PMS SubJunk Build

[mkvguy]

B21 gives me this:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:1070)
at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:942)
at com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractFormBuilder.add(AbstractFormBuilder.java:491)
at com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder.add(PanelBuilder.java:809)
at net.pms.newgui.NetworkTab.build(NetworkTab.java:186)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.buildMain(LooksFrame.java:353)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.buildContent(LooksFrame.java:334)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.<init>(LooksFrame.java:227)
at net.pms.PMS.init(PMS.java:391)
at net.pms.PMS.get(PMS.java:1386)
at net.pms.PMS.main(PMS.java:1455)

[mkvguy]

also, B20 and B21 have audio issues with mencoder 33098

[ExSport]

Why is it that you dont include avisynth as well in your "pack" (as you do for mencoder)? I mean it may come in handy as I understand it and it will be last (as default) in priority anyway..

No!!!
Avisynth is for compatibility purposes only and it is not recomended because then you will loose some features of PMS like DTS support, subtitles/audio priority support etc.
Avisynth is also complicated because you need to have codecs installed. Every user uses another codec packs, another settings = many different problems.
tsMuxeR/MEncoder engines work out-of-the-box, without any audio/video codecs installed so it is independent on system configuration.
Because of that I don't recommend using AviSynth engine(not case for people using special avisynth scripts for special purposes...)

[SubJunk]

B21 gives me this:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:1070)
at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:942)
at com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractFormBuilder.add(AbstractFormBuilder.java:491)
at com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder.add(PanelBuilder.java:809)
at net.pms.newgui.NetworkTab.build(NetworkTab.java:186)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.buildMain(LooksFrame.java:353)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.buildContent(LooksFrame.java:334)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.<init>(LooksFrame.java:227)
at net.pms.PMS.init(PMS.java:391)
at net.pms.PMS.get(PMS.java:1386)
at net.pms.PMS.main(PMS.java:1455)

Does it only happen with SB21? Not SB20?

also, B20 and B21 have audio issues with mencoder 33098

If you use custom MEncoder builds any problems are your own fault

[chocolateboy]

B21 gives me this:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:1070)
at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:942)
at com.jgoodies.forms.builder.AbstractFormBuilder.add(AbstractFormBuilder.java:491)
at com.jgoodies.forms.builder.PanelBuilder.add(PanelBuilder.java:809)
at net.pms.newgui.NetworkTab.build(NetworkTab.java:186)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.buildMain(LooksFrame.java:353)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.buildContent(LooksFrame.java:334)
at net.pms.newgui.LooksFrame.<init>(LooksFrame.java:227)
at net.pms.PMS.init(PMS.java:391)
at net.pms.PMS.get(PMS.java:1386)
at net.pms.PMS.main(PMS.java:1455)

Patch attached.

[SubJunk]

Thanks chocolateboy, that was a silly mistake of mine I have applied your patch in SB22, which is available in the first post

[LyricsLyricz]

Hi all,

I've been using the PS3MS for some time now and tried the different versions available (both the stable 1.10.51 and beta builds).
My problem is mainly with the "goto" feature. It works generally fine with xvid files but it's not responsive when I play 720p/1080p mkv content.

The 1.10.51 build worked the best for me so far. I've recently tried 1.21.0-SB19 and "goto" seems to be the same as in 1.10.51 for the HD content.
I also get the "****.avi was badly parsed. It will be hidden" message in the trace for all my xvid encoded files. The weird part is 1.10.51 can play those
files just fine.

So my questions are; how good is the "goto" feature supposed to work for the latest builds? And why are my xvid files are badly parsed in SB19?
My ps3 is on wireless and I've already played with the video quality settings.

Any suggestion is appreciated, thanks in advance.

The feature works ok for me. It could be that your computer isn't powerful enough to do it fast enough

Hey Subjunk,

I finally solved the problem. I was getting the "another media renderer other than ps3 ..." notice when I had the issue. I found out that this was caused by the region and language settings (format settings to be specific). When I changed it back to English it worked just fine. I guess there is an issue with the local formats so you might want to add this to the known issues list.

I'm currently using SB21 and the "go to" feature is also working just fine. Thanks again.

[counsil]

If I don't run PMS "as administrator" I get the following error...

...
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.503 Loading plugins from C:\Program Files (x86)\PS3 Media Server\plugins
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.508 Found plugin: net.pms.movieinfo.MovieInfo
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.524 Found plugin: com.chocolatey.pmsencoder.Plugin
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.542 PMSEncoder: initializing PMSEncoder 1.5.5
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.715 PMSEncoder: loading built-in log4j config file: jar:file:/C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/PS3%20Media%20Server/plugins/pmsencoder.jar!/log4j_default.xml
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.853 log4j:ERROR setFile(null,false) call failed.
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.853 java.io.FileNotFoundException: pmsencoder.log (Access is denied)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.853 at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.854 at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.855 at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.855 at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:294)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.856 at org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.setFile(RollingFileAppender.java:207)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.856 at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:165)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.856 at org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:307)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.856 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseAppender(DOMConfigurator.java:295)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.856 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByName(DOMConfigurator.java:176)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.857 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.findAppenderByReference(DOMConfigurator.java:191)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.857 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseChildrenOfLoggerElement(DOMConfigurator.java:523)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.857 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parseRoot(DOMConfigurator.java:492)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.857 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.parse(DOMConfigurator.java:1001)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.857 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:867)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.858 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.doConfigure(DOMConfigurator.java:773)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.858 at org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator.configure(DOMConfigurator.java:901)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.858 at com.chocolatey.pmsencoder.Plugin.loadDefaultLogConfig(Plugin.groovy:151)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.858 at com.chocolatey.pmsencoder.Plugin.<init>(Plugin.groovy:125)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.858 at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.859 at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.859 at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.859 at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.859 at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.859 at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.860 at net.pms.external.ExternalFactory.lookup(ExternalFactory.java:96)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.860 at net.pms.PMS.init(PMS.java:479)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.860 at net.pms.PMS.get(PMS.java:1386)
[main] TRACE 17:09:12.860 at net.pms.PMS.main(PMS.java:1455)
[main] TRACE 17:09:14.038 Registering transcoding engine: PMSEncoder
...

I am running SB21. SB20 did this as well. I am not sure if the error existed prior to those versions. Windows 7 Home-Premium 64-bit SP1. Java 6 Update 24.

Is there a different workaround other than running as administrator?

[SubJunk]

The Traces tab shouldn't be used unless you notice problems with the operation of the program. That particular log error doesn't cause any problems.

[counsil]

The Traces tab shouldn't be used unless you notice problems with the operation of the program. That particular log error doesn't cause any problems.

Fair enough. However, I noticed that the "Install as a Windows Service" button doesn't work either unless I run PMS as administrator.

I'm not griping, I'm just trying to help out in case something has changed for the worse with the last couple of builds. That's all.

doug.