Google video problems

thorhtpc · #1 12-08-2006, 06:19 PM

When I try and play google videos they play for a couple of seconds and then stop. I have 3000kbs DSL, so I don't think bandwidth is the problem. Does anyone else have this problem?

arielshu · #2 12-09-2006, 02:37 AM

I am getting the exact same behaviour. 4-5 seconds and then the video stops. Using overlay, because with VMR9 things are even worse...

I tried using VMR9 which worked great in V5, but after trying to view google videos (and getting a black screen with audio) the menus are all messed up (when moving the highlight from one item to the other it stays on both on old and new selection.

running xp/directx9.0c/newest nvidia

besides I get the foreign video titles as discussed in other threads - on the default STV.

sure hope these things get fixed before the GA!

Arielshu

mogrinz · #3 12-11-2006, 08:45 AM

Same problem here. In .15, Google Video worked for me, but since upgrading to RC1, I get about the first 4 seconds of a video before the picture goes away (audio remains). The video lingers for another second or two in the area (previously) occupied by the OSD.

Malfunction · #4 12-17-2006, 02:17 PM

My Google Video doesn't play at all. The video list downloads, but the GOOGLE?????.FLV files are getting aborted before they download. I think this may be a disk space problem. Is there a way to configure which drive/directory these files are saved to?

Opus4 · #5 12-17-2006, 04:33 PM

They are downloaded to a windows temp directory, so if there are space problems, you probably have space problems on your OS drive.

I suggest using the debug log to see what the problem is -- submit it to SageTV if you need it 'translated'.

- Andy

Malfunction · #6 12-17-2006, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Opus4

They are downloaded to a windows temp directory, so if there are space problems, you probably have space problems on your OS drive.

I suggest using the debug log to see what the problem is -- submit it to SageTV if you need it 'translated'.

- Andy

Windows temp directories are for small stuff.

The drive has about 2.46 gigs free on it, which would be perfectly adequate if the software didn't make decisions like that for me. I'll just have to change %TEMP% to some place with more space.

The log entry of Google dying looks like:
Sun 12/17 19:10:19.932 ERROR with file download of:java.net.SocketException: No buffer space available (maximum connections reached?): recv failed

Malfunction · #7 12-17-2006, 09:07 PM

It isn't a drive space issue after all. I changed %TMP% (Not %TEMP%) to a directory on the drive where I save SageTV videos. The drive has over 50 gigs free, and Google is still dying the same way.

I do get the preview pictures, etc. I'm on a Roadrunner connection, so speed shouldn't be a problem.

Opus4 · #8 12-17-2006, 10:02 PM

What I should have suggested above was to submit the log with a bug report for more info about it.

I thought I had heard of a problem like that before, but I don't remember it... you aren't using service mode & it's user doesn't have permission to write to that location, are you? (Just a wild guess that may mean nothing.)

- Andy

rickgillyon · #9 12-18-2006, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Opus4

I thought I had heard of a problem like that before, but I don't remember it...

Might have been me, I was getting the thumbnail and the video would start downloading, then would error out saying that the file wasn't present in TMP. It was actually my Netgear firewall/router blocking the downloads. Fixed after removing certain restrictions from the router...

chughes · #10 12-19-2006, 09:54 AM

I am still having the same problem. I gave up a few weeks ago trying to get it to work. My assumption was that the video file was not caching fast enough before the player caught up with it, and having no more file to play, assumes the file is finished. That was just my guess and I didn't really dive into it.

I'd love to hear if someone gets this resolved.

Narflex · #11 12-19-2006, 10:12 AM

I had this happen to me over the weekend (temporary file not there on disk for playback or something like that) and delved into it further of course. For the case I found, the video itself wasn't being served up by Google anymore. If you tried to view it on their site it gave you an error page saying it wasn't there anymore; but it was still in the RSS feed which is why it showed up in SageTV. We do need to change the error message in that case to indicate it's a downloading problem and not a playback problem (no need to file a bug report...I already filed my own).

mayamaniac · #12 12-20-2006, 03:28 AM

I have this problem also, most of the times it played a min or two into the video and then stops. But checking the Google Video site, the same videos played fine in the web browser, no stops. This happen to almost every long video in Google videos, and affects both the SageTV client and MVP.

alon24 · #13 12-20-2006, 05:36 AM

I have this problem also.

It plays a few secs, the bar "catches up very fast" - incorrect time display, and the movie endsd in 10 secs, and I do not believe it had time to download it fully.

spacecadet · #14 12-20-2006, 07:15 AM

I have a similar issue also. All of my google videos end like 1 second early. And then when I navigate away from the google video menu in Sage, the last 1 second of audio plays. Otherwise, the entire video plays with no problem.

Malfunction · #15 12-20-2006, 04:54 PM

Has anyone else seen the JAVA error message I get? I get this on 100% of the videos I try to view.

Malfunction · #16 12-25-2006, 11:19 AM

Oddly enough, I've been able to get the Google videos to occasionally play for a few seconds after running TCPOptimizer on this system. I was hoping the problem was caused by the value in TCPWindowSize, but that's apparently not the case. The videos also still play fine in a web browser.

gplasky · #17 12-25-2006, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Malfunction

Oddly enough, I've been able to get the Google videos to occasionally play for a few seconds after running TCPOptimizer on this system. I was hoping the problem was caused by the value in TCPWindowSize, but that's apparently not the case. The videos also still play fine in a web browser.

In Sage they are NOT being streamed. They are actually downloaded to the PC and played. TCP settings shouldn't really affect it.

Gerry

Malfunction · #18 12-26-2006, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by gplasky

In Sage they are NOT being streamed. They are actually downloaded to the PC and played. TCP settings shouldn't really affect it.

Gerry

Must be a bug in my installation of Java. I can't think of anything except TCP that would cause Java to throw a SocketException.

Malfunction · #19 03-10-2007, 08:34 AM

It's a video card problem.

I got this working this week. It was the oddest thing. My white-box ATI Radeon 9600 128 began producing artifacts. I was able to eliminate the artifacts by downclocking the card. This means it's junk. I believe the passive heat sink wasn't good enough to keep it cool without a slot cooler next to it.

So, I go to Newegg and order a Powercolor Radeon 7000 with 64 meg on it. This is a cheaper card than the one that fried. I also ordered a slot cooler this time.

Surprise! Google video works fine.

On the minus side, I now have vertical striations in my transparent progress bars and menus. For some odd reason I need to have overlay color keying enabled to see Google Videos...otherwise they are just black. Still a nice surprise.

warrenlj · #20 03-10-2007, 09:32 AM

I have this problem also. Did not have the problem when I first loaded v 6.19 but with v 6.1.3 it plays til it catches up to the download then stops, then plays til it cathes up again. If I Pause the video for awhile it will play without interuption. As I've said, it didn't do this with the first releases of 6

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