Serviio

Hi,

I've been having trouble streaming iPlayer content from my Serviio PC server to an original Xbox running XBMC.

I recently noticed that all my iPlayer folders were empty, so I checked the iPlayer thread and found that iPlayer.groovy had been updated. I installed that and updated from Serviio 1.1 to 1.2.1 at the same time.

Now, all of my iPlayer folders have the correct content, and it is all fully playable to all devices in my house with the exception of my original Xbox running XBMC. I had a custom profile for the XBMC Xbox as per Zip's post here: http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=6938&p=49728&hilit=xbox+xbmc+profile#p49764

ie:



I have successfully used the above code to make an XBMC Xbox profile, using Serviio Profile 1 as the basis. This profile transcoded everything (no matter what codec, container or resolution) to mpeg2, and where required changed the resolution to 480p maximum.

However, ever since I updated Serviio to 1.2.1 and updated the iPlayer.groovy, all iPlayer streams to my XBMC Xbox cut out at random. The only error I'm seeing in the debug logs is a 'Connection reset' error (I'll try to capture some decent output later, I'm at work at the moment).

I know the XBMC Xbox is an old piece of kit and don't expect miracles from it. However I used to be able to stream iPlayer content to it from Serviio 1.1 without any issues, and now under 1.2.1 the stream cuts out anywhere from 1min-25mins in..

Does anyone know if there were any major changes to the basic Serviio transcoding profiles (specifically Profile 1) that could be causing this problem?

are you sure your using version 2 of the iplayer plugin? just got updated recently by zip

The one he uploaded on 9/6/2013? Thats the one I have installed.

I downloaded the iPlayer.groovy again just to be sure. I'm still getting the same problem - the iPlayer feed just freezes on my XBMC Xbox (I have to power-cycle the XBMC Xbox to unfreeze it).

The only error I can see in the log is the following:



I've added the full DEBUG logs to this post. I have zipped them as the first log was just over 500kb.

Try to change the quality setting, i used to have XBMC on my good old xbox, AFIK xbmc4xbox doesnt support HD content

I use iPlayer groovy everyday without a miss cos my kids using CBeebies, its working perfectly fine, so the groovy has no issues.
Issues maybe serviio to xbmc

Hi Xmantium,

Thanks, I'll give it a try. It is already set to Medium, so I'll give Low a try.

However, the transcoding profile I made for the XBMC Xbox should be transcoding everything to 480p MPEG2, and it was working perfectly before I updated the iPlayer.groovy & Serviio to their latest version.

I'm wondering if something has been tweaked in the profiles.xml between 1.1 and 1.2.1 which means that my custom XBMC Xbox profile is no longer doing the job that it used to.

This is my XBMC Xbox profile, as you can see it extends Profile 1:



This is Profile 1 from Serviio 1.2.1:


And this is the Profile 1 from Serviio 1.1:


Is there any difference?

You might need to add a similar OnlineTranscoding section, otherwise it's inherited from the Generic profile.

Thanks Zip.

Something like this?

Hi all,

The updated profile above doesn't appear to have made any difference - the feed still freezes the XBMC Xbox somewhere between 2-30 minutes into a TV program. I restarted the Serviio Service after adding the updated profile, and made sure that the profile was selected for the XBMC Xbox in the Devices Section.

The Online Feed Quality has been set to Low too.

Have I written the profile correctly?

Added a new Debug Serviio Log (attached).

Yes, it's all good. You might try to change FFMpeg to the latest version or the one from previous Serviio version.

Hmmm.. It still crashes when using the ffmpeg.exe from Serviio 1.1.

I'll give ffmpeg-20130620-git-f9739a3-win64-static (the latest ffmpeg build on http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/) a go and let you know how I get on.

Update: freezing still occurs with ffmpeg-20130620-git-f9739a3-win64-static..

That log file does not contain any reference to xbox.

Have you set the temp directory up and referenced it on Delivery tab "Transcoded files location: " and can you save there. Does it have a lot of space?

Ian

Hi Ian,

My Serviio temp directory is set to C:\ServiioTEMP\ - I currently have 177Gb free on that drive.

I am able to save large files (5.6gb for example) to that folder without any problems. The folder (and it's sub folders) have Full Access permissions for SYSTEM and Administrators.

OK - what is your network setup and broadband speed?

turls2201, thanks for the input, but Broadband speed & network setup aren't relevant. It was working perfectly before I upgraded from Serviio 1.1 to 1.2.1, and updated the iPlayer.groovy at the same time.

Also, I am able to stream BBC iPlayer content from Serviio to my Samsung LE40C580 TV without any issues, which rules out broadband/LAN problems.

The issue is that when I stream BBC iPlayer content from Serviio to my original Xbox (running XBMC4Xbox 3.2.1), the stream freezes, and causes the Xbox to crash. This did not happen prior to my upgrading from Serviio 1.1 to 1.2.1, and updated the iPlayer.groovy at the same time.

Does sound like a transcoding issue - is it picking the correct profile? do you still have the old profile.xml to try?

Yeah, I've tried both - I still get the same issue with either profile.

I've attached both so you can take a look to see if I've done anything wrong.

Update: I've given up on this.

The latest version of XBMC4Xbox has a plugin to stream iPlayer etc directly to it from the internet, so I'm using that instead.