Video player with audio switching (GTVBox/ViMu Player)

[ameagari]

I am wondering if this app will resolve all the problems I have with other GTV apps by replacing them. problem is, I have the LG Google Tv. Is there a projection for when this app may be available for it?

Also wondering, does this app offer various channels to watch, like Plex does?

I apologize for asking like this, but I am not very tech savvy and don't know what half the words involved in this topic mean.

I think the apps I have somehow lack...a renderer? for example the error I get with Bubbleupnp is

"bubbleup can be selected only for playing a video to an external renderer (ex: TV) from another ap (ex: file manager)"

And I have no clue what that means. It happens when I try and watch channels on any of the servers I have running (server is one of the few words I understand!)

So I hoped maybe this app would...do what BubbleUpnP does but actually work?

[mcd2000]

I am wondering if this app will resolve all the problems I have with other GTV apps by replacing them. problem is, I have the LG Google Tv. Is there a projection for when this app may be available for it?

Also wondering, does this app offer various channels to watch, like Plex does?

I apologize for asking like this, but I am not very tech savvy and don't know what half the words involved in this topic mean.

I think the apps I have somehow lack...a renderer? for example the error I get with Bubbleupnp is

"bubbleup can be selected only for playing a video to an external renderer (ex: TV) from another ap (ex: file manager)"

And I have no clue what that means. It happens when I try and watch channels on any of the servers I have running (server is one of the few words I understand!)

So I hoped maybe this app would...do what BubbleUpnP does but actually work?

The app is currently disabled for LG due to some tech problems. But this will be fixed.
No, it does not have channels like Plex, but you can use it a renderer for BubbleUpnp.

[ameagari]

And using it as a renderer means...sorry, I am still pretty much an ignorant noob!

[mcd2000]

And using it as a renderer means...sorry, I am still pretty much an ignorant noob!

Well, you can use it with bubbleupnp as a player.

[zymurgist]

Hi Alexander,

Since the last GTBox update, my MKV videos are stopping at random intervals during playback. At first I thought it was a bad file, but it has been happening on every one I try. On some of the files, I can't even seek back to the point it failed. Any ideas?

People usually say "after the last update". But sometimes it is not GTVBox update that causes the issue, but something else in GTV system or on the server.

I did a little more checking and removed any other applications I installed, and I'm still having an issue with MKV files stopping randomly. I notice this happens more on MKVs with subtitles. I must be a new issue because I've tried movies that I know were working a year ago and they are having issues now. Is there a way I can download an older version of GTVBox to test my theory? Thank you.

[Mr. Protocol]

Hi Alexander,

Since the last GTBox update, my MKV videos are stopping at random intervals during playback. At first I thought it was a bad file, but it has been happening on every one I try. On some of the files, I can't even seek back to the point it failed. Any ideas?

People usually say "after the last update". But sometimes it is not GTVBox update that causes the issue, but something else in GTV system or on the server.

I did a little more checking and removed any other applications I installed, and I'm still having an issue with MKV files stopping randomly. I notice this happens more on MKVs with subtitles. I must be a new issue because I've tried movies that I know were working a year ago and they are having issues now. Is there a way I can download an older version of GTVBox to test my theory? Thank you.

What he said. I am also playing MKV files with subtitles, and I'm seeing the same thing. Other files play fine on a Boxee Box from the same server, Netflix movies play fine on the GTV hardware.

[mcd2000]

Well, you can first try to disable MKV extended (subtitles) support to check if this is a problem.

[zymurgist]

Well, you can first try to disable MKV extended (subtitles) support to check if this is a problem.

That did the trick. I guess I'll extract subtitles for now. Anything i can do to help debug this issue?

[mcd2000]

Well, you can first try to disable MKV extended (subtitles) support to check if this is a problem.

That did the trick. I guess I'll extract subtitles for now. Anything i can do to help debug this issue?

You can try to catch a log when it fails. http://player.gtvbox.net/sendlog

[Mr. Protocol]

I ran some brief experiments tonight. I played a 10-bit encoded MKV with embedded subtitles - it hung repeatedly at the same point. I started it playing again, but this time didn't enable the subtitles - it still hung. I played an 8-bit encoded video with subtitles and it hung too. Again, it hung repeatedly at the same point. It wasn't till I went into the config menu and turned off the experimental extended MKV support that the 8-bit video played without hanging.