Installed SageTV 4 and Xcard no longer works

[dbfresh23]

Just got finished upgrading to STV4 and my xcard stopped working. I figured it could have been something screwed up during the upgrade process so I uninstalled and reinstalled STV4 - but no luck. Every time I try to view a video I get a playback error saying

"There was a Playback Error in playback. Details: sage.playbackException: ERROR (-4,0x80040217): There was a problem rendering the video portion of the content for playback."

It's not the xcard because I can still go into the sigma designs app and play the same videos perfectly fine.

[Opus4]

How are you using the Xcard? I'm using the plugin & have had no problems for any upgrade. Did you install to a new location & need to configure the plugin again?

- Andy

[dbfresh23]

No, I'm not using the plugin. I am using the Xcard + VIP

I just reinstalled pretty much everything under the sun.

[Opus4]

I haven't tested my Xcard sans plugin in quite a while... in the v4 manual, check out the Xcard config settings mentioned in the Detailed Setup -> Video/Audio Settings section staring on p. 172.

- Andy

[dbfresh23]

Yep, that's exactly how I have it setup except for the default video renderer that I usually have set to overlay. I tried it as default to no avail.

Tried the plugin also - that works perfectly fine - though I'd rather not use it.

[SHS]

Have you try a clean install
Start by make a back up of Sage.properties or SageClient.properties then Wiz.bak and Wiz.bin or just may a full back up copy of the SageTV folder which is and eazy.
Del all Sage.properties or SageClient.properties and Wiz.bak then Wiz.bin and other with ver a ver number at the end.
Reset setup everthing after every thing is working close SageTV copy over the Wiz.bak and Wiz.bin and should be a done deal.
Being I no long have my Xcard install so I can't test it with VIP but may later on I install in my mom system and add my GF3 Ti500 to it being she has my old GF Ti200 but has no VIP header.

[Opus4]

I just did a test w/my Xcard -- I simply made a backup copy of my properties file, removed the media_player_plugin_class & osd_rendering_plugin_class property references to the Xcard plugin, then restarted SageTV. Video playback worked perfect w/the menus only on the monitor, as expected w/o the plugin.

Like SHS said, I suggest making copies of your current properties files & their autobackups. Then delete the originals & try reconfiguring. All the video/audio setting should be at Default, except for the Decoder.

- Andy