How to watch movies in xbmc?

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Dannermax

Vu+ Newbie
Hello all.

I have a VU duo, and i have installed BlackHole and XBMC as a plugin.

My problem, is that when i try to play a movie from the video database, i end up in the BlackHole media player. And the movie i wanted to play, is not listed. I am only seeing my movie folder. I have mounted my movie folder in BlackHole-mount manager, with CIFS (it is my NAS) and i can browse to them within media player.

In XBMC i have clicked "add video" and browsed to my nas, and added my movies. But is there some special way these two, ways of locating sources, should be set up?

Another thing, when i play a movie from media player, it just adds the movie to the playlist. In order to play the movie, i have to go into the playlist, and start it from here. Is it possible to just disable the playlist all together?

Thanks alot for your time. Really apprechiate it!!

Daniel
 
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kurupt213

Vu+ Newbie
Im having the same issue also, however I cant get anything to play. Just a black screen, does XMBC uses its own video player? or does it rely on MediaPlayer2.

Thought Id post in the same thread, didnt want to duplicate this thread with similar issues.

Thanks
 
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Dannermax

Vu+ Newbie
Here is an UPDATE. I still cant play videos over SMB. Here is the log from XBMC. I really hope someone can tell me whats going on: Here i try to play a movie over Samba share, and all i get is a black screen, and i am stuck in the Blackhole media player. Only a restart of the box can get me out:


Code: 
18:18:18 T:1977925632   DEBUG: OnKey: return (0xf00d) pressed, action is Select
18:18:18 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/)
18:18:18 T:1977925632   DEBUG:   ParentPath = [smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/]
18:18:18 T:1613755552   DEBUG: OpenDir - Using authentication url smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing%20with%20Dolls%20(2015)
18:18:18 T:1977925632   DEBUG: RunQuery took 1 ms for 0 items query: select * from movieview  WHERE c23=432
18:18:18 T:1977925632   DEBUG: RunQuery took 1 ms for 1 items query: SELECT  files.strFilename, files.playCount,  bookmark.timeInSeconds, bookmark.totalTimeInSeconds FROM files  LEFT JOIN bookmark ON    files.idFile = bookmark.idFile AND bookmark.type = 1  WHERE files.idPath=432
18:18:19 T:1531966624  NOTICE: Thread BackgroundLoader start, auto delete: false
18:18:19 T:1531966624   DEBUG: Thread BackgroundLoader 1531966624 terminating
18:18:19 T:1640748192   DEBUG: DoWork - took 414 ms to load special://skin/backgrounds/background-videos.jpg
18:18:19 T:1613755552   DEBUG: DoWork - took 444 ms to load special://skin/backgrounds/background-videos.jpg
18:18:20 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x6c, sym: 0x0112, unicode: 0x0112, modifier: 0x0
18:18:20 T:1977925632   DEBUG: OnKey: down (0xf081) pressed, action is Down
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x60, sym: 0x000d, unicode: 0x000d, modifier: 0x0
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: OnKey: return (0xf00d) pressed, action is Select
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: OnPlayMedia smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnClear from xbmc
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 2, from xbmc, message OnClear
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: GetMovieId (smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv), query = select idMovie from movie where idFile=429
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnAdd from xbmc
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 2, from xbmc, message OnAdd
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers(smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv)
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: system rules
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: system rules
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtv
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: hdhomerun/myth/mms/udp
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: lastfm/shout
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtmp
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: rtsp
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: streams
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvd
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dvdimage
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: sdp/asf
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: nsv
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: radio
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: considering rule: dgb
18:18:26 T:1977925632   ERROR: PCRE: nothing to repeat. Compilation failed at offset 0 in expression '*'
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: matches rule: dgb
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerSelectionRule::GetPlayers: adding player: E2Player (4) for rule: dgb
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: matched 1 rules with players
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding videodefaultplayer (1)
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=0
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: E2Player (4)
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: for video=1, audio=1
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: DVDPlayer (1)
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: adding player: [TV]UE55ES8005 (5)
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CPlayerCoreFactory::GetPlayers: added 3 players
18:18:26 T:1977925632  NOTICE: ExternalPlayer Filename: xbmc.helper
18:18:26 T:1977925632 WARNING: ExternalPlayer: invalid value for warpcursor: none
18:18:26 T:1977925632  NOTICE: ExternalPlayer Tweaks: hideconsole (true), hidexbmc (true), islauncher (false), warpcursor (none)
18:18:26 T:1977925632  NOTICE: OpenFile: smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: Thread ExternalPlayer start, auto delete: false
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: PlayFile : OpenFile succeed, play state 1
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: Process: Player : xbmc.helper
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: Process: File   : smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: Process: Content:
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: Process: Args   : --url="{1}" --owner="$PPID"
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: Process: Start
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: Process: Hiding XBMC window
18:18:26 T:1431303328   DEBUG: OnPlayBackStarted : play state was 1, starting 0
18:18:26 T:1431303328  NOTICE: ExecuteAppLinux: "xbmc.helper" --url="smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv" --owner="$PPID"
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Percentage is 0.000000
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 2 times.
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CGUIInfoManager::SetCurrentMovie(smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv)
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: GetMovieId (smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv), query = select idMovie from movie where idFile=429
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: CAnnouncementManager - Announcement: OnPlay from xbmc
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: GOT ANNOUNCEMENT, type: 1, from xbmc, message OnPlay
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: UPnP: Building didl for object 'smb://DISKSTATION/nas/media/movies/Playing with Dolls (2015)/Playing with Dolls (2015)Blu-ray 1080p.mkv'
18:18:26 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Percentage is 0.000000
18:18:28 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 135 times.
18:18:28 T:1977925632    INFO: CheckIdle - Closing session to http://www.google.com (easy=0x5de1b9b0, multi=(nil))
18:18:28 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Percentage is 0.000000
18:18:37 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1160 times.
18:18:37 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Percentage is 100.000000
18:18:50 T:1613755552   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1668 times.
18:18:50 T:1613755552   DEBUG: Thread JobWorker 1613755552 terminating (autodelete)
18:18:50 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Percentage is 100.000000
18:18:50 T:1640748192   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 5 times.
18:18:50 T:1640748192   DEBUG: Thread JobWorker 1640748192 terminating (autodelete)
18:18:50 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Percentage is 100.000000
18:19:51 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 7786 times.
18:19:51 T:1977925632  NOTICE: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
18:19:51 T:1977925632   DEBUG: Percentage is 100.000000
 
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Dannermax

Vu+ Newbie
I FOUND A WORKAROUND:
However I am dissapointed that this forum offers so little support..So many users, but not a single useful reply on this thread..

Anyways, i managed to play my samba mounted movies, by first mounting the samba in Blackholes mount manager. And then I added this mount point from XBMC. The mount was located in:

/media/net/0/files/movies/

So i just browsed to the "movies" folder, and it worked, when i did it like this.

"0" is what i called my mountpoint in BlackHole.
 
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Duo2NewGuy

Vu+ Newbie
I have Vu+Duo2 with BH 2.1.5,

I get a black screen while in XBMC -

I open - Videos Addons\ Files \ Add Videos \ Add video Source \ Select Browse then I select either the home folder or network folder but both locations display nothing,
yet there’s a lot of videos in there in many formats - (avi, mkv, mp4 etc)

Any ideas???
 
Supermario

Supermario

Vu+ User
Hi m8 Duo2NewGuy

1) 1st of all have you read some of the tutorials here in the forum (Also see some videos on Google which guides you how to go about with the xbmc/kodi).
2) You have to download the Repo's/addons and then you will see the addons on which you have to click on Movies, at times the movies play and at times they don't. You got to have patience as it takes some time to get the stream.

Good Luck
Supermario
 
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Duo2NewGuy

Vu+ Newbie
Supermario said:
Hi m8 Duo2NewGuy

1) 1st of all have you read some of the tutorials here in the forum (Also see some videos on Google which guides you how to go about with the xbmc/kodi).
2) You have to download the Repo's/addons and then you will see the addons on which you have to click on Movies, at times the movies play and at times they don't. You got to have patience as it takes some time to get the stream.

Good Luck
Supermario
Click to expand...

Thanks for getting back to me there Supermario.

Afraid I wasnt clear enough with my above query, which has nothing to do with installing repo's,
I'm wondering if XBMC can playback my own movies??
On my Vu+Duo2’s internal hard drive, I have lots of videos in various formats stored within hdd/movie

Also, I have mounted a network folder pointing to a media player’s internal hard drive such as smb://GP/Xtreamer/SDA1/Videos which I can browse to via XBMC

Can XBMC play these??
 
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Duo2NewGuy

Vu+ Newbie
Some progress has been made!!
In XBMC I go to videos \ files & I can see my network path to smb://GP/Xtreamer/SDA1/Videos & all video formats can be seen.
When I try playing any of the formats, including mkv's the BH Media Player appears with the selected video but it doesn't play the video at all, it displays a black screen with a ">" on the top right of the screen???
 
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Nuend0

Vu+ Newbie
Duo2NewGuy said:
Some progress has been made!!
In XBMC I go to videos \ files & I can see my network path to smb://GP/Xtreamer/SDA1/Videos & all video formats can be seen.
When I try playing any of the formats, including mkv's the BH Media Player appears with the selected video but it doesn't play the video at all, it displays a black screen with a ">" on the top right of the screen???
Click to expand...
getting same here :(
not had any luck getting xbmc to play any local files
 
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jrbmw

Vu+ User
You have to install a pvr .They are not in the plugin. Vu have to sort this .......There are posts on the forum about this.
 
Supermario

Supermario

Vu+ User
jrbmw said:
You have to install a pvr .They are not in the plugin. Vu have to sort this .......There are posts on the forum about this.
Click to expand...

Hi m8 jrbmw

Can you please guide us how to install a pvr. This may help me and many other members here :)
We have pre-installed plugin xbmc 13.2.

Tks
Supermario
 
Tulli0s

Tulli0s

Vu+ Newbie
Read that thread, but still no clear solution as far as i understand it. Any new information available on this topic (black screen/no playback of video files over network attached media in kodi) ???
 
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