make a breaking change in the network streaming code.

Robert

[ASegredo]

Maybe it IS the java version. see the log excerpt below:

Wed 9/15 13:05:39.582 Error w/ Media Thread: java.lang.NullPointerException
java.lang.NullPointerException
at sage.miniclient.MiniClientConnection.getVideoSocket(MiniClientConnection.java:550)
at sage.miniclient.MiniMPlayerPlugin.load(MiniMPlayerPlugin.java:472)
at sage.miniclient.MediaCmd.ExecuteMediaCommand(MediaCmd.java:210)
at sage.miniclient.MiniClientConnection.MediaThread(MiniClientConnection.java:2382)
at sage.miniclient.MiniClientConnection.access$100(MiniClientConnection.java:18)
at sage.miniclient.MiniClientConnection$3.run(MiniClientConnection.java:369)

[ASegredo]

Robert, I tried substituting the old ffmpeg. Same result. then I tried copying the system ffmpeg, same result.

I tried all three ffmpegs on a previous recorded mpg. All three played the video but the new sageTV embedded ffmpeg had no sound.

How are your test going?

[RobertRathbone]

Sorry, just now remembered to come back and check this thread...

I installed all the library files that mplayer was complaining that it needed to run and finally got to where I could manually run mplayer and play video, but like you, it played without sound. Below is copied from the console when I played some previously recorded HD video. A window opened and the video started playing, but no sound. If I try to play a recording from within placeshifter (v. 9.2.5) it thinks about it for several seconds and then I get nothing but a black screen. I can get the playback controls to show up but no video or sound.

robert@robert-pc:/opt/sagetv/client$ sudo ./mplayer /home/robert/Videos/DrTonyEvans-21606036-0.ts
MPlayer dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-5.4.0 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor              (Family: 23, Model: 1, Stepping: 0)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Playing /home/robert/Videos/DrTonyEvans-21606036-0.ts.
DEBUG - active_file=0 circFileSize=0
TS file format detected.
VIDEO MPEG2(pid=256) AUDIO A52(pid=257) NO SUBS (yet)!  PROGRAM N. 1
INITIAL_PTS=0.568667
TS_PARSE: COULDN'T SYNC
DURATION=1798.981812
VIDEO:  MPEG2  1280x720  (aspect 3)  59.940 fps  20000.0 kbps (2500.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 192.0 kbit/12.50% (ratio: 24000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
[AO OSS] audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: No such file or directory
ao_nas: init(): Can't open nas audio server -> nosound
Opening /dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0
DVB AUDIO DEVICE: No such file or directory
AO: [null] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [x11] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12 
[swscaler @ 0xc8b9e0]SwScaler: using unscaled yuv420p -> rgb32 special converter
A:   17.2 V:   17.2 A-V:  0.000 ct: -0.517 P:12672724 998/998 10% 22%  0.3% 0 0               
Exiting... (Quit)

Robert