Freezing at end of MKV with 1.54.0

[Raptor399]

Ever since the upgrade to 1.54.0, every single .mkv file (and only .mkvs) fails to play all the way through. Each one gets a few seconds to a minute from the end and just freezes -- the buffer empties, the video won't play, and it never cycles through to the next video. The program is also unresponsive to controls for a minute or two. I've tried several files that I know worked fine before the upgrade, every single .mkv has problems, and it's happening with all engines.

I've been using PS3MS for something like two years and never had a problem before. The PC that's doing the transcoding is 6-core, 12GB, Win7, etc., and is never close to fully taxed. And like I said, other files (mp4, m2ts) don't have this problem. I'm streaming to PS3, wired, through some boring old router.

Based on the text from the log of what's displayed when the freeze occurs I'm guessing this is a Java problem, but what do I know:

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INFO  2012-07-02 21:33:03.270 [Thread-589] Exception in thread "Thread-589" java.lang.NullPointerException

INFO  2012-07-02 21:33:03.274 [Thread-589]    at net.pms.io.BufferedOutputFileImpl.shiftVideo(BufferedOutputFileImpl.java:557)

INFO  2012-07-02 21:33:03.274 [Thread-589]    at net.pms.io.BufferedOutputFileImpl.write(BufferedOutputFileImpl.java:373)

INFO  2012-07-02 21:33:03.274 [Thread-589]    at net.pms.io.OutputBufferConsumer.run(OutputBufferConsumer.java:57)


Here's the full Trace report: http://pastebin.com/YUpC9UGh

Any ideas?

Edit: oh yeah, btw -- I effing LOVE this program. Thanks so much for all your work!

[Raptor399]

Interesting info, thanks for reporting.
I'll see what I can do.

Looks as if the buffer is null in shiftVideo(). That's a bit strange.

[mistersmith]

Thanks. Let me know if I can provide any more details.

For what it's worth, I uninstalled 1.54 and went back to 1.52.1 and everything's fine.

[Raptor399]

The problem is I don't really see relevant changes to BufferedOutputFileImpl.java between 1.52.1 and 1.54.0 that would explain a sudden NullPointerException.
Does the bug happen consistently in 1.54.0?

[mistersmith]

Yeah, every single .mkv file, and only .mkvs, froze at the end, the buffer emptied, and PS3MS essentially stalled. This happened with files I'd previously had work perfectly, and "problem files" on .54 are playing fine in .52.1.

Other files, like stuff I'd converted to m2ts, played perfectly.

I can reinstall .54 and see if it happens again, but that'll take me a day or so.

[justmatt]

This is exactly the problem I reported in this thread just a couple days ago, although mine was much more long-winded.

I hadn't looked at my buffer before I read this, but I just watched it, and mine ticks down to zero as well. My freezes are a very consistent 15-20 sec from the EOF.

mistersmith, you say that your PC is never close to fully taxed. I'm seeing the exact same behavior as you, except my CPU cycles hit 100% at 4 minutes (+/- 5 sec) from the end of the file every single time, and stay there for a couple minutes after the file ends. The unresponsiveness you mentioned, on my PC, is directly related to that CPU load, and goes away as soon as the load falls.

[taconaut]

And another one with an interesting discussion viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14615

[justmatt]

Any ideas on this, or more info we can provide? I've tested it extensively in both .53 and .54, and it behaves the same in both. I've reverted to .52.1 for now, as that was the last version without this issue.

[S7eele]

Nothing to report that would be of any help in solving the problem but thought I would chime in and state I am having the same issue. Only thing I have noticed is that if you let it sit long enough it seems to jump back 10-15 seconds and start playing only to end in the same place again. I watched it do this at least three times in a row. I am also going to have to go back and look more closely though because I thought it was happening with other file types as well (.avi (mpeg2)). Not an expert by any means but if I find anything that might be helpful I will post it.

Not sure what I would have done over the past few years without this software, thanks to everyone that makes it possible.

[MyNameIsJeff]

Wanted to chime in and say that I've started to have the same problem. Oddly enough everything was fine when I left for a 2 week vacation, came home and started seeing this problem.