Boxee crashes on indexed VOB Movie - 0.9.14.6992

[touny]

Hi everyone

I am using Boxee (latest version) on my MacMini (2nd Gen) which I placed as my home media center in my livingroom. I really love the functionality and look&feel of boxee.

However lately, I'm experiencing problems with the indexing of my movies (stored all on NAS (Synology DS209+)). Especially when it comes to ripped DVD's stored with the Video_TS VOB Structure.

It looks to me, that boxee does not index the correct files to be able to play the movie. However it seems to recognize the Movie through the title of the folder (I assume)

Example:
Lord of The Rings - The Two Towers (Extended Version 2DVD's)
- Structure on NAS:
\\diskstation\video\German\The Lord of The Rings The Return of the King\VIDEO_TS\CD1\
\\diskstation\video\German\The Lord of The Rings The Return of the King\VIDEO_TS\CD2

=> Boxee indexes the movie correctly, but to play the movie it uses:
../../VTS_05_01.vob

When I hit play, Boxee crashes.

The same happens with all other movies in VOB.

Example 2:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Structure on NAS:
\\diskstation\video\German\Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets\VIDEO_TS

=> Again, Boxee recognizes the movie correctly, but to play the movie it uses:
../../VTS_03_2.vob

When I hit play, Boxee crashes.

If I use the browse function of Boxee and manually browse to the directory and start the IFO file of the movie (or VTS_03_1.vob) the movie plays correctly without error and crashes.

Note: There is no problem will all other (AVI, MPEG etc) Movies.

Configuration
- MacMini 2Ghz / 1GB RAM / MacOSX 10.5.8
- Attached via Ethernet to NAS (Synology DS209+ latest FW)

Anyone having a tip how to get boxee to index and play the correct VOB file within the folder structure? Anyone else having this problem?

Thank you very much for your support and keep up the great work/product!!

[marcel]

Can you play the movie via the browse mode?

[touny]

Hi Marcel

Thank you for your reply.

In fact, as stated also in my (very long.. sorry for that ;-) ) description, I am actually able to play the Movie by manually selecting the correct VOB or IFO file (I don't remember if the movie plays using the IFO files.. I thought it did.. it certainly does when selecting the correct VOB file). The problem seems to be, that Boxee does not use the correct VOB file when indexing the movie.

So, in short: Yes, the DVD rips play via browse mode.

Have a good day!:)

[pickcake]

Hi everyone

I am using Boxee (latest version) on my MacMini (2nd Gen) which I placed as my home media center in my livingroom. I really love the functionality and look&feel of boxee.

However lately, I'm experiencing problems with the indexing of my movies (stored all on NAS (Synology DS209+)). Especially when it comes to ripped DVD's stored with the Video_TS VOB Structure.

It looks to me, that boxee does not index the correct files to be able to play the movie. However it seems to recognize the Movie through the title of the folder (I assume)

Example:
Lord of The Rings - The Two Towers (Extended Version 2DVD's)
- Structure on NAS:
\\diskstation\video\German\The Lord of The Rings The Return of the King\VIDEO_TS\CD1\
\\diskstation\video\German\The Lord of The Rings The Return of the King\VIDEO_TS\CD2

=> Boxee indexes the movie correctly, but to play the movie it uses:
../../VTS_05_01.vob

When I hit play, Boxee crashes.

The same happens with all other movies in VOB.

Example 2:
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Structure on NAS:
\\diskstation\video\German\Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets\VIDEO_TS

=> Again, Boxee recognizes the movie correctly, but to play the movie it uses:
../../VTS_03_2.vob

When I hit play, Boxee crashes.

If I use the browse function of Boxee and manually browse to the directory and start the IFO file of the movie (or VTS_03_1.vob) the movie plays correctly without error and crashes.

Note: There is no problem will all other (AVI, MPEG etc) Movies.

Configuration
- MacMini 2Ghz / 1GB RAM / MacOSX 10.5.8
- Attached via Ethernet to NAS (Synology DS209+ latest FW)

Anyone having a tip how to get boxee to index and play the correct VOB file within the folder structure? Anyone else having this problem?

Thank you very much for your support and keep up the great work/product!!

I seem to be having the same problem with my VOB files stored on my mac mini. the only way I can get Boxee to play these files is to manually browse to them. Any solution?

[cHIOTI]

Same problem. In fact it seems to catalog all of the vob files resulting in multiple listings. If I browse and manually choose the IFO file...it works fine.

[uncle hammy]

I've had this issue for some time now with Ubuntu. I mentioned it in this ignored post http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=11015

[buggernuts]

Same issue for me on vista. These look like the same problem also:
http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=10147
http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=10522

[lament]

You guys should be putting these bugs in Jira (http://jira.boxee.tv/) if you feel they're being ignored.

[marcel]

these are in jira and will be fixed in the beta version..

[danny_w]

I'll also chime in on the video_ts issue. If I browse manually and select the video_ts.ifo file it plays correctly, but every time I select the scanned file it crashes. At least that's better than Plex which can't play video_ts even if I browse to it directly. When will this issue be fixed?

[danny_w]

I'll also chime in on the video_ts issue. If I browse manually and select the video_ts.ifo file it plays correctly, but every time I select the scanned file it crashes. At least that's better than Plex which can't play video_ts even if I browse to it directly. When will this issue be fixed?
Why is it so hard for media players in general (XBMC, Plex, Boxee, etc) to play video_ts ripped dvd's correctly? Apple's Front Row does it beautifully and perfectly every time. Why must we all be forced to use Front Row when there are so many other media players out there?

[lament]

Why is it so hard for media players in general (XBMC, Plex, Boxee, etc) to play video_ts ripped dvd's correctly? Apple's Front Row does it beautifully and perfectly every time. Why must we all be forced to use Front Row when there are so many other media players out there?

as Marcel said on page 1...


these are in jira and will be fixed in the beta version..

[danny_w]

as Marcel said on page 1...
Sorry, I guess that I missed that.

[BigLa]

Regarding this issue: is there a way to keep Boxee from recognizing the vobs entirely. I have no problem manually telling Boxee to recognize the individual .IFO files, but I'd prefer not to see the vob files that Boxee found in it's own scan. As it stands, when I click on a movie I see two versions. The one pointing to the vobs that doesn't work, and the one pointing to the IFO that does work. I know this problem is supposed to be fixed in the beta, but was wondering if there was a way for me to do this, so I could have a cleaner interface in the meantime.