[PROBLEM] plugin failing for some videos

[BorisG]

Software
XBian version: 1.0Beta2
XBMC version: 12.2 Git: 20130916-091cb29
Overclock settings:XBian (ARM=840, core=275, SDRAM=400, Overvolt=0)

Hardware
Power supply rating:
RPi model (model A/B 256mb/512mb): model B, 256mb
SD card size and make/type:8GB Kingston, class 10
Network (wireless or LAN): LAN
Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, etc.): TV only

Logile
Link to logfile(s): http://xbmclogs.com/show.php?id=99738

Problem description: I’m no longer able many of the videos on the ARTE channel. I keep getting the message “Script failed! : plugin.video.arte_tv”. These used to work well until recently. Everything changed when I decided to have a look at the latest XBian Alpha version. After I went back to the current Beta, I noticed that I had this problem with various videos. In addition, the menus don’t show as thumbnails as before (much the same way as in the alpha version). Any help will be greatly appreciated.

How to reproduce: Once in ARTE, go to Genres, then Découverte. Most items under that submenu won’t play.

[mk01]

this plug in is failing on MacOSX Frodo 12.2 as well.

i suppose it is outdated - that's why it is working on Alpha version. there is older XBMC.

[BorisG]

(21st Dec, 2013 06:27 AM)mk01 Wrote:  this plug in is failing on MacOSX Frodo 12.2 as well.

i suppose it is outdated - that's why it is working on Alpha version. there is older XBMC.

Thanks a lot, mk01. The odd thing is that up until last week it was working well for me on Beta. In retrospect it was a silly thing to have tried Alpha. To me it is as though the RPi had internal flash: wiping the SD card and reinstalling Beta from scratch (I even made sure that the card was properly reformatted) did not seem to take it back to what it was before. The thumbnail menu is one of the features that didn't go back to what it was.

[mk01]

when you are refering to two installations of B2, was it the same .img file (localy stored) and installation without additional apt-get upgrade ?

[BorisG]

(21st Dec, 2013 06:43 AM)mk01 Wrote:  when you are refering to two installations of B2, was it the same .img file (localy stored) and installation without additional apt-get upgrade ?

Absolutely. I made sure to use the same .img file that I had downloaded a while ago. Another thing I noticed is that after the latest B2 installation it's been a lot harder to install new video add-ons (I have to try several times before it gets to work). Intuitively the only explanation I can find is that something got changed in the RPi besides the SD card.

[mk01]

this is now hard to evaluate - as XBMC project had addon servers down.

[BorisG]

(21st Dec, 2013 06:56 AM)mk01 Wrote:  this is now hard to evaluate - as XBMC project had addon servers down.

I even gave it a week or so to try everything again, but to no avail. My inclination now is towards going back to Alpha (as much as I prefer B2) and perhaps to contact the add-on author.

[mk01]

@BorisG

https://github.com/AddonScriptorDE/plugin.video.arte_tv

[BorisG]

(21st Dec, 2013 07:18 AM)mk01 Wrote:  @BorisG

https://github.com/AddonScriptorDE/plugin.video.arte_tv

Thanks so much for the pointer, mk1. Forgive my ignorance but how do I go about installing a new version of the plugin? I only know how to do it from the add-on menu on XMBC...

[mk01]

I tried the one author has on web (under Frodo 12.2 MacOSX) and is not working. some kind of json error.

Code:

22:58:58 T:4448239616   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>
                                            Error Contents: 'module' object has no attribute 'loads'
                                            Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "/****/Library/Application Support/XBMC/addons/plugin.video.arte_tv/default.py", line 334, in <module>
                                                listVideosNew(url)
                                              File "/****/Library/Application Support/XBMC/addons/plugin.video.arte_tv/default.py", line 51, in listVideosNew
                                                content = json.loads(content)
                                            AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'loads'
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--
22:58:58 T:140735086571904   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.arte_tv/?mode=listVideosNew&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.arte.tv%2fguide%2fde%2fplus7%2fpar_themes.json%3fname%3​dGesellschaft%26value%3dSOC
22:58:58 T:140735086571904   ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(plugin://plugin.video.arte_tv/?mode=listVideosNew&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.arte.tv%2fguide%2fde%2fplus7%2fpar_themes.json%3fname%3​dGesellschaft%26value%3dSOC) failed

still if you want try, on the web (github) click "download as zip". then install from this zip in XBMC.

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but I sent the link more for you to contact author, not update version

[BorisG]

(21st Dec, 2013 08:01 AM)mk01 Wrote:  I tried the one author has on web (under Frodo 12.2 MacOSX) and is not working. some kind of json error.

still if you want try, on the web (github) click "download as zip". then install from this zip in XBMC.

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but I sent the link more for you to contact author, not update version

Thanks again, mk01! I suppose if I'm to install it on the RPi I would need to unzip it and then copy it somewhere using SSH. If you have any pointers on where to put it I'd be grateful.

[mk01]

no

you can directly ssh into xbian

Code:

wget https://github.com/AddonScriptorDE/plugin.video.arte_tv/archive/master.zip

then from XBMC->Settings>AddOns->Install from ZIP->Browse->Home

[BorisG]

(21st Dec, 2013 09:52 AM)mk01 Wrote:  no

you can directly ssh into xbian

Code:

wget https://github.com/AddonScriptorDE/plugin.video.arte_tv/archive/master.zip

then from XBMC->Settings>AddOns->Install from ZIP->Browse->Home

Great! Once again thanks a lot!

[f1vefour]

Locked, not XBian related. Nice job going out of your way to help mk01, your a great guy.